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UN Photo/Mark Garten

‘Climate change is the battle of my life’, UN chief tells students living on the frontline in Fiji

16 May 2019
Climate Change

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres saw the frontline of “the battle against climate change” for himself on Thursday, by taking to the tropical waters of the South Pacific off the coast of Fiji, on a solar-powered boat.

FAO/Manan Vatsyayana

Thursday’s Daily Brief: Ebola in DR Congo, malnutrition in Laos, baby health, support for Sahel force, #ClimateAction

16 May 2019
Climate Change

On Thursday, we cover: more support needed for Sahel force, fears in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as Ebola response funding dwindles; food and nutrition concerns in Laos; an update on low birthweight babies across the world; and the UN chief’s trip for climate action in the Pacific continues.

UN Photo/Mark Garten

UN chief lauds Fijians as ‘natural global leaders’ on climate, environment, hails ‘symbiotic relationship’ with land and sea

16 May 2019
Climate Change

Fiji’s strong traditions of community and social responsibility, and its “symbiotic relationship” with its surroundings, has made its people “natural global leaders on climate and the environment”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the nation’s Parliament on Thursday.

OCHA/Giles Clarke

Wednesday’s Daily Brief: climate challenges for the Pacific, new global health tool, updates on Yemen, the Gulf and Somalia

15 May 2019
Climate Change

This Wednesday, top stories includes: the UN chief’s continued visit in the Pacific to raise awareness on the impacts of climate change; in Yemen, the fatal price that children are paying due to a conflict they did not cause; a new tool to track medical products worldwide; drought in Somalia; and updates on tensions in the Gulf.

Uto ni Yalo Trust

FROM THE FIELD: Sailing a traditional and sustainable path in Fiji’s tropical waters

10 August 2018
Culture and Education

Young people in Fiji are helping to revive indigenous cultural practices of the Pacific Ocean island while learning about sustainable transport thanks to an initiative supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).

UNICEF Pacific/Will Goneyali

UNICEF and Fiji partner to protect youth from deadly brain disease

22 May 2018
Interviews

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is supporting a campaign to vaccinate every child and young person in Fiji against meningococcal disease, the illness which causes meningitis, or inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.

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Pictured here the destruction in 17 Tammuz district, western Mosul, Iraq, one of the most important districts in Mosul.
OCHA/Themba Linden

News in Brief 14 February 2018

14 February 2018
News in Brief
  • UN launches recovery and resilience programme for Iraq
  • UNICEF readies to support Pacific countries affected by Cyclone Gita
  • US urged to protect rights of migrant activist facing deportation
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Salote Tubuna, a Fiji Rakiraki market vendor and farmer, outside one of her two small houses in Buka Settlement just outside of Rakiraki.
UN Women/Murray Lloyd

“Harmful social norms” make Pacific women more vulnerable to disaster

21 February 2017
General News

Gender inequality - including “harmful social norms” - makes women and girls in the Pacific region more vulnerable to the impacts of disasters.

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Chitra Massey (centre).
UNIC Canberra

UN Gender Focus: refugees, human trafficking and judicial rights

6 October 2016
UN Gender Focus

Detainees on Pacific island “completely without hope”

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Chitra Massey (centre).
UNIC Canberra

Detainees on Pacific island “completely without hope”

4 October 2016
General News

Migrants and refugees being held on the Pacific island of Nauru are “completely without hope” according to the regional head of the UN human rights office, OHCHR.

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