A recap of Thursday’s stories: Hope rises as violence abates in Yemen; TB infections slowdown but not fast enough; civilian casualties in Afghanistan hit record level; thousands paint picture of sustainable development in Paris; labour research finds strategies to tackle poverty.
Two-thirds of the largely medieval roof of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris have “gone” after the devastating fire in Paris on Monday evening, but UN cultural experts are standing by to offer help where it is needed in rebuilding the iconic structure.
At least two-thirds of the roof of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris “is gone” after the devastating fire in Paris, but UN cultural experts have told UN News they are standing by to help the French Government rebuild the iconic structure. That’s according to UNESCO World Heritage Centre Director, Mechtild Rössler, who made several visits to the site on Tuesday, and spoke by phone to Daniel Johnson about what she had seen, and how the UN can play a role in restoring one of the world’s most famous and historic buildings.
The opportunity to deliver a speech in French on gender equality to the UN General Assembly has cemented a young British student’s decision to push for more women’s representation in UK politics.
Nicholas Bloom is among 60 students worldwide chosen as the winners of this year’s Many Languages, One World multilingual essay competition co-sponsored by the UN.
Nicholas will graduate next year from the University of Bristol, where he is studying French and Spanish.
In a world experiencing an overload of information, people need to practice deep thinking or philosophy, according to a representative from the UN’s educational, scientific and cultural organisation- UNESCO.
To commemorate World Philosophy Day which takes place annually on the 17th of November, the agency will host a twelve hour nocturnal event called “A Night of Philosophy.”
Climate change is not a “vague concept” but reality, and it is having an impact on people everywhere.
That’s the opinion of Patricia Espinosa Cantellano who has been appointed Executive Director of the UN climate change secretariat, the UNFCCC.
The veteran diplomat from Mexico was in Paris last December for the signing of the landmark international treaty which seeks to limit global temperature rise to below two degrees Celsius.
More work needs to be done to ensure people around the world know about the new global climate change agreement.
The universal deal was agreed by world leaders in December in Paris, France.
Yet, the outgoing Assistant Secretary-General for Climate Change, Janos Pasztor says more must be done to get the word out about how the agreement impacts each and every one of us.
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Women impacted "disproportionately" by climate change
Women and children in Africa are more impacted by climate change than men according to the head of the African Union Commission.
The international community is currently meeting in Paris at the UN COP21 summit to discuss how to mitigate the effects of changing weather patterns on the world’s most vulnerable people.
It’s hoped a universal deal will be agreed there which will keep global temperature rises to below two degrees Celsius.
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is the head of the African Union Commission.