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US-North Korea summit ‘an important milestone’ towards denuclearization, says Guterres

12 June 2018
Peace and Security

Tuesday’s historic summit between the leaders of the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been hailed as “an important milestone” by the UN Secretary-General.

Karen AbuZayd, UN Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants.
UN WebTV

World should “embrace” new UN draft agreement on refugees

9 August 2016
General News

The world should “embrace” a new draft agreement on refugees and migrants that will commit countries to take more action over the crisis.

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A group of girls from Diai, a village near Toulépleu, Côte d’Ivoire.
UN Photo/Abdul Fatai Adegboye

UN Gender Focus: “SDG generation”, gender equality and South Sudan

14 July 2016
UN Gender Focus

“Girls matter” to sustainability and growth of the whole world

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UNICEF/Tomislav Georgiev

Citing 'new agenda for humanity,' UN deputy chief urges bold action on humanitarian funding

3 February 2016
Maintaining the United Nations momentum towards the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit – set for 23 and 24 May in Istanbul, Turkey – Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson today urged bold action to alleviate the suffering of 125 million people who depend on the international community to survive.
A woman carrying a young child receives relief items for her family, at a Red Cross station set up outdoors at the reception centre for refugees and migrants, in the town of Šid, Serbia, on the border with Croatia.
UNICEF/ Shubuckl

Europe can’t leave refugees to “fend for themselves”

26 October 2015
General News

Europe can’t be divided and leave refugees to fend for themselves in winter, said the president of the European Union on Sunday night.

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Eun-Bi Jeong, Nurse Officer, and two of her colleagues photographed next to clinic of the Korean Contingent Headquaters at UN Post 2-5 at the vicinity of Tyre, South Lebanon. UN File Photo/Pasqual Gorriz

UN asks the world to “step up” with more peacekeepers

28 September 2015
General News

United Nations peacekeeping operations are unable to keep up with rising demand in a more dangerous world, a summit at UN headquarters heard today.

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UN Photo/Cia Pak

UN General Assembly's annual debate opens with focus on sustainable development

27 September 2015
Monarchs, Presidents and Prime Ministers will gather by the scores at United Nations Headquarters in New York today for the General Assembly's annual General Debate, with a small island State that symbolizes the combat against climate change – an urgent threat to global sustainability – set to occupy the first seat.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

UN deputy chief says world now has ‘legitimate hope’ that universal goal on energy will be met

27 September 2015
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson today welcomed the adoption of the first-ever universal goal on energy, but cautioned that it will take “arduous work” to reach the targets needed to end poverty and combat climate change as part of the new sustainable development agenda.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

At Global Citizen Festival, Ban tells crowd to ‘stand up for a better world,’ make Global Goals a reality

27 September 2015
“Take your passion and compassion – and let’s make the global goals a global reality,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged a massive crowd at New York’s Central Park last night, where he joined a star-studded roster of the world's leading performers to kick-off the fourth annual Global Citizen Festival.
World Bank/Arne Hoel

Tackling water challenges an ‘urgent task’ as world moves forward on Global Goals – UN deputy chief

27 September 2015
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson today urged swift action on the newly-adopted Global Goals directly related to the protection and equitable use of the planet’s precious water resources, as discussion continued at UN Headquarters on the post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda.