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Fill teacher training gaps to tackle traumatized students
Friday, 21 June 2019, 9:21 am | UN News
On World Refugee Day , the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is calling for more support to fill the gaps in training for teachers on trauma and psychosocial assistance for migrant and refugee students. More >>
First-ever WHO global report on epilepsy highlights care gap
Friday, 21 June 2019, 9:20 am | UN News
More than seven in 10 people with epilepsy in developing countries are not getting the low-cost care they need , and UN health experts said on Thursday this could lead to a “significantly higher” risk of death among sufferers than in industrialized ... More >>
Ripple effect of sexual violence in conflict stains all
Thursday, 20 June 2019, 8:41 am | UN News
Sexual violence in conflict is a “threat to our collective security” and a “stain on our common humanity”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual ... More >>
UN chief accepts independent report on Myanmar,
Tuesday, 18 June 2019, 9:30 am | UN News
An independent review into how the UN System operated in Myanmar in the years leading up to the mass exodus of the Rohingya following serious human rights abuses, has concluded there were “systemic and structural failures” that prevented a unified ... More >>
9.7 billion on Earth by 2050, but growth rate slowing
Tuesday, 18 June 2019, 8:38 am | UN News
By the year 2050, there will be some 9.7 billion people living on Earth, says a UN population report released on Monday. However, the overall growth rate will continue to fall, and more countries will have to adapt to the consequences of an ageing population. More >>
Record number of Venezuelans arrive in Peru: UN steps up
Monday, 17 June 2019, 8:28 am | UN News
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has sent extra teams this week to the border between Peru and Ecuador to support the authorities, as an unprecedent number of Venezuelan refugees and migrants – over 15,000 – have entered Peru this week. More >>
UN suspending handover of camps in Darfur
Saturday, 15 June 2019, 11:29 am | UN News
The joint African Union-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), is suspending the handover of any more camps for displaced civilians to the Sudanese military, against a backdrop of worsening violence and insecurity across the country. More >>
South Sudanese facing famine in all but name, warns UN
Saturday, 15 June 2019, 11:28 am | UN News
Record numbers in South Sudan – some seven million people – face acute food shortages, while more than 20,000 are close to famine, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. More >>
UN cooperation with League of Arab States ‘pivotal'
Friday, 14 June 2019, 9:01 am | UN News
Global problems require global solutions that rely on “essential” partnerships, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday, stating that “our cooperation with the League of Arab States is pivotal”. More >>
Second Ebola death confirmed in Uganda
Friday, 14 June 2019, 8:30 am | UN News
Together with Uganda, UN humanitarian agencies are racing to contain deadly Ebola virus disease (EVD) there, after the announcement that it has claimed a second victim. More >>
More funding needed to tackle child labour in agriculture
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 9:41 am | UN News
The number of children working in agriculture has increased by 10 million since 2012, which is why on Wednesday’s World Day Against Child Labour, the UN agency for the sector is urging countries to allocate more funding to address a global surge in ... More >>
UN makes ‘declaration of digital interdependence’
Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 9:42 am | UN News
The digital future must be safer and more inclusive, says a new tech report , “the Age of Digital Interdependence”, released on Monday by the UN High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation , almost a year after the Panel was launched by Secretary-General ... More >>
The future of work ‘with social justice for all’ tops agenda
Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 9:38 am | UN News
The future of work ‘with social justice for all’ tops agenda of centenary UN Labour conference More >>
Syria: Urgent, concrete actions needed to protect children
Friday, 7 June 2019, 9:41 am | UN News
New firsthand reporting by UN staff in Syria reveals “increasingly horrific brutality” by all parties in the de-escalation area of the country’s northwest, causing “significant civilian causalities” and hundreds of thousands displaced, a senior humanitarian ... More >>
UN urges US authorities to drop charges against aid worker
Thursday, 6 June 2019, 9:16 am | UN News
GENEVA (5 June 2019) – UN human rights experts* have expressed grave concerns about criminal charges brought against Scott Warren, a U.S. citizen who works for an aid organisation providing water and medical aid to migrants in the Arizona desert. Warren’s ... More >>
Catastrophic healthcare costs put mothers and babies at risk
Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 10:39 am | UN News
Pregnant women are putting their lives and their babies at risk because of “catastrophic” and prohibitive healthcare costs before, during and after childbirth, UNICEF said on Monday. More >>
Sudan: UN chief deplores excessive force
Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 10:23 am | UN News
Sudan: UN chief deplores excessive force used against pro-democracy protesters, calls on military and civilian leaders to ‘stay the course’ in negotiations More >>
A ‘strong and united Europe’ has never been more needed
Friday, 31 May 2019, 9:47 am | UN News
A ‘strong and united Europe’ has never been more needed, declares UN chief Guterres More >>
UN health agency drops gender identity disorder as diagnosis
Friday, 31 May 2019, 9:43 am | UN News
A major win for transgender rights: UN health agency drops ‘gender identity disorder’, as official diagnosis More >>
Don’t let smoking steal life’s breathtaking moments
Thursday, 30 May 2019, 8:58 am | UN News
Tobacco use continues to claim around eight million lives a year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, in a call for faster action from governments to tackle smoking and the “enormous” health, social, environmental and economic ... More >>
