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Vulnerable countries on track to achieve universal internet
Thursday, 25 January 2018, 9:30 am | UN News
24 January 2018 – The world’s least developed countries are narrowing ‘digital divide,’ and with millions of people now taking advantage of smart phones and other digital devices, keeping up this momentum can put their societies on the fast track ... More >>
The Last Swiss Holocaust Survivors: Keeping the memory alive
Thursday, 25 January 2018, 9:27 am | UN News
24 January 2018 – After the Second World War, 90 per cent of the Holocaust survivors were between 16 and 45 years old. Today, the youngest survivors, who were born in the last phase of the war, are over age 70. More >>
2018 is ‘year of implementation for Somali' reforms
Thursday, 25 January 2018, 9:21 am | UN News
24 January 2018 – Grappling with turbulent politics, persisting terrorism and the risk of famine, Somalia must make 2018 a year of carrying out reforms, a senior United Nations official said Wednesday, urging more international financial and technical ... More >>
Time to reassess UN peacekeeping presence in Mali
Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 11:32 am | UN News
23 January 2018 – Against the backdrop of worsening security in Mali’s central regions and with presidential elections just six months away, a senior United Nations official on Tuesday said it is time to reexamine the configuration of the UN peacekeeping ... More >>
Record 22.2 million need humanitarian assistance in Yemen
Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 9:59 am | UN News
23 January 2018 – The top United Nations relief official has expressed his deep concern about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen, noting that a record 22.2 million people are now in need of assistance – 3.4 million more than last ... More >>
UN reforms put States on road to sustainable development
Tuesday, 23 January 2018, 1:47 pm | UN News
22 January 2018 – Sustainable development is a fundamental human right and humanity’s best chance for a future of peace and prosperity, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday, laying out the case for Agenda 2030 to be at the centre ... More >>
UN flag no longer offers peacekeepers ‘natural’ protection
Tuesday, 23 January 2018, 12:24 pm | UN News
22 January 2018 – The United Nations should change the way it does business in high-security risk peacekeeping operations, as the UN flag no longer offers ‘natural’ protection to mission personnel, according to a new report, which calls for better ... More >>
Guterres urges Congo security forces to exercise restraint
Tuesday, 23 January 2018, 10:04 am | UN News
22 January 2018 – Amid disturbing reports that at least six people were killed on Sunday during political protests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has urged Congolese security forces ... More >>
UN launch $1.68 billion DR Congo aid appeal
Friday, 19 January 2018, 2:23 pm | UN News
18 January 2018 – Warning of a “dramatic deterioration” in the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the last 12 months, United Nations agencies and relief partners on Thursday launched the largest-ever funding ... More >>
Improved economy boosts air-traveller numbers worldwide
Friday, 19 January 2018, 2:13 pm | UN News
18 January 2018 – A record 4.1 billion passengers took to the skies in 2017 onboard some 37 million scheduled flights globally, the United Nations civil aviation agency reported Thursday, highlighting that the fastest growth was seen among low-cost carriers. More >>
Near-record temperatures fuel deadly, costly weather - UN
Friday, 19 January 2018, 1:59 pm | UN News
18 January 2018 – The upward trend in global temperatures marked by record-shattering warmth in 2015 and 2016 kept pace last year, with the United Nations weather agency warning Thursday that continued pressure on the Arctic in 2017 will have “profound ... More >>
Doha: UNGA President spotlights UN ‘sustaining peace’ agenda
Friday, 19 January 2018, 1:50 pm | UN News
18 January 2018 – Conflict is not always linear, with a clear beginning, middle and end, the President of the United Nations General Assembly said Thursday, urging a new approach to peace that requires action at all stages of the conflict cycle. More >>
Nearly every child in Yemen needs humanitarian aid – UNICEF
Thursday, 18 January 2018, 2:50 pm | UN News
As the brutal conflict in Yemen nears its grim third anniversary, malnutrition and disease are running rampant in the country and virtually every child there is dependent on humanitarian aid to survive, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said ... More >>
Somalia: $1.6billion needed to protect millions from drought
Thursday, 18 January 2018, 2:47 pm | UN News
17 January 2018 – While Somalia, with the international community’s help, averted famine last year, long-term solutions for drought, conflict and displacement must still be found, the United Nations office in the country said Wednesday, launching ... More >>
Syria: Uptick in violence exacerbates already dire situation
Thursday, 18 January 2018, 2:43 pm | UN News
16 January 2018 – On top of the already-desperate conditions in Syria’s war-ravaged East Ghouta and north-west Idlib governorate, a violence upsurge is intensifying insecurity, the United Nations food relief agency said Tuesday. More >>
Resolve differences peacefully, SC to Congo political actors
Thursday, 18 January 2018, 2:40 pm | UN News
16 January 2018 – Voicing serious concern over the continued political impasse and violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations Security Council has called upon all political actors to exercise maximum restraint and to ... More >>
Intensified fighting across Syria 'devastating' civilians
Thursday, 18 January 2018, 2:37 pm | UN News
17 January 2018 – Intensification in hostilities across Syria is having a “devastating” impact on civilians, United Nations agencies in the war-ravaged country said Wednesday, warning that the fighting is also severely limiting life-saving humanitarian operations. More >>
Podcast: UN issues 48-hour ultimatum to armed groups in CAR
Thursday, 18 January 2018, 2:34 pm | UN News
17 January 2018 – The United Nations Mission in the troubled Central African Republic, known by its French acronym, MINUSCA, has given armed groups in the north of the country 48 hours to clear out. More >>
Boko Haram attacks, human trafficking in West Africa/Sahel
Friday, 12 January 2018, 11:04 am | UN News
11 January 2018 – The security situation in West Africa and the Sahel remains of grave concern, the United Nations envoy for the region said Thursday, warning that while there had been progress on the political front over the past year, there had ... More >>
UN aid chief seeks improved Syrian crisis response in 2018
Friday, 12 January 2018, 10:33 am | UN News
11 January 2018 – After seven years of bloody conflict, the Syrian war has wreaked a “colossal toll” on the country and its people, the United Nations relief chief said on Thursday from the capital, Damascus, where he outlined ways to sustain and ... More >>
