Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, visits a hair salon started by Elodie Guei Sahe, who fled Côte d’Ivoire in 2011. She returned to her hometown, Bably-Vaya village, in 2020 and opened her salon with help from UNHCR. © UNHCR/Colin Delfosse
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The Women, Peace and Security agenda is “one of our best hopes” for a more peaceful future and a liveable planet, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday. “At this time of proliferating crises, the international community must pursue proven strategies for peace and stability. Protecting and promoting women’s rights is such …
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Ripple effects from the war in Ukraine have generated a severe cost-of-living crisis which no country or community can escape, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday at a press conference to launch the latest report on the conflict’s impacts on food security, energy, and financing.
6 June 2022 The annual UN Climate Change Conference in the German city of Bonn began on Monday, designed to lay the groundwork for a successful COP27, due to take place in the Egyptian coastal resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh, in November. Governments are meeting for the first time since the conclusion of COP26 in Glasgow last November, which …
2 June 2022United Nations Amin Awad was appointed the UN Crisis Coordinator in Ukraine by Secretary-General António Guterres in February, following the Russian attack on the country. Marking 100 days since the 24 February Russian invasion of Ukraine, UN News spoke exclusively and in-depth to Mr. Awad, who explained what the UN is doing to try to end …
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UN Photo/Mark Garten | UN Secretary-General António Guterres (left) attends a wreath laying on the occasion of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 2022. UNMISS/Lieutenant Phuc Nguyen Tien | Vietnamese peacekeepers serving with the UN mission in South Sudan plant a sapling as part of a project with local youth. Gender advocate honoured Major …
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Over-consumption in the world’s richest countries is creating unhealthy, dangerous, and toxic conditions for children globally, according to a new report published on Tuesday by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Figure must ‘serve as a wake-up call’ for more action to promote peace and address all causes of forced displacement, says UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi
© Unsplash/Karsten Würth | The sun sets on a windfarm in Germany. UNDP/Anette Andresen | Villagers in the Peruvian village of Sibayo, use a solar-powered spinning machine. © Coral Reef Image Bank/Tom Vierus A thriving coral in Fiji. © UNICEF/Oloo | A mother carries her child past the carcasses of livestock that died as a …
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Chaired by the President of the UN General Assembly, the International Migration Review Forum is the first opportunity for Member States, the UN System and others to reflect upon the achievements to date and challenges in the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. Photo: IOM/Archive