PODCAST: Reckoning with slavery’s legacy: Nikole Hannah-Jones and the 1619 Project |
“We can’t heal by ignoring what happened” – that’s one of the key demands for greater racial justice in the United States, from the...
News in Brief 3 June 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.WFP reaches Haiti’s capital with truckloads of food: WFPIn Haiti, UN humanitarians said on Monday...
Lettre d’une mère à Gaza : épreuves, déchirement, résilience et espoir
Ce jour, c'était en novembre 2023, environ un mois après le début de la guerre à Gaza. Ala'a fait partie des quelque 155.000 femmes...
Afghanistan: UN assessment teams deployed to flood-affected areas |
Rescue efforts continue in Afghanistan following deadly flash floods in three northeastern provinces this past weekend.The Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP),...
ONU foca no ensino no Dia Internacional para a Redução do Risco de Desastres
As Nações Unidas ressaltam o lema “O papel da educação na proteção e capacitação dos jovens para um futuro livre de desastres” para marcar...
PODCAST: Barbados and the Blue Economy – Sargassum Solutions |
In a four-part mini-series, released in the run-up to the UN Oceans Conference, we explore some of the ocean-related issues facing the eastern Caribbean...
News in Brief 4 June 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.More than 500 Palestinians killed in occupied West Bank: UN rights chief Violence in the occupied...
Libya: Outgoing UN envoy details challenges to political solution |
A breakthrough in Libya cannot be achieved if leaders continue to monopolise the political process, the outgoing head of the UN mission in the...
La ONU y las ONG internacionales piden la liberación inmediata del personal detenido en...
Los responsables de las agencias y organismos de las Naciones Unidas y junto con los de varias (ONGI) renovaron el sábado sus llamamientos urgentes...
UN, INGOs call for immediate release of detained personnel in Yemen
In a joint statement, the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen, the heads of UNDP, UNESCO, UNICEF, WFP, WHO and OHCHR, and...
PODCAST: Barbados and the Blue Economy – Hope and hedgerows |
This is the second in a four-part mini-series, released in the run-up to the UN Oceans Conference, exploring some of the ocean-related issues facing...
News in Brief 5 June 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.There is an exit off ‘the highway to climate hell’, Guterres insists“It’s climate crunch time”...
‘Gender bias in AI’ impacts technology use on the battlefield, UN expert warns
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly developing and raising concerns on the battlefield, particularly lethal autonomous weapons systems, commonly known as “killer robots”.The United Nations...
Waiting for the ‘big one’ – natural hazards in the Philippines: A UN Resident...
The Southeast Asian country is the most prone to natural hazards in the world, and these hazards are becoming more intense due to climate...
PODCAST: Barbados and the Blue Economy – Restoring the reef |
In our third episode looking at ocean-related issues facing the eastern Caribbean island nation of Barbados, released in the run-up to the UN Oceans...
Los agricultores cultivan un futuro sin opio para Laos
En lo alto de las montañas de la provincia de Houaphanh, al norte de Laos, en una zona históricamente conocida por el cultivo del...
🎙️ Grands Lacs : « J’ai bon espoir que les parties pourront surmonter les obstacles...
Au lendemain de son discours devant la Conseil de sécurité cette semaine, nous avons reçu l’Envoyé spécial de l’ONU pour la région des Grands...
News in Brief 6 June 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school in Gaza Amid reports that an Israeli...
Sudan civilians ‘want conflict to end’ says WFP’s Deputy Executive Director |
Amidst ongoing armed conflict in Sudan, where millions of civilians are left displaced and food insecure, Deputy Executive Director for the World Food Programme...
News in Brief 7 June 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Amid Gaza war, kids now work so families can survive: ILOEight months into the war...
Em Dia Mundial, ONU alerta que pesticidas afetam alimentação de aves migratórias
O uso de pesticidas na agricultura e os efeitos do desenvolvimento urbano, como a poluição luminosa, estão causando a perda e a perturbação das...
Ukraine crisis reaches new terrifying level as civilians face daily drone and ‘glide bomb’...
Daily attacks by the Russian military in Ukraine have damaged dozens of towns and villages in the south and east of the country but...
PODCAST: Developing northern Uganda – pride in honey |
Northern Uganda has higher poverty and less employment that the south of the country, which is why the UN is backing projects aimed at...
