Three leaders in "South-South Cooperation", together with $33 million in contributions, are helping 15 of the least developed countries in the world move ahead with achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. India, Brazil, and South Africa – three nations from different economies and different continents – launched the latest IBSA Fund report on Monday, which [...]

New UN initiative aims to train young leaders in the global south A new UN partnership aims to empower and train young leaders in the southern hemisphere. The Youth for South initiative was announced on Tuesday at the Global South-South Development Expo 2017 currently underway in Antalya, Turkey. It will initially target around 30 to [...]

Family members are linked to nearly half of all identified cases of child trafficking, new data released on Tuesday by the UN Migration Agency, IOM, has revealed. It finds that family involvement in this crime is up to four times higher than in incidents of adult trafficking. Dianne Penn reports. The statistics are based on [...]

UN chief condemns Central African Republic attack UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned Sunday’s attack allegedly carried out by the anti-Balaka group against a convoy of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR), in which one peacekeeper from Egypt was killed and three others were injured. In a statement issued by [...]

Hundreds of participants from more than 120 countries, have gathered in Antalya, Turkey, for what's been described as the world's most important forum for showcasing, sharing and scaling-up innovative local solutions for global problems. The four-day event, known as the Global South-South Development Expo, is being hosted by the Turkish government, and the UN Office [...]

With a 16-day global campaign in full swing to end violence against women and girls, transforming the human rights situation in Sudan’s turbulent Darfur region, requires clear and distinctive definitions of sexual violence and adultery. That's according to the Human Rights Section Chief for the region's UN mission, UNAMID, Isha Dyfan, who explained that separating [...]

Saudi-led coalition eases restrictions on humanitarian aid for Yemen A blockade imposed on all goods entering Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition that is battling Houthi rebels for control of the country, was partially lifted over the weekend, the UN reported on Monday. Saudi Arabia closed all ports of entry just over three weeks ago, in [...]

Promoting young people's access to land was among the objectives of a four-day conference held in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, earlier this month. The event sought to deepen knowledge about land policy on the continent and to support the African Union's declaration of 2017 as the Year of Youth. This marked the second time the [...]

  Rohingya return plan must guarantee their safety: UNHCR The proposed return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar from Bangladesh must be safe and voluntary amid serious concerns for their security if they go home, the UN said on Friday. UN Refugee Agency UNHCR issued the appeal a day after the two countries said they had [...]

It's going to be a "long road to recovery" for the hurricane-struck Caribbean islands of Dominica and Barbuda, despite a successful pledging conference at UN Headquarters this week. That's the view of Stephen O'Malley, UN Resident Coordinator for Barbados and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, who attended the conference where pledges worth more than [...]