"We will succeed" pledges force commander of deadly Mali mission The man in charge of blue helmets serving at the United Nation's deadliest peacekeeping mission, which is facing serious shortfalls in equipment and personnel, has pledged to succeed – if he's given the tools to do the job.  Force Commander of the UN Stabilization Mission [...]

Listen to our daily bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, presented by Matt Wells and Daniel Johnson. In today's programme:  Parts of Yemen may already be suffering from famine, say UN officials, as a Saudi blockade continues to keep out crucial humanitarian supplies; and: We'll speak to the UN Children's Fund UNICEF [...]

  Famine may be happening "right now" in Yemen, warns UN aid agency Famine may be happening "right now" in Yemen, the UN said on Friday, as a blockade on aid and other essential goods by a Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels there enters its 12th day. Jens Laerke, from the Office for the Coordination [...]

"Density soaring" of refugee population in Bangladesh: UNHCR The density of Rohingya refugees crowding into often makeshift camps in Bangladesh, is "soaring", the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday. Approximately 620,000 refugees have fled their homes and sought refuge across the border since late August, after ethnic violence erupted in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state. [...]

Peace and security are inseparable from the advancement of social progress and human rights, the UN Secretary-General said on Friday. Ant贸nio Guterres relayed this message during a Security Council meeting on large scale migration crises, shortage of resources, and human rights violations that have led to social and political unrest in the Mediterranean region. Natalie [...]

Life in war-torn Yemen was already a daily struggle for the average citizen, but a blockade imposed last week is making conditions even worse, a senior UN aid official in the country has said. George Khoury, Director of the UN humanitarian affairs office in the country, said despite a partial lifting of the blockade, his [...]

Top officials from national space agencies, diplomats, academics, representatives from the private sector and others are meeting in Dubai this week to explore how they can help create a better world by 2030. They are taking part in the second annual High Level Forum on Space as a Driver for Socio-economic Development organized by the [...]

Security Council calls for "unhindered" humanitarian access to Rakhine State The Security Council on Monday demanded that authorities in Myanmar give the UN and partners "unhindered" humanitarian access to Rakhine State. The Presidential Statement expressed "grave concern" at the accounts of intercommunal violence, that have seen more than 600,000 mainly Muslim Rohingya flee Rakhine across [...]

It is time to acknowledge the value women bring in peace negotiations and society as a whole, a veteran activist has said. Joy Ada Onyesoh, Vice President of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), was at UN Headquarters recently for a Security Council meeting marking 17 years since the adoption of a [...]

A change of mentality is needed in order to realize greater inclusion of persons with disabilities. That's according to Catalina Devandas Aguilar, Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, who calls for people everywhere to "embrace human diversity". She underlined the importance of understanding that people with disabilities have the same needs, aspirations [...]