Bahrain is taking the lead in promoting entrepreneurship as a means to achieve global peace, prosperity and economic empowerment. That's according to an official with the UN Investment Development Organization (UNIDO) based in the country, which is this week hosting a forum on achieving sustainable development through entrepreneurship and innovation. Hashim Hussein, head of UNIDO's [...]

The UN audiovisual library is a collection of over one million photo, radio, and television items. They are kept under the watchful eye of chief of audiovisual archives at the United Nations, Antonio da Silva, who's charged with collecting, preserving, and reformatting 72 years' worth of materials. The UN celebrated World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [...]

The UN audiovisual library is a collection of over one million photo, radio, and television items. They are kept under the watchful eye of chief of audiovisual archives at the United Nations, Antonio da Silva, who's charged with collecting, preserving, and reformatting 72 years' worth of materials. The UN celebrated World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [...]

When threatened by the effects of climate change, humans can quickly move from one location to another, but animals are slower to adapt. That's according to Bradnee Chambers, who oversees a UN environmental treaty known as the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, known as CMS. Migratory species include birds, whales [...]

Eastern Ghouta situation "an outrage": UN human rights chief The suffering of civilians in the besieged Syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta is "an outrage," UN Human Rights High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussain said on Friday. Eastern Ghouta, located in the outskirts of the capital, Damascus, has been under siege by Syrian government forces for [...]

A plan has been launched to address what one UN body considers among the most pressing problems in the Americas: protection of human rights defenders. The region accounted for three out of every four recorded murders of these activists worldwide in 2016. The shocking statistic has been provided by the UN human rights office which [...]

No excuse for lack of health services: UN official Governments are being reminded of their obligation to provide health services for their citizens, including to ensure that fewer women and babies do not die while giving birth.  That's the message from the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kate Gilmore, who this week participated [...]

Women's participation in peace talks still unusual despite landmark resolution   Having women at the negotiating table in peace processes is still unusual, the UN Security Council heard on Friday. Ambassadors met to take stock of progress made in the 17 years since they passed a landmark resolution aimed at increasing women's participation in efforts [...]

Terrorism "on the defensive" but Syria's "moment of truth" has arrived Following the defeat of Daesh extremist forces in the Syrian cities of Raqqa and around Deir-ez-Zour, "terrorism is on the defensive", but far from defeated. That's the warning from UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, briefing the Security Council on Thursday, who [...]

Aisha fled her home in Côte d'Ivoire to save her daughter from female genital mutilation (FGM), but the mother's nightmare only continued at a detention centre in Libya. The harmful traditional practice of FGM, considered in some communities to be a rite of passage, has propelled thousands of women and girls to flee their homes, [...]