Listen to our daily bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, presented by Matt Wells and Dianne Penn. In today's programme: in a landmark resolution, the Security Council authorizes a new team to investigate crimes against humanity and genocide carried out by the terrorist group Daesh in IRAQ… And the UN's new relief [...]

New UN relief chief relays voices of displaced to world leaders Displaced people in Africa's volatile Lake Chad region have an urgent request to the international community: we need your protection. That's the message the new UN emergency relief coordinator Mark Lowcock is delivering to world leaders meeting in New York at the latest session [...]

A teacher and school-funder who helped the release of some of the Chibok girls from Boko Haram extremists in Nigeria, has been declared the winner of this year's Nansern Award, sponsored by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Mustapha Zannah has opened schools in the conflict zone of north-east Nigeria, where the Boko Haram group first [...]

Invest more in policies that support childhood development: UNICEF Governments and the private sector are being urged to support three basic national policies which benefit early childhood development. The call has been made by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) which said only 15 countries worldwide have these policies in place. The measures include providing families [...]

Displaced people in Africa's volatile Lake Chad region have an urgent request to the international community: we need your protection. That's the message the new UN emergency relief coordinator Mark Lowcock is delivering to world leaders meeting in New York at the latest session of the General Assembly. It's the first time Mr Lowcock is [...]

In a "landmark" resolution, the Security Council established a new team on Thursday to investigate alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed by the terrorist group ISIL in Iraq. ISIL, also known as Daesh, overran large areas of Iraq and Syria in 2014, but in the past year it has seen most of [...]

Gender equality a "driver" in fighting violence against women and girls A concrete plan to fight violence against women and girls demands recognizing its various forms in regions across the globe. This from European Union (EU) Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, speaking about the "Spotlight Initiative," launched this week on the margins [...]

We cannot allow "doomsday weapons" to endanger the future: UN chief We cannot allow "doomsday weapons" to continue threatening our children's future and that of the entire world. That's the passionate view of UN chief Antรณnio Guterres, speaking on Wednesday at the signing ceremony for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The historic [...]

Listen to our daily bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, presented by Dianne Penn and Matt Wells. In today's programme: Countries take stock of a global plan on refugees and migrants; and the European Union partners with the UN to stamp out violence against women and girls.

World must "seize the moment" to end protracted crisis in Libya: Guterres The international community needs to "seize the moment" and work towards a lasting political solution to the protracted crisis that has gripped Libya for the past six years. UN chief Antรณnio Guterres made the plea on Wednesday at the start of a high-level [...]