Millions of people are dying prematurely from diseases such as cancer and heart disease and many governments are making only "limited" progress in controlling them, UN health experts said on Monday. A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates that much greater political will is needed to beat these non-communicable diseases – also [...]

Reform of the United Nations took centre stage this Monday as 128 countries backed a pledge to reshape the global organization. United States President Donald Trump joined UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres to underline the common goal of a UN that provides value for money while advancing shared values. Dianne Penn reports. Duration: 3'03"

Appeal for "global solidarity" to help millions hit by Irma: UN chief The UN chief Antรณnio Guterres has appealed for "global solidarity" on behalf of the millions affected by Hurricane Irma and other extreme weather events to come. The Secretary-General was speaking at a high-level meeting of the new session of the UN General Assembly [...]

Listen to our daily bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, presented by Dianne Penn. In today’s programme: countries support UN reform pledge; and we talk to the senior UN official spearheading efforts to stamp out sexual exploitation and abuse.

World leaders who have committed to join the United Nations in combatting sexual exploitation and abuse will be among the participants at a high-level meeting at UN Headquarters on Monday. The meeting has been convened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres who has made addressing this issue a top priority since his appointment in January. Ahead [...]

"Women are still a minority in most of the armed forces around the world; and in some ways, that is a privileged position.". That's the view of Lieutenant Colonel Katie Hislop of the United Kingdom who is the only female commander at the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). She heads the UK contingent which [...]

UN chief condemns "yet another" DPRK missile test The latest missile test by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has been condemned by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. In a statement, Mr Guterres described Friday's launch as a "manifest violation" of Security Council resolutions. The 15-member body is due to discuss what action to take after the [...]

After steadily declining for over a decade, world hunger is once again on the rise, says the latest UN report on world food security and nutrition, released on Friday. Some 815 million people were affected by hunger in 2016, an increase of 38 million from the previous year. The report singles out conflict, increasingly compounded [...]

When he took office in January of this year, UN Secretary-General António Guterres pledged to reach gender parity across the global organization. Mr Guterres took that commitment a step forward this week by launching a strategy to reach parity among senior leaders by 2021, and ultimately across the UN system in 2028. Currently, there is [...]

Listen to our daily bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, presented by Dianne Penn. In today's programme: Conflict, climate change behind a resurgence in world hunger; and we hear about plans to achieve gender parity across the UN system.