Plight of thousands of Sahrawi refugees leaves UN chief "deeply concerned" The plight of tens of thousands of refugees from Western Sahara who stand to have their food rations cut, is a source of deep concern, the UN said on Friday. Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement that humanitarian aid was "a lifeline" [...]

Tackling challenges such as marine pollution and dwindling fish stocks will top the global agenda next week when Heads of State, civil society representatives and the private sector convene at UN Headquarters to spur action to improve the state of the world's oceans. The first-ever Ocean Conference focuses on the targets outlined in Sustainable Development [...]

There is no denying that climate change is one of the biggest threats to the future of our planet, and action against it is "unstoppable." That's what UN Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters at a press encounter in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday. He made the remarks following US President Donald Trump's announcement on Thursday [...]

We need more women peacekeepers, says UN commander It is vital that more women play a bigger role in UN peacekeeping operations, a veteran forces commander said on Wednesday. Major General Kristin Lund was speaking in Geneva, where she was attending a ceremony to honour more than 3,500 UN peacekeepers who’ve lost their lives since the [...]

Small funding investments in conservation groups in Trinidad and Tobago have made a big difference in protecting coastal areas and marine life in the country. That's the assessment of an officer with the UN Development Programme (UNDP), based in the capital, Port of Spain. Rissa Edoo is National Coordinator for the Global Environmental Facility's Small [...]

UN condemns killing of peacekeeper in Darfur The UN has strongly condemned the killing of a peacekeeper from Nigeria, who was on a routine patrol in the north Darfur region of Sudan. In a statement issued on Thursday, the joint African Union-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said that the attack constituted a violation of international [...]

Upsurge in violence forces 80,000 people in CAR to flee: UNHCR An upsurge in violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) has forced more than 88,000 people to flee their homes, a spokesperson for the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has said. Twenty thousand of them have sought refuge in neighbouring DRC, or the Democratic Republic [...]

Listen to a bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, with Jocelyne Sambira and Matthew Wells. In today's programme:  "There is no time for complacency in the global fight against AIDS" the UN chief warns; and 2.7 million children live in care institutions around the world, the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, reports.

There is no time for complacency" in the fight against AIDS, the UN Secretary-General warned in his latest report on halting and reversing the global epidemic. Delegates at the UN General Assembly held a debate on Thursday on how to reinvigorate the international AIDS response in order to fulfill a promise to end the scourge [...]

Across Afghanistan, women's employment opportunities are limited. In remote areas of the country, women rarely work outside the home because of cultural constraints and the ongoing conflict. Those Afghan women who do work in rural areas typically find work in the public sector as teachers and healthcare professionals. Thanks in part to international support and [...]