Today, we bring you a special broadcast in honour of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, observed this Monday, 29 May. First up is the story of a former blue helmet from Holland who suffered a horrible accident in Lebanon. And we hear how a special team of police experts share their knowledge at [...]

A young Syrian refugee woman's remarkable story of surviving "one of the worst shipwrecks in the Mediterranean" has been told in a book written by the chief spokesperson for the UN refugee agency. Melissa Fleming recently presented 'A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea' at UN Headquarters in New York. Although she has heard many stories [...]

Malnutrition alert for 400,000 DRC Kasai children Conflict in central Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has put an additional 400,000 children at risk of severe acute malnutrition, the UN warned on Wednesday. According to UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund, more than a third of health centres in Central Kasai province have closed amid an [...]

A young Syrian refugee woman's remarkable story of surviving "one of the worst shipwrecks in the Mediterranean" has been told in a book written by the chief spokesperson for the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR. Melissa Fleming recently presented 'A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea' at UN Headquarters in New York. Although she has heard [...]

  UN rights office condemns Gaza executions by "field military court" The UN human rights office has condemned the execution of three men by Gaza authorities, accused of being involved in the 24 March murder of Hamas leader Mazen Al Faqhaa. According to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the [...]

Listen to a bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, with Dianne Penn and Jocelyne Sambira. In today's programme: The Food and Agriculture Organization warns of a lethal virus affecting a popular fish species And … A Syrian refugee's powerful story of survival inspires a new book by Melissa Fleming of the UN [...]

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is warning of a highly contagious disease that is spreading among farmed and wild tilapia. The Tilapia Lake Virus has now been confirmed in Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Israel and Thailand, and FAO is urging countries to intensify diagnostic testing, among other measures. So far, it can only be found [...]

Contributing to UN peacekeeping efforts has been a "positive thing" for military and police officers from China, according to a senior official with the country's army. Major General Yang Chaoying is the Acting Force Commander at the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) where more than 1,000 Chinese blue helmets are serving. China has been [...]

Listen to a bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, with Dianne Penn and Jocelyne Sambira. In today's programme: Participating in UN peacekeeping a "positive thing" for China says a top official with the army And … Handmade dolls share dreams of Syrian women, children with the world

Children from North Africa "literally dying" to get to Europe: UNICEF More children are braving the Central Mediterranean route to reach Italy which means that more children are literally dying to get there, the Deputy Executive Director for the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday. Around 26,000 unaccompanied and separated children arrived to Italy [...]