A consortium of donors committed to improving Haiti's water and sanitation is needed to help eradicate cholera from the island, in support of the new government. That's the message being taken to the World Economic Forum in Davos by the UN Special Adviser on Haiti, and sustainable development, David Nabarro. He's in the Swiss resort [...]

Emotions on the ground have been heightened following a UN vote calling on Israel to "cease all settlement activity" in the occupied Palestinian territories. UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov made the remarks in his first briefing to the Security Council in 2017. Adopted on 23 December, the Council resolution [...]

  UN launches guide on how to address violent extremism in prisons A new handbook on managing violent extremist prisoners and preventing radicalization in prisons has been launched by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). It's the UN's first technical guidance tool on how to address these challenges in prison settings. The approach [...]

An innovative campaign to promote sustainable development has been launched at Zurich airport: part of a bid to spread the word to two billion people between now and 2030. Using the online hashtag #YouNeedToKnow, the initiative is one of the first things travellers see when they transit through the Swiss hub. The idea has also [...]

  Iran nuclear accord marks significant milestone: UN Iran's historic nuclear agreement has reached a significant milestone, the Director General of the UN's nuclear agency, IAEA, has announced. Known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the deal, endorsed by the UN and six world powers, affirms that the country will not seek, develop [...]

Serious action is needed "right now" to stop ethnically-based killings in South Sudan, where the UN has warned of the possibility of genocide. That warning comes from the UN Mission in the east African country, UNMISS, which published a report on Monday documenting major human rights violations which took place over five days last July [...]

Courage of Haiti earthquake survivors praised by UN The courage "determination and dedication" of those who survived the devastating earthquake which hit Haiti seven years ago, has been praised by the UN. In a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the earthquake which killed more than 200,000 people, the head of the UN Mission there, [...]

A mass vaccination campaign to protect more than four million children against a measles outbreak in north-eastern Nigeria kicked off today, said the World Health's Organization (WHO). The two-week-long campaign will target children in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States; areas that have long been affected by conflict, and where some areas remain inaccessible to health [...]

Merging science, technology and innovative ideas can help tackle the global challenges to development, a panellist at a UN conference on the topic has said. Vaughan Turekian, science and technology adviser to the US Secretary of State, explained how these tools can be harnessed to advance the sustainable development goals or SDGs. Speaking to Priyanka [...]

Peacekeeping chief urges swift implementation of DRC agreement The UN Security Council has been urged to continue calling for the swift endorsement of a recent political agreement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The appeal was made by UN peacekeeping chief, Hervé Ladsous who has updated members on political and security developments in [...]