UN chief calls for more global action on conflict prevention New UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for more global action on conflict prevention. In his first address to the UN Security Council, Mr Guterres stated that prevention is not merely a priority, but the priority for saving lives, reducing suffering and giving hope to [...]

Women and girls "far more vulnerable" in humanitarian crises In a world beset by crises and disasters, women and girls are far more vulnerable than their male counterparts; that's according to UN Women's Humanitarian Coordinator and Deputy Director of Programmes, Daniel Seymour. Women and girls are 2.5 times more likely to be out of school [...]

A new audio visual project to raise awareness about the situation of woman prisoners in Bolivia was launched recently, by the UN's office on drugs and crime (UNODC). Titled "Obrajes", which is the name of a women's detention centre in Bolivia, the project exposes the grim realities of 12 imprisoned women. Overcrowding, the severe cost [...]

Despite a decrease in conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan, civilians there continue to face inter-communal violence and other forms of insecurity, the head of UN peacekeeping told the Security Council on Thursday. HervĂŠ Ladsous has called for continued international action to find lasting solutions so that some 2.6 million displaced people can return [...]

The global unemployment rate is expected to rise by 3.4 million this year, bringing the number of jobless people to just over 201 million. That's according to a report by the International Labour Organization on employment trends for 2017 and 2018. Global wage growth has fallen to its lowest levels in four years, the agency [...]

In a world beset by crises and disasters, women and girls are far more vulnerable than their male counterparts; that's according to UN Women's Humanitarian Coordinator and Deputy Director of Programmes, Daniel Seymour. Women and girls are 2.5 times more likely to be out of school and far more likely to lose their jobs. The UN [...]

The increased use of tobacco in Africa could lead to a "time bomb" of health- related problems according to the World Health Organization. WHO has recently published The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control report, which shows that while the global consumption of tobacco is declining, in Africa the reverse is happening. Daniel Dickinson has [...]

A growing number of people in Syria are being infected with the virus Hepatitis C according to a survey conducted by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The study noted with concern that among 21,858 people surveyed across Syria, numerous cases of hepatitis C, which affects the liver, had been registered among vulnerable groups such as [...]

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 the country. Government and opposition groups had signed [...]

  "Military progress" in Mosul slowed by civilians-first policy of Iraqis "Military progress" in the battle to retake Mosul from ISIL terrorist forces in Iraq has been slowed down by an Iraqi military decision to protect civilians as much as possible. That's according to Lise Grande, the UN 's humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, who said [...]