Countries have given life to the UN-brokered Paris Agreement on climate change and it is now time to work on meeting its goal of limiting global temperature rises, Morocco's Environment Minister has said. Dr Hakime El Haite's was speaking as experts gather in Marrakech for the latest UN climate conference, known as COP22. The Minister [...]

Listen to a bulletin of news and features from United Nations Radio, with Dianne Penn and Jocelyne Sambira. In today's programme: Fight to retake Mosul from ISIL "progressing well" the UN's top official in Iraq tells the Security Council And we hear why corruption is the "biggest challenge" for post-conflict Liberia

Corruption remains the "biggest challenge" for Liberia as it continues its recovery from a brutal civil war; that's according to the Police Commissioner of the UN peacekeeping mission there. UNMIL has been supporting the West African country since 2003 following the end of the conflict, but as long-term peace and stability returns, the mission has [...]

The battle to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul is "progressing well," the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday. The head of the UN mission in the country Ján Kubiš updated members on the operation launched by the Iraqi army and its allies to retake the northern city from the terrorist group ISIL, also known [...]

  "Massive reduction" in Somalia piracy result of global community support The international community's "robust commitment" to address piracy and armed robbery off the coast of Somalia has resulted in a "massive reduction" of the crime in recent years, the acting Somali representative to the UN has said. On Wednesday, the Security Council adopted a [...]

A new generation of sustainable bamboo houses that take just 20 days to build could be part of the answer to making cities more sustainable and resilient. That's the view of Oliver Frith, a director of the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan, which showcased one of its new houses at the recent Habitat III [...]

  Haiti cholera mass vaccinations get under way A mass cholera vaccination campaign has begun in Haiti targeting more than 800,000 people, one month after Hurricane Matthew flattened large areas of the Caribbean island. The World Health Organization (WHO) says that the vaccines will be given in the 16 communes that have had suspected cholera [...]

Listen to a bulletin of news and features from United Nations Radio, with Dianne Penn and Matthew Wells. In today's programme: Experts say this year is shaping up to be the hottest on record. And Governments in Asia-Pacific push to achieve healthier economies to invest more in children.

A film festival has been held for the first time in Beirut, Lebanon, in an attempt to expose the plight of Syrian refugees settling in the country. Mirielle Girard, the UN's Refugee Agency's (UNHCR) representative in Lebanon, said that the festival is aimed at showing people what is "behind the statistics". She added that xenophobia [...]

Social spending in the Asia-Pacific region remains low compared to the rest of the world, leading to slow economic growth in some countries and lack of protection for children. That's according to Christopher de Bono, UN Children's Fund's (UNICEF) Chief of Communication for the East Asia and Pacific region. Governments from across the region have [...]