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  Sport and faith "drive social change", tolerance and peace: UN chief Sport and faith foster "fundamental values of respect and friendship" according to the UN chief Ban Ki-moon, speaking at a conference in the Vatican on Wednesday. The event, entitled "Sport at the Service of Humanity" was an initiative of the Holy See and [...]

The "faint" voices of migrants will be heard much more loudly "in UN circles" thanks to the inclusion of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). That's the hope and belief of the IOM's Director-General, William Lacy Swing, speaking shortly after the official ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York, welcoming the agency into the system. [...]

Nearly 69 million new teachers needed to reach 2030 goals Close to 69 million new teachers will be needed in order to reach the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). That's the stark conclusion reached by the statistical institute of the UN's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, marking World Teachers Day on 5 October. In [...]

Governments around the world are being urged to close development gaps as a means to address the negative impacts of climate change. That's among the main findings of the World Economic and Social Survey 2016 published by the UN's Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). The report looks at building resilience and reducing the [...]

Hurricane Matthew's impact on Haiti could be "catastrophic" The impact of Hurricane Matthew could be "catastrophic" on Haiti and its neighbours, the UN said Tuesday. Issuing the warning, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported wind speeds at the centre of the storm in excess of 230 kilometres per hour. The agency's Clare Nullis also said [...]

The international community is expected to continue providing Afghanistan with up to US$ 2 billion in development aid for the next four years, the UN special envoy to the country has said. A major conference got underway in Brussels on Tuesday, hosted by Afghanistan and the European Union, to secure continued support for the country's [...]

Children are "the worst of the worst-off in the world", according to new joint study carried out by UNICEF and the World Bank. Martin Evans, is the UN Children's Fund's senior advisor on poverty, and he says they are twice as likely to be "extremely poor" when compared to adults. The report follows on from [...]

An emergency response to support people affected by the landfall of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti is underway, the UN's food agency has confirmed. The hurricane, which according to media reports is the strongest to hit the Caribbean region in nearly a decade, moved over the south-west coast of Haiti on Tuesday morning bringing high winds, [...]

A report on alleged chemical weapons use in the Darfur region of Sudan underscores the need to bring an end to the ongoing conflict there, the head of UN Peacekeeping told the Security Council on Tuesday. HervĂŠ Ladsous was referring to an investigation released last week by Amnesty International which found that "at least 30 [...]