Aid effort will continue "by all means" to Syria Efforts to deliver humanitarian supplies in Syria will continue "by all means" available where access is possible despite the ongoing violence, the UN said Friday. On Thursday, 23 trucks delivered enough aid for 35,000 people in Moadamiyet Al Sham, according to agency spokesperson Jens Laerke. "The [...]

"We need action from everyone" to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030; global targets which will end hunger, reduce poverty and guarantee sustainable living for all. That's the call from UN chief Ban Ki-moon, speaking at a High Level side event on Friday, entitled; SDGs Coming to Life, Envisaging a Common and Resilient [...]

One of world's worst humanitarian crises underway in the Lake Chad Basin is "struggling for attention" according to the Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Jan Eliasson. Nine million people urgently need humanitarian aid across the region with some 6.3 million not getting enough to eat. On the margins of the UN General Assembly debate, leaders [...]

Listen to a bulletin of news and features from United Nations Radio, with Matthew Wells and Dianne Penn. In today's programme, bringing the Sustainable Development Goals to life – the UN chief says we "need action from everyone, everywhere"… And one of today's worst humanitarian crises – Africa's Lake Chad basin – is struggling to [...]

Real-time conversations between world leaders and journalists on how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are being implemented one year on, has been generating valuable "buzz" online. That's the view of Sergio Fernandez De Cordova, Chairman of the PVBLIC Foundation, who helped set up an online platform connecting the UN to the wider public. During the [...]

Terrorism "threat of the century" says Chad President The President of Chad has described terrorism as the "threat of the century" facing Africa. Extremists, including those belonging to the Boko Haram terrorist group, have destabilized much of the Lake Chad Basin triggering a humanitarian crisis. Daniel Dickinson reports. African development possible if illicit financial flows [...]

  Zeid: DRC violence could be a precursor to "large-scale crisis" Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which has left dozens of civilians dead is a sign that "a large-scale crisis" could soon envelop the country. That warning comes from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein who's called for [...]

Listen to a bulletin of news and features from United Nations Radio, with Matthew Wells and Dianne Penn. In today's programme…Women's economic empowerment is "uniquely important" to achieving real gender equality, says the UN chief… And South Sudan is "struggling for survival" as the Security Council meets to assess the humanitarian and political crisis afflicting [...]

It's time to act against poverty and stop sympathizing, a youth observer from Ghana to the United Nations has said. Pearl Afua was selected to be the "eyes and ears" of young people in her country during the United Nations General Assembly debate. Jocelyne Sambira caught up with her ahead of a High-Level event on [...]

A new initiative called "Global Hearts" has been launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) to beat back the threat of heart disease. Heart attacks and strokes are the world's leading cause of death. These diseases kill more than 17 million people globally, rich and poor alike, the agency says. The project aims to scale [...]