Road traffic crashes have become the leading killer of young people, with most deaths happening in lower-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. The agency's Director for the department that handles violence and injury prevention, Dr. Etienne Krug, spoke with UN News's Natalie Hutchison.

Women have left an indelible mark on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but when they first started working on it, men were “thinking that the declaration wasn’t going to be much of anything." That's according to Stockholm University researcher, Rebecca Adami, whose book "Women and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" was launched this week at the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library in New York.  Ms. Adami spoke with UN News's Paulina Greer.

Climate action vital for good human health, new UN health report finds

Syrian civilians must be protected amid ISIL executions and airstrikes: Bachelet

UN labor agency reports migrant workers are 164 million in number

There is “no question,” of the positive benefits that could be reaped from migration, if the world implements the UN Global Compact, an all-inclusive agreement to make migration safe and orderly. That's the view of UN Special Representative for International migration, Louise Arbour, who spoke with Mustafa al-Gamal of UN News ahead of next week's Compact conference in Morocco.

As thousands of political leaders, advocates and private sector representatives from around the world are gathered in Katowice, Poland, for the COP24 conference, to define concrete guidelines for climate action, one person stands out: Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, who was recently appointed Special Envoy for the Climate Change Summit 2019.  Mr. de Alba spoke with UN News’s Yasmina Guerda.

For the 14th year in a row, the Mobile Film Festival rounded up videos from around the world to promote emerging talent from around this globe, this time, with the support of the UN. The Festival founder, Bruno Smadja, told Cristina Silveiro of UN News why making the competitiong accessible has been so important.

Global aid appeal targets more than 93 million most in need next year

Yemen’s warring parties ‘yearning’ for end to conflict: WFP chief

War used as ‘selling point’ by people smugglers to ship migrants to Yemen