More than 10,000 children were killed or maimed due to conflict last year, according to an UN report, including shocking examples of girls being used as “human bombs” by Boko Haram terrorists, and attacks on schools and hospitals.  Virginia Gamba, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, presented the report’s findings.

Excessive bleeding after childbirth still kills around 70,000 mothers a year, but a new heat-resistant drug called carbetocin, which does not need refrigeration, could now save “thousands of women’s lives” in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. WHO spokesperson Gregory Hartl calls it a potential “game-changer” for women’s health.

Rise in number of children killed, maimed and recruited in conflict: UN report

UN Syria envoy warns that south-west offensive could echo destruction of Aleppo

One million Ethiopians displaced since early June by communal violence: UN

Rohingya women living in refugee camps in Bangladesh who have escaped rape and deadly violence in Myanmar say they fear returning home because of ongoing insecurity and the fact that they have no status there, Pramila Patten, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on sexual violence in conflict, told UN News in this UN Gender Focus podcast.

The ceasefires earlier this month in Afghanistan conducted by the government and the Taliban extremist group are a signal that peace is possible in the war-weary country.

That’s the assessment of Tadamichi Yamamoto, head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), who briefed the Security Council this week.

Aid teams respond to escalating south-west Syria conflict where 750,000 civilians are at risk

Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic Congo is ‘largely contained’: WHO

Rights violations ‘persist’ in Eritrea: UN expert

Responsibility to protect strengthens sovereignty, says UN chief

Territorial integrity at risk in Middle Eastern and North African countries, Security Council hears

Finding new homes for refugees — a major challenge: UN report

US migrant children policy reversal ‘fails’ thousands of youngsters already held: UN experts

Human rights chief calls for international probe on Venezuela

Women’s rights facing global pushback from conservativism, fundamentalism, UN experts warn

Heads of the world's counter-terrorism agencies will meet at UN Headquarters in New York next week for the first time to share resources and ideas for fighting international terrorism. Elena Vapnitchnaia asked Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General of the Office of Counter-Terrorism, about the significance of the upcoming high-level conference.

Improving the lives of people in countries emerging from conflict is the goal of police officers serving at UN peacekeeping operations around the world, according to Luís Carrilho, UN Police Adviser and head of the organization’s Police Division, which is hosting the two-day UN Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS) in New York. Monica Grayley asked him about some of the main objectives of the summit.