Mediation for Afghanistan’s violent offenders ‘fails women’

Mali’s children ‘bear heaviest brunt’ of conflict, says UNICEF

Saudi arrests of civil rights defenders ‘perplexing’: UN rights office

Since 1948, UN peacekeepers have supported countries emerging from conflict.

Major General Tim Ford of Australia, a former UN military adviser, spoke to Julia Dean about the blue helmets’ 70 years of service and sacrifice.

For this latest UN and Africa podcast, as the UN chief António Guterres unveils a new disarmament agenda, we’ll hear from a former UN staff member who watched the West African country rid itself of the menace of deadly battlefield weapons.

Hospital ‘escapees’ show need to explain Ebola risks to DR Congo, says WHO

$280 million urgently needed for life-saving work in Ethiopia — OCHA

2018 hurricane season set to be ‘near or above normal’, says WMO

It’s time for the United Nations to play a bigger role in disarmament, according to UN chief Antonio Guterres, calling for concrete, practical actions to promote peaceful conflict resolution. Among those actions is to maximize the benefits of “frontier technology”. Daniel Johnson discusses the various ways that the UN is looking to incorporate such technology in its disarmament agenda.

The hydraulic extraction of natural gas — known as fracking — produces cleaner energy than oil and coal, but it’s not necessarily in the best interests of the world’s poorest countries, according to a new report by UNCTAD, which describes natural gas as a “bridge fuel” for States aiming to move to renewable energy sources. Janvier Nkurunziza, Chief of UNCTAD’s Commodity Research and Analysis Section, has been talking to Daniel Johnson about the report’s findings.

UN chief launches new disarmament agenda to secure ‘our world and our future’

HIV/AIDS costing billions in lost earnings, says new UN report

UN releases new money to combat escalating humanitarian needs in the Sahel

Deadly Ebola disease could spread “very fast” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but more than 150 World Health Organization (WHO) staff are already hard at work there helping to protect communities from the threat, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Coordinator for Africa, told Daniel Johnson on Wednesday.

The UN Special Envoy for Global Education is on a mission to convince wealthy donors that investing in good teachers and classrooms is an investment in our collective future.