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On International Day, UN highlights rural women's participation in sustainable, climate-resilient agricultural

Small farms in Madagascar are hard hit by erratic weather and locust invasion. Photo: FAO/Yasuyoshi Chiba 15 October 2017 Women and girls are centra…

Disease outbreak ‘real and present danger’ UNICEF warns, launching latrine-building plan in Cox’s Bazar

Children in Tasnimarkhola Spontaneous Settlement Site, Cox 12 October 2017 New latrines will be constructed in the Rohingya camps and settlements of…

UN chief lauds Dominica's vision to become first climate-resilient nation after recent devastation

Aerial view of the devastation in Dominica following successive category five hurricanes in September 2017. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas 8 October 2017 Un…

Lake Chad Basin: Vulnerable people ‘a step away from starvation,’ says UN aid chief

Children prepare freshly caught fish, village of Tagal, Lake Chad region, Chad. Photo: UNICEF/Tremeau 28 September 2017 The scale up of internationa…

UN Secretary-General condemns killing of peacekeepers in Mali

Senegalese UNPOL Officers patrol the streets of Gao, Mali. Photo MINUSMA/Marco Dormino 24 September 2017 Secretary-General Antnio Guterres has conde…

With world at epic crossroads, UN seems like it’s on ‘silent’ mode, Jordan tells Assembly

Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, Crown Prince of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, addresses the general debate of the General Assemblys seventy-second se…

Striving for peace, decent life for all, ‘very pertinent’ UN Assembly theme, says Ugandan President

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of the Republic of Uganda addresses the General Assemblys annual general debate. UN Photo/Cia Pak 19 September 2017 …

Use political weight to eliminate sexual exploitation and abuse, UN official urges global leaders

United Nations work with local communities in Kavumo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to sensitize the population on prevention of sexual explo…

UN anti-crime agency at 20; tackling terrorism, cybercrime vital for peaceful and sustainable future

UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Yury Fedotov (centre) participated in a special event in Vienna on 14 September 2017 for UNODC…

UN and partners aiding ‘unprecedented’ flow of refugees from Myanmar

People arriving are in urgent need of life-saving assistance , including food, water and sanitation, health and protection. Photo: Saikat Biswas/UN Mi…

At high-lUN scales up response as 270,000 flee Myanmar into Bangladesh in two weeks

After fleeing violence in Myanmar in October 2016, Rohingya refugees live in overcrowded makeshift sites in Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: UNHCR/Saifu…

At high-level forum, UN stresses importance of education in building ‘culture of peace’

Young people at the launch of the International Year of Youth, celebrated annually on 12 August. UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras 7 September 2017 Educat…