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Speakers of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation meeting address the Security Dialogue on the role of mine action in all phases of the conflict cycle, Vienna, 4 July 2018.

A U.S. federal judge has extended by 20 days the housing aid program helping Puerto Ricans still unable to return home after last year’s Hurricane Maria damaged thousands of homes as well as the U.S. territory’s power grid.

World Bank Vice President for East Asia and Pacific Ms. Victoria Kwakwa will visit Myanmar from July 8 to 10. The purpose of the visit is to discuss with the State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other high-ranking government officials as well as relevant stakeholders the Bank’s partnership with Myanmar, and in particular, the priorities for programming of resources from the International Development Association for investments to enhance social inclusion and foster peace within Myanmar.

A MINUSMA convoy drives along a street Menaka, north-eastern Mali. The region has witnessed a sharp escalation in violence and insecurity.

High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of JPY 400 million (just under US$4 million) from the Government of Japan to support some of the most vulnerable Palestinians living in Gaza.

The Trump administration has rescinded policies that direct colleges and universities to increase diversity by considering race in college admissions.

In June 2018, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore interacts with children in Yemen at the child friendly space at the Alqatee'a Health Centre in Aden.

The economy of Mali is losing 265 billion CFA francs (US$450 million) – more than 4 percent of annual GDP – to the effects of child undernutrition, a multi-agency study has found. The Cost of Hunger in Mali (COHA), blames the losses on increased healthcare costs, additional burdens on the education system and, further down the line, reduced workforce productivity.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a US$6.5 million contribution from the United States of America in support of Congolese and Burundian refugees in Rwanda. This contribution restores full food rations to these refugees and brings the total food and nutrition assistance provided by USAID/Food for Peace in Rwanda to US$10 million this year.