World

Tags:

In Mozambique, it’s ‘a matter of the heart’ says Guterres, lauding the cyclone-struck nation’s ‘undeniable moral authority’

image1170x530cropped_367_0_0.jpg
Secretary-General António Guterres meeting with H.E. Mr. Filipe Nyusi, President of Mozambique at the Office of the President in Maputo.

Tags:

New UN poverty report reveals ‘vast inequalities’ between countries

image1170x530cropped_366_0_0.jpg
A woman from a low-income neighbourhood in Brazil, photographed at her window. The 2019 Multidimensional Poverty Index shows vast inequalities within countries.

Tags:

Global response to poverty and environmental goals 'not ambitious enough’

image1440x560cropped_3_0_0.jpg
Secretary-General António Guterres visited the low-lying island of Tuvalu in May 2019 to see how Pacific Ocean nations would be effected by the rise in sea levels.

Tags:

Homicide kills far more people than armed conflict, new UN study shows

image1170x530cropped_362_0_0.jpg
In Mexico City, an artistic installation consisting of a number of signs of Venus, representing women, stresses the magnitude of femicidal violence. (March 2018). Femicide is too often ignored, warns UNODC's Global Study on Homicide 2019.

Tags:

Rohingya refugee children in Cox’s Bazar at risk from flooding and landslides as monsoon rains continue

Education for over 60,000 children in camps and host community is disrupted because of damage to learning centres

UN0226412_0_0.jpg

Tags:

Europeans Urge Iran to Reverse Decision to Surpass Enrichment Limit

European nations appealed Sunday for Iran to reverse its decision to raise its enrichment of uranium beyond the levels of a 2015 nuclear deal that placed limits on its nuclear program.

Tags:

Venezuela: more than 2.8 million people will gain access to safe drinking water with UNICEF support

More than 2.8 million people, including Venezuelan children, adolescents and families, will gain improved access to safe drinking water after a collaboration agreement signed this week between UNICEF and the Government of Venezuela.

Tags:

UN chief welcomes power-sharing deal between Sudanese military and opposition

image1170x530cropped_358_0_0.jpg
Protesters gather in front of the headquarters of the Sudanese army in the capital, Khartoum. (11 April 2019)

Tags:

Scores of Rohingya refugee shelters in Bangladesh destroyed by flooding

image1170x530cropped_357_0_0.jpg
Refugee camps in Cox's Bazar turned to mud after the rains, with some areas completely flooded.

Tags:

Member States' compliance with EU law in 2018: efforts are paying off, but improvements still needed

P002132009.jpg
Institutional affairs / Justice and citizens’ rights