Global Unemployment to Remain High in 2018: ILO
As the global economy recovers but with a growing labour force, unemployment in 2018 is projected to remain at a similar level to last year’s, says a new report by…
UN Relief Agency Launches Fundraising Campaign in Gaza
Hundreds of school children in Gaza gathered Monday with the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Mr. Pierre Krähenbühl, to launch the global fundraising campaign #DignityIsPriceless.…
Boko Haram Using Children as Suicide Bombers in Nigeria: Report
Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), presented Thursday to the Security Council…
Children Come Under Attack in Conflict Zones
Children in conflict zones around the world have come under attack at a shocking scale throughout the year, UNICEF has warned. It adds that the parties to conflicts are blatantly…
UN General Assembly Rejects Trump’s Jerusalem Decision
By an overwhelming majority, Member States in the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday “demanded” that all countries comply with Security Council resolutions regarding the status of Jerusalem, following an…
Negative Vote by U.S. – Security Council Fails to Adopt Resolution on Jerusalem
The United Nations Security Council on Monday failed to adopt the draft resolution that reflects regret among the body’s members about “recent decisions regarding the status of Jerusalem,” with a…