Women learning to code at a technology centre in Herat, western Afghanistan. Photo: UNAMA/Fraidoon Poya

Leveraging Technology to Achieve the Global Goals

July 14, 2017July 17, 2017 RMN News ICT, Technology, UN

Underscoring the importance of information and communication technologies (ICT) in today’s world, the heads of over 20 United Nations agencies

Oil wells set alight by ISIL are visible from the newly retaken Iraqi town of al-Hud, outside Mosul, where IOM distributed 350 non-food item kits to recently displaced families. UN Photo: IOM / Jennifer Sparks (representational image)

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António Guterres Pledges UN Support to Iraqi Government

July 11, 2017July 13, 2017 RMN News António Guterres, Iraq, Mosul, UN

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute Monday to Iraqi people and Government after Iraqi Government’s declaration that its forces

ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu at today’s Special Meeting between ICAO and the UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee.

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How to Combat Terrorist Threats to Civil Aviation

July 9, 2017July 11, 2017 RMN News Civil Aviation, Terrorist, United Nations

The global nature of aviation puts everyone at the same level of risk from potential terrorism, senior United Nations officials

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré (file photo)

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UN Welcomes the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

July 8, 2017July 10, 2017 RMN News António Guterres, Nuclear Weapons, UN

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed Friday the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. It is

Secretary-General António Guterres (left) addresses the Security Council ministerial-level meeting on the nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programmes of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). At right is Rex W. Tillerson, US Secretary of State and President of the Security Council for April. UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe

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UN Chief Concerned over Ballistic Missile Launch by North Korea

July 6, 2017July 6, 2017 RMN News António Guterres, North Korea, Nuclear, UN

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned Tuesday’s launch of a ballistic missile of possible intercontinental range by the

UN vehicles travel along a road lined with remnants of destroyed buildings, Homs, Syria. (file) Photo: UNICEF / UNI178367 / Tiku (file photo)

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Syria Conflict: 100,000 Civilians Trapped in Raqqa

June 30, 2017July 1, 2017 RMN News Civilians, Human Rights, Raqqa, Syria

The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator has called for ensuring immediate and safe humanitarian access to save lives that are