Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls Continues in Iraq
Mass graves and further evidence of sexual exploitation of women and girls, torture and killings, child recruitment and other grave human rights abuses committed by Islamic State of Iraq and…
Ban Ki-moon Asks Donald Trump to Ensure Unity in Diversity
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Donald Trump Wednesday on his election as the new President of the United States. “I congratulate Mr. Donald Trump on his election as…
How the UN Plans to End Poverty and Ensure Prosperity
The General Assembly President Peter Thomson briefed United Nations (UN) Member States Tuesday on the implementation strategy for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the transformative 17-point framework for ensuring peace…
UN Hosts Training Programme for Palestinian Journalists
Nine Palestinian journalists from broadcast, print and online media will participate in a training programme organized by the UN Department of Public Information, from 7 November to 8 December. The…
World Travel Market: One Billion Travelled Abroad in 2016
Recording an almost four per cent increase over the same period last year, the first nine months of 2016 witnessed 956 million international tourists travelling to different parts of the…
Climate Action Starts in the Kitchen with #Recipe4Change
As the Paris Agreement on climate change entered into force this Friday, November 4th, famed chefs Joan, Josep and Jordi Roca are joining the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Fund…