Secretary-General appoints Ms. Nahla Valji of Canada as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Eritrea
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Announcement )Ms. Valji has more than 25 years of experience in sustainable development, peace and security, gender, and human rights in the United Nations and civil society.
UN Deputy Secretary-General | Message at the Middle Income Countries Conference on "Solutions to Address Development Challenges of a Middle Income Country in a Changing World"
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Announcement )Middle-income countries represent close to one-third of global GDP and they are major engines of global growth.
Africa now ‘global epicentre’ of terrorism: UN chief
Stories & Blogs UN (Story )In just a matter of years, Africa has become the “global epicentre of terrorism”, with groups such as Da’esh, Al-Qaida and their affiliates exploiting local conflicts and fragilities to serve their own ends, the UN Secretary-General said.
World confronts an ‘ugly and inescapable truth’ in Darfur, says ICC Prosecutor
Stories & Blogs UN (Story )The international community’s failure to execute warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and subsequent lack of accountability are fuelling the violence stemming from the war between rival militaries in Sudan, the ICC Prosecutor told the