Why is Gender Equality Crucial for Tackling Climate Change?
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )Climate change can also reduce access to education. Girls are often the first to be pulled out of school after climate impacts cause families to struggle with limited resources or an increased demand for unpaid care work
Secretary‑General appoints Ozonnia Ojielo of Nigeria as the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ethiopia
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Announcement )Mr. Ojielo brings to the position more than 25 years of experience in sustainable development, governance, peacebuilding and conflict prevention.
Secretary-General appoints Garry Conille of Haiti as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kenya
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Announcement )Mr. Conille brings over 20 years of experience in international development, humanitarian affairs and public administration to the position.
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Restore Dignity for Gender-Based Violence Survivors in Uganda’s Refugee Settlements
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )Under the Spotlight Initiative 2.0, over 77,000 children and youth in and out of schools across 17 districts have been reached with interventions.
Achieving the Paris Agreement Goals: Our Race to the Top
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )On 12 December 2015, the world reached consensus on the Paris Agreement – our legally binding, universal treaty to combat climate catastrophe.
At Chad’s fragile Sudan border, UN and partners redouble connectivity drive for refugees and hosts
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Press Release )Connectivity for Refugees initiative is making strides in bringing private and public partners together to facilitate digital inclusion for 20 million people.
UNHCR: Violence flares anew in northern Mozambique, forcing 22,000 to flee in a week.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Briefing note )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned at the rapidly growing displacement in northern Mozambique as a conflict that is entering its eighth year appears to be intensifying again, forcing nearly 22,000 people to flee their homes in a single week
UNHCR calls for urgent international support to advance solutions for Sahel’s forcibly displaced.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (News )About 4 million people are now displaced across Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and neighbouring countries.
"Now is the time to choose": UN Chief's remarks at the General Assembly.
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Announcement )“…The pillars of peace and progress are buckling under the weight of impunity, inequality, and indifference…” UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
UNHCR’s Grandi calls for urgent international support to help refugees returning home in DR Congo and Rwanda.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Press Release )The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has concluded a week-long visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, urging greater international support for peace in the region and humanitarian efforts so that refugees