Peace can achieve wonders that wars never will" | Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly on 2024 priorities
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Announcement )If countries fulfilled their obligations under the Charter, every person’s right to a life of peace and dignity would be guaranteed.
Conflict Drives Displacement Amidst Rising Climate Shocks: New Africa Migration Report
Stories & Blogs IOM (News )Conflict and violence remain the main drivers of displacement and movements in sub-Saharan Africa in 2022, exacerbated by increasing climate shocks and hazards.
One in Three Migrant Deaths Occurs En route While Fleeing Conflict: IOM Report
Stories & Blogs IOM (News )Report reveals alarming trends in migrant deaths and disappearances over the past decade.
Peace and Politics: Women in Mali Persevere Through Crises
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )If things aren't going well in town, [...] we issue alerts. Because women are afraid. The children are afraid. We get together to discuss and solve any issues so that we can move forward together."
Cameroon: Crisis causes health-care challenges
Stories & Blogs OCHA (News )More than 210 health facilities are no longer functional because of destruction or abandonment by health personnel.
Remembering the genocide against the Tutsi
Stories & Blogs UNESCO (Article )In 2023, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee added four genocide memorial sites in Rwanda to the list of World Heritage Sites: Nyamata, Murambi, Bisesero and Gisozi, where the Kigali Genocide Memorial is located.
Message for the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Stories & Blogs ECA (Message )On this solemn day of remembrance, let’s pledge to stand as one against all forms of hatred and discrimination.” Said UN SG Antonio Guterres
Sexual violence and severe hunger surge as Sudan war passes one year
Stories & Blogs UNFPA (News )Sudan – “I can’t forget that moment. I can’t forget his smell. I can’t forget their faces. This moment will haunt me until I die.”
An entire generation of children in Sudan faces a catastrophe as the war enters its second year
Stories & Blogs UNICEF (Press Release )Continued brutal hostilities and potential famine creating ominous conditions for tragic loss of children’s lives