Armed groups continue terror campaign across Burkina Faso

Armed groups continue terror campaign across Burkina Faso
High Commissioner Volker Türk said, from the capital Ouagadougou, that his local office had been “engaging intensely with the authorities, civil society actors, human...

Call for urgent agreement on international deal to prepare for and...

Call for urgent agreement on international deal to prepare for and prevent future pandemics
A high-powered intervention by 23 former national Presidents, 22 former Prime Ministers, a former UN General Secretary and 3 Nobel Laureates is being made today to...

Stories from the UN Archive: Poetic traditions at the UN

Stories from the UN Archive: Poetic traditions at the UN
UN rumour has it that the unofficial tradition began almost 40 years ago, when a delegate from the United Kingdom requested the floor to...

Millions at risk from cholera due to lack of clean water,...

Millions at risk from cholera due to lack of clean water, soap and toilets, and shortage of cholera vaccine
Immediate action is needed to stem an unprecedented multi-year upsurge in cholera cases worldwide, according to the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision....

Indonesia leads the way in taming forest fires

Indonesia leads the way in taming forest fires
When volunteer firefighter Marlizar noticed smoke billowing over a quarter-hectare of peatland while on a routine patrol in 2019, he dispatched his colleague to their...