July 18, 2016

Fight against tuberculosis only ‘half-won,’ UN chief says on World Day

 March 2016 – Observing World Tuberculosis Day, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for united global efforts to end the deadly disease by 2030 as it […]
July 18, 2016

87 million children under seven have known nothing but conflict, UNICEF reports

 24 March 2016 – More than 86.7 million children under the age of seven have spent their entire lives in conflict zones, putting their brain development […]
July 18, 2016

In wake of UK vote to leave EU, Ban says UN to continue to work with both ‘important partners’

 Following the vote in the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that the UN looks forward to continuing […]
July 18, 2016

In Nigeria’s restive northeast, fate of thousands of abducted women remains unknown – UN

 14 April 2016 – The plight of 219 Chibok schoolgirls abducted two years ago is all too common in Nigeria’s conflict-affected north-eastern communities, and up to […]
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