Month: January 2020

Coding in Namibia: UN supports young women’s computing career dreams

UN Namibia Namibian high school girls, who participated in the ‘African Girls Can Code’ programme, pay a visit to UN House in Windhoek to start their journey of putting their coding skills into action. Six young women from Namibia are on the path to a career in the field of information and communications technology (ICT), with the support of the UN […]

End Syria fighting to avoid ‘even greater humanitarian catastrophe’

WFP/Abeer Etefa A displaced family living in the Al-Shadadi area of Al Hassakeh governorate, northeast Syria, where WFP is providing food assistance. The “dire and deteriorating humanitarian situation” affecting women and children in northwest Syria was the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator’s top concern on Wednesday morning as he briefed the Security Council in New York. […]

Nearly 5 million children in need due to rising violence in central Sahel: UNICEF

UN OCHA/Giles Clarke Boys play in a waterhole near the town of Kaya in northern Burkina Faso. A surge in violence in the central Sahel region in Africa means nearly five million children will need humanitarian assistance this year, up from 4.3 million, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday. The agency reported that children have been attacked, abducted […]

The drive for quality education worldwide, faces ‘mammoth challenges’

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Young women return home after classes in the town of Bol in Chad. Aligning inclusive, quality education with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was centre-stage on Friday, as the President of the UN General Assembly held a high-level interactive meeting for the International Day of Education. “The education sector is wrestling with mammoth […]

Deadly earthquake kills dozens in Turkey; UN stands in solidarity and offers support

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Turkish Red Crescent provides essential assistance to people affected by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Turkey. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was deeply saddened by the “loss of life and destruction of property” caused by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked eastern Turkey on Friday […]

At Davos, UN chief urges ‘big emitters’ to take climate action

World Economic Forum/Boris Baldinger UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. The world is “doomed” in the face of climate change unless major industrial nations reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday. The UN […]