Despite progress in the past year by the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s national army to end the recruitment and use of children as soldiers, armed groups in that country were still gravely violating children’s rights, a top United Nations official said at a Headquarters press conference today.
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Political will and adequate resources were critical to ending violence against women and girls across the world, the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) said at Headquarters today.
Food, clean water and shelter remained top priorities for relief efforts in the Philippine regions devastated by super-typhoon Haiyan, a senior United Nations humanitarian official said at a Headquarters press conference today following her recent visit to the affected areas.
Education and interfaith dialogues were as crucial as criminal justice and law enforcement mechanisms in the fight against terrorism, a top official of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate said at a Headquarters press conference today.
It was imperative to deploy more female police officers in both United Nations peacekeeping and its special political missions to enhance conflict resolution and peacebuilding, Stefan Feller, United Nations Police Adviser, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today.
Governments on the United Nations-identified list of 49 least developed countries should intensify efforts to bridge the widening gap between economic growth and unemployment, a senior official from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said at a Headquarters press conference today.
Proper sanitation and hygiene were key to promoting robust and healthy living conditions in communities around the world, and ensuring sustainable development, panellists said at a Headquarters press conference today to mark the first World Toilet Day.
The humanitarian community’s response and commitment in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan had been phenomenal despite overwhelming challenges, John Ging, a senior humanitarian official said today at a press conference at United Nations Headquarters.
The Security Council should “unlock” the situation in Sudan’s South Kordofan and Blue Nile States so that humanitarian agencies and partners could have unfettered access to administer polio vaccinations in the two States, a senior official from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said at a Headquarters press conference today.
The Security Council’s work programme in November would adhere to a “tight” schedule, comprising 30 meetings and consultations on 20 items, with the Middle East and Africa featuring highest on the agenda, the Permanent Representative of China said today, as he assumed the presidency of the 15-member body.