5 Ways to Better Protect Civilians in Conflict Zones
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Humanitarians help to keep millions of people alive in Yemen
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The Sahel crisis deepens — education under attack in Burkina Faso
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Revisiting Prevention in an Interdependent World
Guest post by Jago Salmon; Advisor, Fragile and Conflict Affected States at United Nations On March 1st 2018, the United Nations and the World Bank released a joint study Pathways for Peace: Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Violent Conflict. This study originated...
Four ways to avert catastrophe in Somalia
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CAR: Farmers forced to flee as harvest arrives
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Progress on nuclear disarmament highlighted during last day at UN Social Media Space
Now that a world free of nuclear weapons is one step closer, some may wonder why it has taken the world a while before it moved forward on a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. There are many different reasons, says UN Disarmament Affairs chief Izumi Nakamitsu. “For one,...
The United Nations is all about your day-to-day life, not just big ideas, says France’s Marcon
Emmanuel Macron, President of France, who is here for the first time to address world leaders gathered at United Nations Headquarters, visited the UN Social Media Space today. In his first UN Facebook Live, he stressed that what happens at the United Nations on the...
UN Women director visits Social Media Space to discuss EU-UN initiative to eliminate gender violence
Calling for an end to child marriage, UN Women’s Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka warns in her Facebook Live interview that every day counts because every minute a girl is in danger of getting married. The Executive Director spoke to UN Social Media Team about the new UN-EU...
An insider’s view to the United Nations General Assembly
Many of the photos taken during the world’s largest international diplomatic event never find their way into the public domain. The UN Social Media team has selected some of these photos for this article. In the opening photo you see Amal Clooney in an all red dress...