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Antalya: Solutions to today's development challenges exist in the Global South, stresses Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ official

27 November 2017 – Solutions to today's critical development challenges exist in the Global South, and every country – large or small, emerging economy or least developed – has something to offer to the world, a senior United Nations official said today, as the 2017 Global South-South Cooperation Expo opened in Antalya, Turkey.

The advantage and beauty of South-South cooperation is that this modality of international relations relies on solidarity expressed in concrete and demonstrable sharing of technical know-how, experience and resources among developing countries, said Jorge Chediek, the Secretary-General's Envoy on South-South Cooperation and Director of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Office for South-South Cooperation (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOSSC), at the opening ceremony.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ chief 'horrified' at buying and selling of African migrants in Libya

20 November 2017 – Expressing horror at news reports and videos showing African migrants in Libya allegedly being sold as slaves, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called on the authorities to urgently investigate the situation and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Slavery has no place in our world and these actions are among the most egregious abuses of human rights and may amount to crimes against humanity, Mr. Guterres told reporters at a press stakeout at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Headquarters, in New York, Monday.

He added that he has asked the relevant Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ actors to actively pursue the matter.

Desperate Rohingya refugees use home-made rafts to get to Bangladesh – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ

17 November 2017 – Over the past 10 days, dozens of makeshift rafts carrying more than a thousand people have floated into Bangladesh, proof that Rohingya refugees are resorting to increasingly desperate means to flee to Myanmar, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday.

Unable to pay for the crossing,  from whatever material they can get their hands on – mostly bamboo poles and empty jerry cans tied together with rope and covered with plastic sheets, William Spindler, spokesperson for the Office of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ High Commissioner for Refugees (), told reporters at the regular press briefing in Geneva.

Peace is ... Solidarity

13 November 2017 — The fifth instalment of Peace is … took place on Monday at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Organized by the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations in collaboration with the Department of Public Information, Peace is … Solidarity featured an artistic performance by the COBU collective entitled Dance Like Drumming, Drum Like Dancing. Led by Yako Miayamoto, the COBU female artists combined tap dancing with traditional Japanese Taiko drumming.

In his opening remarks, the Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, Mr. Koro Bessho, said the event represented a way to provide an opportunity for all of us to think about how we can show solidarity for women's empowerment in a unique way. The Deputy Executive Director of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ-Women, Ms. Lakshmi Puri, expressed her hope that the performance would symbolize the drumming of peace that ought to replace the beating of war drums.  

In Manila, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ chief tells South-east Asian summit cooperation is vital to address shared challenges

13 November 2017 – Addressing the ninth Association of South East Asian Nations ()-United Nations Summit in Manila, the Philippines, Secretary-General António Guterres called for collective global and regional action to combat the challenges facing the world, in particular, those related to climate change.

Unhealthy diets could undo progress on food security in Asia-Pacific, warns Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ report

10 November 2017 – Urgent action is needed to tackle malnutrition and promote consumption of healthier foods in the Asia-Pacific region – home to most of the world's undernourished people – the United Nations food security agency said Friday.

Good nutrition depends on , as well as efficient, affordable and sustainable systems to deliver that food, said Kundhavi Kadiresan, the head of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Food and Agriculture Organization () in the Asia-Pacific region, announcing findings from the agency's regional report on food security and nutrition.

If we are to reach the Sustainable Development Goal of [ending hunger] in the region, we must invest to improve our food systems and pool our knowledge and resources to meet our current food and nutrition challenges head on.

Accelerating Action on the SDGs: A Guide for Universities

Universities across the world are aware of the crucial role they play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but very little guidance has been available on how to incorporate these goals into academic life and work. The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Australia/Pacific, however, has recently issued a new guide that helps bridge this gap.

Use antibiotics wisely to combat rising drug resistance

9 November 2017- In the lead-up to World Antibiotic Awareness Week (13-19 November 2017), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) are together calling for responsible use of antibiotics in humans and animals to reduce the emergence of antibiotic resistance.

Antibiotic resistance is rising to dangerously high levels in all parts of the world and threatening our ability to treat common infectious diseases.

Infections affecting people - including pneumonia, tuberculosis, blood poisoning and gonorrhoea - and animals alike are becoming harder, and sometimes impossible, to treat as antibiotics become less effective.

3D chalk painting for International Day of the Girl inspires

8 November 2017 - The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Information Centre (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵIC) Manama commemorated the Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌý by partnering with talented chalk artist Jincy Babu to create a 1240 square foot 3D chalk piece on the importance of empowering girls as well as the Sustainable Development Goals.

Ms. Babu started the artwork on 11 October - to coincide with the International Day of the Girl Child - at the Ramli Mall in the Kingdom of Bahrain. It depicts a refugee girl immersed in water holding the earth as though raising it from the water while being surrounded by six floats, each representing a Global Goal that is crucial to the well-being of girls. The intended effect of the artwork can be enjoyed by viewing it from a certain angle, either through a 3D lens or one's mobile phone camera.

Bonn: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ climate conference aims for greater ambition as 2017 set to be among top three hottest years

6 November 2017 – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Climate Conference opened on Monday in Bonn, Germany, with the aim of a greater ambition for climate action, as the world body's weather agency issued a stark warning that 2017 is set to be among the three hottest years on record.

°Õ³ó±ðÌý of the State Parties to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Framework Convention on Climate Change (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵTCC), informally known as COP 23 and which runs until 17 November, is chaired by Fiji, an island State particularly affected by the impacts of our warming climate.

The need for urgency is obvious. Our world is in distress from the extreme weather events caused by climate change – destructive hurricanes, fires, floods, droughts, melting ice, and changes to agriculture that threaten our food security, said COP 23 President and Prime Minister of Fiji Frank Bainimarama, at the opening of the conference.

People without nationality face 'stark realities' of discrimination and persecution – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ report

3 November 2017 – Discrimination, exclusion and persecution are stark realities for many of the world's stateless minorities, the United Nations refugee agency warned in a new report, calling for immediate action to secure equal nationality rights for all.

Stateless people are just seeking the same basic rights that all citizens enjoy. But stateless minorities, like the Rohingya, often suffer from  and a systematic denial of their rights, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Friday on the launch of the report, .

A first atlas on rural migration in sub-Saharan Africa

2 November 2017, Rome – A first atlas to offer a better understanding of complex rural migration patterns in sub-Saharan Africa has been published today.

The atlas – – also highlights the important role rural areas will continue to play in shaping the continent's migration for decades to come.

The role of education in promoting the rights of children in Africa

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Convention on the Rights of the Child defines a child as a human being below the age of 18 years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier. Children at birth take on the social and economic status of their parents and may be subject to abuse if special care and attention is not given them. They are minors who are socialized through education, formal or informal. At birth every child by nature can be said to be a social animal that can only develop its personality through social interaction. Through social interaction, children are taught their cultural values and duties. In the same way, through education, children can be taught their fundamental rights. Not only do children come to learn their rights through education, education also guarantees the enjoyment of those rights. 

Universal rights of children

Books as a sign of hope: a reading festival in Mosul

According to a popular Arabic proverb, books are written in Cairo, published in Beirut and read in Baghdad. If this isn't testimony enough for the traditional love for knowledge and literature among Iraqis, citizens of Mosul organized their first reading festival just a few months after the liberation of the city from its occupation by ISIL.

The occupation of Mosul—Iraq's third largest city—by ISIL in June 2014 led to widespread destruction of monuments as well as books and anarchy. The library of Mosul University was razed to the ground, allegedly by ISIL, and nearly all of its 200,000 books had been destroyed by the end of the fighting.

2018 CTAÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵ Poster Competition for College Students

The 2018 Committee On Teaching About the United Nations (CTAÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵ) Conference will take place at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Headquarters, New York on Friday 6 April 2018. This year's theme of the conference is: Stepping Up to Protect the World's Children.

CTAÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵ is now accepting submissions for its Poster Competition until the midnight of 28 February 2018. College students can submit a poster by emailing intlcoll@bridgeport.edu. Questions regarding the Poster Competition can be directed to the same email address.

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