United Nations

New York, 16 June– A United Nations Security Council delegation has stressed cooperation among Central Africa’s leadership, and urged close neighbours – particularly nations bordering the troubled Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – to […]

New York/Vienna, 16 June– Iran has failed to report certain nuclear material and activities and needs to quickly implement an additional international agreement in order to provide credible assurances regarding the peaceful nature of its […]

New York, 16 June– UNICEF offices in dozens of countries are set to celebrate the Day of the African Child today calling for the need to ensure all children are registered at birth. In 2002, […]

GENEVA / NEW YORK, 12 June– UNICEF said today that efforts to end the worst forms of child labour would not succeed without effective cooperative efforts to fight the trafficking of children and women within […]

ABIDJAN, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, 11 June– The French Navy ship carrying 538 refugees including UNICEF international staff docked today in Abijian from Monrovia, Liberia at 11 a.m. However, disembarkation was delayed well over an hour as […]

New York, 11 June– The head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today called on African leaders to embrace child-centred standards as the primary indicator of progress across their continent. “We all agree that […]