The twelfth International Youth Assembly at the United Nations began on 7 August. The three-day event, whose theme is “On the Road to Actions: Moving Beyond the MDGs, post 2015,” provides an opportunity for youth to engage in the achievement of the ei

UNAMID Conducts Information Session on HIV/AIDS at Women’s Hospital Patients and relatives at the Women's Hospital in El Fasher, North Darfur, watch a video during an information session on prevention of HIV/AIDS conducted by health officers of the Afri

Malala Addresses Youth Assembly for Universal Primary EducationMalala Yousafzai, the young education rights campaigner from Pakistan, speaks at the “Malala Day” UN Youth Assembly. The event, taking place on Malala’s sixteenth birthday, brings togeth

First Day of School in GazaChildren in their classroom at a school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), on the first day of the school year.UN Photo/Shareef Sarhan

MINUSTAH Sponsors Irrigation Project in HaitiA family fishes in their inland fish farm made possible by the newly constructed irrigation system pulling water from a nearby river. The United Nations Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has financed a project in the

Secretary-General Visits Primary School in Timorese Capital DiliSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the Cassait Primary School in the Liquica district of Timorese capital Dili. Children at their desk in a classroom at the school.UN Photo/Evan Schneider

nternally-Displaced Persons Receive Medical Assistance in KutumThe civilian population in Kutum today received the first humanitarian assistance since the area was attacked on 1 August. A school in the surroundings of the village has been used as a provis

UNAMID Opens Clinic and Schools in North DarfurLocal boys peek inside the new clinic in Kuma Garadayat, which was a constructed by the African Union-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). This clinic is one of six development projects, known as Quick Imp

MINUSTAH Helps Create Employment Opportunities in HaitiAt REBUILD Globally in Port-au-Prince, workers fabricate sandals made of recycled tires, an employment and vocational training programme partially funded by a Quick Impact Project grant from the Unite

UNMIT Partners with Community to Bring Medical Care to Border District A medical team, coordinated by the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) and Timorese military, travelled to the Oecusse District on the border area between Timor-Leste and Indo