UN NEWS CENTER: At African Union Summit, UN chief Guterres spotlights need to strengthen cooperation

30 January 2017 – In his first address to the African Union since taking office, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today underscored the importance of a strategic AU-UN partnership for building sustainable development and advancing peace and security on the continent.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=56066#.WJCvQfkrIpu

UNICEF launches $3.3 billion global appeal to assist millions of children affected by conflict, disasters
31 January 2017 – Against the backdrop of ever increasing number of children driven from their homes due to conflict, disasters and climate change, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today launched a $3.3 billion appeal to provide emergency assistance in 48 countries around the globe.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=56073#.WJCxJPkrIps

UN agency ‘alarmed’ by uncertainty facing refugees in the process of being resettled in US
30 January 2017 – The head of the United Nations refugee agency today said he is “deeply worried” by the uncertainty facing thousands of refugees around the world who are in the process of being resettled to the United States after the country suspended its refugee programme last week.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=56070#.WJCxhvkrIps

Amid hate speech, negative media spin ‘real stories’ of refugees and migrants must be told – UN official
26 January 2017 – With hate speech and rhetoric against migrants and refugees on the rise in various parts of the world, and the increased role of media in shaping perceptions towards them, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) today co-sponsored with the European Union (EU) a symposium drawing attention to this growing challenge and explore efforts to combat it.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=56047#.WJCx2fkrIps

Warning of dire food shortages in Horn of Africa, UN agriculture agency calls for urgent action
30 January 2017 – With only one-quarter of expected rainfall received in the Horn of Africa in the October-December period, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today called for an immediate response to prevent widespread drought conditions from becoming a catastrophe.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=56065#.WJCzwvkrIps

Remarks to the African Union Summit
António Guterres--UN Sec. General
As the late Samora Machel, the first President of the independent Mozambique, once said, solidarity “is an act of unity between allies fighting on different terrains toward the same objectives. The foremost of these objectives is to assist in the development of humanity to the highest level possible.”
The African Union is working every day for unity, peace and progress for all people in every corner of this great continent.
https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/speeches/2017-01-30/secretary-general%E2%80%99s-african-union-summit-remarks

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