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A projected near-doubling of measles infections has been identified amid rising severe and protracted outbreaks all over the planet, in poor and rich countries alike, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

The appeal to Member States to close gaps in vaccine coverage follows the previously announced news that an estimated 110,000 people died from the highly infectious but easily preventable disease in 2017.

UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis met today with His Excellency Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at Ain El-Tineh, following his arrival in the country on Monday.

“We had a good discussion on the strategic priorities of Lebanon and the UN in the coming period, including to safeguard Lebanon’s peace, security and stability,” Mr. Kubis said. The Special Coordinator underlined to the Speaker that “the UN is in Lebanon, for Lebanon, with Lebanon in line with its mandate.”

On 14 January 2013, the United Nations General Assembly formally endorsed UNESCO’s proclamation of World Radio Day. During its 67th Session, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming 13 February, the day United Nations Radio was established in 1946, as World Radio Day.

Radio has been widely recognized by the UNESCO as a low-cost and powerful communication tool to reach out to all people, even the most vulnerable and disadvantaged, including persons with disabilities, women, youth and the poor.

Good morning everybody,

I am very grateful that His Excellency the President gave me the audience less than 24 hours after my arrival as the new UN Special Coordinator and political representative of the United Nations here in the country.

Of course, I used the opportunity to congratulate His Excellency on the fact that now the government is in place. I expressed also my hope that today and tomorrow’s session of the Parliament will take the next necessary steps.

Many of the world’s biggest problems may be going unsolved because too many women and girls are being discouraged from the sciences.

Though attacks were down last year, a new United Nations report to the Security Council on Monday shows that ISIL is still a global threat, despite evolving into a “covert” terrorism network, with countries continuing to face challenges from the growing scourge of violent extremism.

With a Scout Salute the gathering began and ended! UNIC Beirut engaged with a group of 20 young women from Girl Guides of Lebanon-Byblos in a vibrant and insightful discussion on the UN system and priorities, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Under the patronage of the Municipality of Beirut, and in collaboration with the United Nations Information Centre in Beirut (UNIC Beirut), Junior Chamber International- Lebanon had organized an award-winning ceremony of phase two of “I Green Beirut” competition in downtown Beirut. The event is a culmination of a green landscape and art competition in Beirut, launched in August 2018 by JCI Lebanon, which consists of a call for creative design and artistic solutions that contribute to the development of Beirut’s Green public spaces.

Yemen’s warring sides are due to meet for fresh discussions on a prisoner exchange agreement, the UN’s Special Envoy for the war-torn country announced on Monday.

According to a statement from the Office of the UN Special Envoy, Martin Griffiths, representatives from the Government of Yemen and the Houthi opposition, Ansar Allah, will attend at a meeting in Amman, Jordan, on Tuesday.

The “upsurge” in patent applications for devices and machines powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the last five years, suggests that it could soon revolutionize all areas of daily life far beyond the tech world, a UN report suggested on Thursday.