 US Coast Guard Southeast | Northern Bahamas ravaged by 'disaster of epic proportions' as UN releases $1 million in emergency funds Following the "terrible devastation" of parts of the northern Bahamas in the Caribbean caused by Hurricane Dorian, Secretary-General António Guterres has said he "remains deeply concerned" for those thousands impacted by the giant storm. The UN's relief chief, Mark Lowcock, travelled to the island nation on Wednesday, to meet Government leaders and help expedite a life-saving aid operation. | | |
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 UNOCHA Twitter screengrab | Central Africans 'need our help now': UN's deputy relief chief "Spikes of violence" in previously unaffected areas of the Central African Republic (CAR) have prompted new displacement, the United Nations Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Wednesday, calling for additional funding to meet the humanitarian needs of 2.9 million people. | | |
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 © UNICEF/Mark Naftalin | A third of young people polled by UN, report being a victim of online bullying Around one-in-three young people across 30 countries say they have been bullied online, while one-in-five report that they have skipped school because of it. Those are some of the key findings in a new poll released on Wednesday by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Special Representative on Violence against Children. | | |
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 UN Belarus/Victor Radivinovski | New technologies, artificial intelligence aid fight against global terrorism Although terrorists have become skilled at manipulating the Internet and other new technologies, artificial intelligence or AI, is a powerful tool in the fight against them, a top UN counter-terrorism official said this week at a high-level conference on strengthening international cooperation against the scourge. | | |
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 BSWM-UNDP Philippines-GEF5 SLM Project | FROM THE FIELD: Balancing act for Philippines farmers An effort to reverse land degradation in the Philippines and boost sustainable agriculture as well as the livelihoods of farmers, is being supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP). | | |
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 UN/Steven Bornholtz | New UN book club helps children deal with global issues For children in Chad, getting an education can involve manual labour. That's because, every year, there's a chance that the rainy season will destroy their school, and they will have to join their teachers in rebuilding it. This is the story recounted in the children's book "Rain School", which is on the reading list of the UN's SDG Book Club. | | |
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