The UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) continues to provide stability and peace in a region emerging from decades-old conflict. The Better World Campaign had the opportunity to speak informally with Robert Sorenson, Chief of Staff at UNMIK, on the progress made and challenges being addressed in Kosovo.
UNICEF, having demobilized some 30,000 child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2004, calls for the release of the projected 3,500 children still with armed groups.
This video, "On the Line," covers the work the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti and their work to address the deadly hurricane season, as well as lead the rescue effort during a fatal school collapse.
George Clooney tells us why UN peacekeeping is essential to global peace and stability around the world, in places like Darfur, Bosnia, Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Clooney believes in a strong UN peacekeeping force.
Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Senior Adivsor to the U.S. Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment, describes the successes of an all-women police unit deployed to Liberia in January 2007.
Together, National Geographic, the IPCC, the UN and the UN Foundation produced a new short film outlining the facts, showing the impacts and providing a way forward in combating catastrophic climate change.
In 2000, 189 nations came together and made a promise to eradicate extreme poverty by 2015. This promise led to the Millennium Declaration-a document outlining eight specific goals to help the world realize this promise.
