Overview

• The U.N. faces scrutiny over its relevancy and efficiency as it nears eight decades of global operations.
• Since 2016, the U.N. refugee agency has integrated over 50,000 people in Mexico, where 94% of working-age newcomers secure formal employment within their first month.
• The U.N. Mine Action Service has destroyed more than 55 million land mines, helping over 30 countries achieve mine-free status.
• U.N. Population Fund initiatives offer gender-based violence survivors in Chad and beyond education, vocational training and health services.
• Empowerment programs include Taekwondo self-defense classes for refugee girls in Kenya and reproductive health education led by religious leaders in Bhutan.