World News in Brief: Storm clouds over Gaza, deadly obstacles face Mexican women rights...
Since Monday, partners have assessed three possible sites for temporary shelters for people choosing to leave flood-prone areas or war-damaged buildings at risk of...
Could a new global panel defuse inequality’s ‘ticking time bomb’?
That is the thinking behind a proposal gaining support from world leaders and experts to establish a new ‘International Panel on Inequality’, an independent...
Somali families face renewed violence amid worsening hunger crisis
A health facility has also been damaged, according to the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and other humanitarian agencies.In the past few weeks, clashes have...
Malaysia: UN agency urges safeguards after refugees returned to Myanmar
Deportation of Rohingya refugees began on Tuesday, according to reports. “We are concerned by these returns at a time when people sent back to Myanmar...
Lebanon: one in five children goes to bed hungry, says UNICEF
In an alert on Wednesday, UNICEF said that children go to bed hungry in at least one in five households. A similar number of...
World News in Brief: Deadly Myanmar strikes as Malaysia begins deportations, new emergency funding...
Forces from the military junta reportedly hit Kyauktaw township around midday on Monday, when the market’s more than 200 shops were busy with vendors,...
Funding cuts put 8.3 million refugees at risk of losing vital assistance
The family received a one-off cash grant from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on crossing the border, but without a steady income and with...
Clean your plate – to reduce food loss and waste
In fact, throwing out lunchtime leftovers or wilted lettuce only adds to the mountain of discarded food decomposing in landfills that produces the powerful...
LIVE: Weighing nuclear risks amid rising tensions and war
Amid rising tensions, extreme weather impacts and strikes on nuclear infrastructure in war-torn Iran and Ukraine, UN Member States are returning to the core...
Security Council LIVE: DRC peace deals fail to halt fighting as Ebola deepens crisis
The Security Council is meeting in New York on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Tuesday, where clashes between Government forces and M23 rebels...
DRC: Early access to care and oxygen decisive for Ebola patients’ survival – WHO
The number of confirmed Ebola cases has passed 8,000 for the first time since the current outbreak began, according to the Congolese authorities. “While we...
Yemen escalation fuels fears of further cholera, measles spread
“We know that comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care has been suspended in two hospitals, in Marib and Ras Al-Arah, because staff and operating...
Mahama Appoints Dr. Ron Daniels to Reparatory Justice Council
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NAARC Convener joins international council of reparations experts advancing coordinated global action for reparatory justice
NEW YORK — Dr. Ron Daniels, Convener...
UN leaders renew push to defeat racism, 25 years after Durban
What you need to knowThe new declaration will be submitted for formal adoption at the General AssemblyAdopted in South Africa in 2001, the Durban Declaration...
The Takeaway: UN General Assembly debate Day 1
A warning from the top: The world is at a crossroadsWhy it matters: The opening day of UN General Assembly’s annual debate struck a...
The Takeaway Day 6: General Debate ends with call to turn words into action
Closing the annual general debate on Monday, General Assembly President Khalilur Rahman said leaders had confronted a world of conflict, stalled development, deepening inequality...
‘Ballot must replace the bullets’, South Sudan tells General Assembly ahead of elections
Speaking to delegations in the Assembly’s annual General Debate, Ms. Adeng said the vote would provide South Sudanese people the opportunity to choose their own...
DPR Korea tells UN its nuclear status is ‘irreversible’, rejects outside pressure
Addressing the Assembly’s annual high-level debate, Vice-Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong painted a bleak picture of global affairs, pointing to growing distrust, conflicts, climate-related...
Sudan tells UN: No imposed solutions to country’s conflict
Speaking at the Assembly's annual high-level debate, Minister Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim described the circumstances as “deeply regrettable,” saying they violated the principle of...
From energy crisis to energy transition: How renewables are reshaping energy security
For Francesco La Camera, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the crisis is also reshaping how the world understands the phrase “energy...
World News in Brief: Refugee funding, US migration policy triggers ‘cascade’ of rights violations,...
Zaatari refugee camp hosts more than 80,000 Syrians and well over half are children. According to the agency, unless investment comes soon, its water and...
Security Council LIVE: Ambassadors meet as West Bank tensions rise, Gaza plan stalls
The Security Council met Monday morning with prospects for peace in the Middle East under strain on two fronts. In the West Bank, settler...
LIVE: World leaders take stock of global fight against racism
World leaders are meeting in the General Assembly to assess how far the world has come in combating racism and how far it still...
The Takeaway: UN General Assembly debate Day 5
AI: Great promise, serious perilWhy it matters: Artificial intelligence emerged as one of the day’s defining themes, with speakers describing a technology capable of...
