LGBTIQ+ face mounting violence and discrimination, warns UN rights chief
That’s the worrying message from UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, who says that more than one in three countries still criminalize consensual same-sex...
Nuclear terror threat ‘has never been so high’
The humanitarian, environmental, and economic consequences of a radiological or nuclear terrorist attack would be global, undermining international peace and security and eroding confidence...
Ebola outbreak in Central Africa declared a ‘Public Health Emergency of International Concern’
The decision, announced by WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus on Sunday, follows reports of both confirmed and suspected infections linked to the Bundibugyo strain of...
1.1 billion people live in slums. Can they be housed in dignity?
How can cities be made safer and more resilient, and how can housing be made more affordable? These are the questions under discussion at...
Turning silence into stories: Cambodian activist amplifies LGBTQI+ youth voices
Growing up in Cambodia, Panha rarely saw LGBTQI+ people reflected in the world around her — not in television, not in public conversations, and...
Sudan hunger crisis deepens as UN warns millions face acute food shortages
The warning came in a joint alert issued by the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UN Children’s...
World Urban Forum opens in Baku as housing crisis and climate shocks intensify
The conference, organized by UN-Habitat together with Azerbaijan, opens on Sunday 17 May and runs through Friday, 22 May. It will bring together world...
Betraying the Blood on the Bridge
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In this edition of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, aka “the Professor,” speaks with...
Global energy and trade disruption pushing millions towards poverty
The warnings came during a special meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Friday focused on safeguarding energy and trade flows...
World News in Brief: UN relief vehicle struck in Ukraine, emergency airdrops in South...
The vehicle was part of an inter-agency humanitarian mission led by OCHA, the UN humanitarian affairs office, and had been notified to the parties...
Blackouts and shortages disrupt healthcare across Cuba
Shortages of electricity, fuel, medicine and medical supplies are severely disrupting emergency care, blood banks, laboratories, immunization programmes and maternal and child health services,...
Afghan mothers and children face worsening hunger crisis, WFP warns
“WFP has been sounding alarm bells for months,” Carl Skau, WFP Deputy Executive Director, said at the end of a recent visit to the country. “This...
LIVE UPDATES: UN committee commemorates the 78th anniversary of the Nakba
The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People meets Friday at the UN Headquarters to commemorate the 78th anniversary...
Israeli military strikes add to civilian suffering in Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon
The latest UN humanitarian update on conditions in Gaza and the West Bank, released on 15 May, reports that most people in Gaza are displaced...
Security Council meets on Syria transition and humanitarian crisis
The UN Security Council meets Friday morning in New York to discuss the evolving situation in Syria, as the country navigates a fragile transition...
Somalia at ‘real risk of famine’ as Middle East war fallout continues
“The humanitarian context in Somalia is worsening faster than we originally projected and expected,” said George Conway, the UN’s top aid official in Somalia,...
HIV prevention and treatment services faltering, warns UNAIDS
The sudden funding decline is hitting the HIV response “like a shock wave,” said Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS, adding that “the world...
World News in Brief: Malnutrition in Somalia, hunger crisis in DR Congo, energy shortages...
Somalia’s hunger crisis has worsened sharply in recent months, with more than half a million additional people now facing acute food insecurity compared to...
UN welcomes $1.8 billion US boost for humanitarian operations
The funding announcement, made on Wednesday by the United States, brings total recent US humanitarian support channelled through the UN-coordinated system to $3.8 billion...
Yemen parties agree under UN mediation to release 1,600 detainees
The agreement, announced on Thursday by UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg, follows 14 weeks of negotiations held under United Nations auspices in...
Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians are a clear violation of humanitarian law, says senior...
A 12-year-old girl was among at least five civilians killed in a massive Russian drone and missile strike on Ukraine over the past 48...
‘Stop’: Sandy Walker uses art to confront the legacy of Hiroshima
UN News spoke with Walker during a visit to the UN Headquarters, in New York, to present My Deepest Desire, a newly published edition...
Gaza reconstruction envisages building ‘islands’ out of rubble
Across the Gaza Strip, vast piles of debris scar the landscape. More than two years of war between Hamas fighters and Israel have left...
