No more execution attempts on Christa Pike: UN rights chief
What you need to knowMs. Pike was denied clemency and, one hour before her execution, a court halted it then lifted the stayShe was...
UN Member States weigh latest Security Council veto, this time on Iran
What you need to knowThe right to use a veto is held by permanent Security Council members – China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and...
Nepal floods threaten jobs and livelihoods beyond disaster zone: ILO
“The employment consequences of this disaster will not stop at the edge of the flooded area,” said Numan Özcan, ILO Country Director for Nepal. “Damage...
Ebola response faces setback as transit centre burns down in DR Congo camp
Condemning the blaze, the UN’s senior Ebola response official in DRC, Julien Harneis, also noted that Kigonze camp where the facility was open now...
Palestinians yearn for ‘a return to normal life,’ says top Middle East peace envoy
Speaking to UN News on the margins of the UN General Assembly High-Level Week, Mr. Alakbarov said UN agencies and humanitarian partners were working...
Who gets to shape AI? UN debate centres on power, trust and inclusion
When global leaders gathered at the UN during High-Level Week at the organization’s headquarters in New York, AI emerged as an issue which both...
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...
