Security Council LIVE: Ambassadors meet in emergency session on Sudan
Reports of mass atrocities in and around the newly-captured city of El Fasher in Darfur mark a new low in Sudan's brutal civil war...
MIDDLE EAST LIVE 7 April: Conflict continues as humanitarian and economic pressures mount
Hostilities continue across the Middle East, with ongoing strikes, rising civilian impacts and mounting pressure on critical infrastructure and humanitarian services. Attention is also...
Guterres to launch life-saving campaign strengthening mine action worldwide
António Guterres announced the move in a statement issued on Monday, in response to plans by several UN Member States to withdraw from the...
Young people value partnership and parenthood but barriers block their dreams
That’s among the findings of a major new survey by the UN reproductive and sexual health agency, UNFPA, which also challenges myths surrounding the so-called “global baby bust”. The Demographic Futures...
UN80 Initiative: ‘Critical new phase’ for UN reform effort
On Thursday, Mr. Guterres told the General Assembly that reform is required because “inaction in the face of geopolitical turmoil would compound human suffering.”Launched...
UNFPA calls on US to reconsider ban on future funding
In a statement, UNFPA said the move – which invokes a 1985 legal provision known as the Kemp-Kasten Amendment – is based on “unfounded...
World News in Brief: Communal violence in South Sudan, Syria and Gaza updates
In an update covering July to September last year, the UN Mission in South Sudan – or UNMISS – expressed concern about the steep...
UN chief condemns Gaza killings, urges full respect for ceasefire
“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the killings due to Israeli airstrikes of civilians in Gaza yesterday, including many children,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents...
Israeli laws blocking UNRWA – devastating humanitarian impact for Palestinians?
What do the laws say?The bills, approved overwhelmingly by Israeli parliamentarians (92 in favour, 10 against) on Monday, would prohibit the country’s authorities from having...
Rising seas, rising stakes: What increasing sea-levels mean to humanity
Land is being inundated, homes are flooding, livelihoods are being lost, driving significant hardships on people in search of a more secure future.It is...
Trust in UN’s cornerstone ideals ‘crumbling’: King Abdullah II of Jordan
He noted that while the world has seen many conflicts over the years, “there has never been a time of greater peril than this.”...
Security Council meets on north Gaza as ‘supplies for survival’ run out
Joyce Msuya, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, briefed ambassadors on the situation in the north, where fighting has escalated.Hospitals are running out of fuel...
Guterres urges leaders to invest in peace as conflicts deepen
António Guterres was speaking during the annual ceremony at the Japanese Peace Bell on the grounds of UN Headquarters in New York. “Each year, the...
General Assembly overwhelmingly passes resolution demanding end to Palestine occupation
Ambassadors in the UN General Assembly again discussed on Monday the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and the critical work of the UN agency...
Myanmar elections marked by fear as UN warns civilians are coerced from all sides
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned that the military-controlled ballot is unfolding amid intensified violence, intimidation and arbitrary arrests, leaving no...
DR Congo: New centre opens at heart of record Ebola outbreak
Why it mattersAs of 30 July, reports indicate a total of 3,605 confirmed cases, including 1,587 deaths, since the outbreak was first declared in...
The Smithsonian Looks at How the Slave Trade Shaped the World
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“In Slavery’s Wake,” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, looks beyond the United States to tell a...
The Currency of Oligarchy
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
As an economist, I have spent much of my life thinking about what money does. It measures...
What is financing for development?
These are part of 17 goals agreed by nearly every country, called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The plan is to hit these targets...
World News in Brief: UN chief condemns Russian attacks on Ukraine, Gaza crisis continues,...
Secretary-General António Guterres said it marked a “further escalation” of the conflict.Authorities reported more than 80 civilian casualties, including a national non-governmental organization (NGO)...
‘A Syrian-led future’: Security Council highlights priorities ahead
In his briefing, UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen underscored the delicate nature of the transitional phase, describing it as a moment of...
‘We resist by simply existing on the land’: Ramallah mayor on life under occupation
For Mr. Kassis, housing is not a privilege — it is survival. “We resist,” he says “by simply existing on the land. Occupation is...
Haji Malcolm Rightfully Opposing the American Nightmare
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
To make even partial sense out of the Orwellian world and Madhatter would-be wonderland minus Alice which...
After an Ebola centre was attacked, peacekeepers moved in next door
On 16 July, the UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) deployed the base near the town of Nyakunde, in Ituri Province – allowing...
