DPR Korea: Military satellites, ‘serious risk’ to civil aviation and shipping
The UN’s Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Mohamed Khaled Khiari, told ambassadors the satellite had been loaded onto a rocket...
Desperate Afghan returnees from Pakistan face uncertain future: IOM
According to IOM, in the past two months alone, nearly 375,000 Afghans left Pakistan, primarily utilizing the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings, near...
UN teams respond to deadly earthquake in western Nepal
The powerful 6.4M earthquake struck the remote and rural districts of Rukum (West) and Jajarkot shortly before midnight on Friday (local time) as families...
On sacred ground in Nepal, UN chief calls for global action for peace
“It is an honor to be here in Lumbini – a site of spirituality, serenity, and peace,” Mr. Guterres began.
“I am deeply moved...
‘Stop the madness’ of climate change, UN chief declares
Nepal has lost almost a third of its ice volume in 30 years, with glaciers melting 65 per cent faster in the last decade...
First Person: Farmers running out of water in Punjab, India
Water is crucial to rice farmers and when it is lacking, they tend to rely on groundwater.
Globally, water taken from underground reservoirs supports 40...
‘A mountain of hardship’, as Afghanistan suffers yet another earthquake
The latest, 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck areas northeast of Herat city Sunday morning local time.
According to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...
UN rights body extends mandate of Special Rapporteur on Russia
The UN Human Rights Council also “strongly urged” Russian authorities to comply with all the State’s obligations under international human rights law.
It also called...
UN teams support burn victims amidst Karabakh crisis
More than 170 people were killed and over 200 more injured, many with grievous burns and in a critical condition, in an explosion at...
UN condemns ‘abhorrent’ terrorist attacks in Pakistan
A further 70 people were injured in Friday’s attacks at the Hangu mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and at a religious procession in Mastung, Balochistan.
“It...
‘The world cannot afford Cold War 2.0,’ Pakistan leader tells UN Assembly
Addressing the Assembly’s annual general debate, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, said, “the world cannot afford Cold War 2.0,” because there are a raft of challenges facing...
Republic of Korea: Russia providing weapons tech to DPRK ‘will be a direct provocation’
In his address to the UN General Assembly’s annual debate, President Yoon referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to the DPRK and...
Taliban urged to uphold Afghan girls’ right to education
“Denying education to girls is a violation of universal human rights,” said Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW).
“The de facto authorities...
‘Robust progress’ towards SDGs in Thailand: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
Gita Sabharwal spoke to UN News ahead of the SDG Summit 2023 which gets underway at UN Headquarters in New York on 18 September.
The summit...
Armenia-Azerbaijan: Crucial to have ‘unimpeded passage’ of aid through Lachin Corridor, Security Council hears
Delivering a briefing on the latest situation there, the Director of Operations and Advocacy for humanitarian affairs coordination office, OCHA, made clear that the...
Guterres strongly condemns suicide bombing in Pakistan
At least 54 people were killed, and 83 injured, in the attack, which occurred in Bajaur district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
International media reported on...
Cambodia: UN rights chief regrets ‘severely restricted’ poll and opposition clampdown
In a news release issued by his Office, Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, denounced “constant shrinkage” in Cambodia’s democratic space in...
Funding ‘simply not enough’ for Rohingya refugees, UN agencies report
In March, the value of the food vouchers for camp residents was reduced from $12 per person per month to $10, and in June,...
Status quo on Korean Peninsula ‘alarming and unsustainable’, Security Council hears
Khaled Khiari was briefing the Council just a day after DPRK conducted the second launch of its Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a system...
INTERVIEW: Building bridges between Afghanistan and the world because ‘isolation is not an option’
Since then, as international funding has stalled amid skepticism about the Taliban’s return, the UN has been acting as the world’s "eyes and ears"...
UN in Bangladesh decries devastating new round of rations cuts for Rohingya refugees
The cuts will reduce the value of rations provided to Rohingya refugees to $8 per month, or 27 cents per day.
At the beginning of...
Stop tobacco farming, grow food instead, says WHO
Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Wednesday 31 May, WHO deplored that 3.2 million hectares of fertile land across 124 countries are being...
Children bearing the brunt of Afghanistan crisis: UNICEF
“Because, in what is a deeply troubled country - grappling with humanitarian catastrophe, climate related disasters, and egregious human rights abuses - too many...
Cyclone Mocha leaves ‘trail of devastation’ in Myanmar
OCHA said that communities there had spent the day cleaning up, and counting the cost of the storm, categorized as Extremely Severe, when it smashed into...
