‘The poison of racism continues to infect our world’, Guterres warns on International Day
21 March marks the adoption of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and honours the legacy of the...
Middle East crisis spirals amid mounting civilian deaths, aid blockade
Sigrid Kaag, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (ad interim) briefed the Security Council on the latest report relating to resolution...
Children, refugees pay hefty price of global aid funding crisis
Spokespersons for UNICEF and UNHCR in Geneva warned that the liquidity crunch has jeopardized lifesaving work, including progress in reducing child mortality, which has...
Running to bomb shelters, nothing new for Ukraine’s schoolchildren
There have been a staggering 1,614 recorded attacks on Ukrainian schools up to the end of last year says the report from the UN...
Exhausted Gazans wake from another night of Israeli bombing: UN aid teams
“We’re waking up from another intense night of bombardments, the fourth night of bombardment since the ceasefire abruptly broke down on Monday night…the situation...
WORLD WATER DAY LIVE: ‘A cold hard truth’
Melting glaciers, climate crises and access to clean water are some of the messages emerging ahead of World Water Day and the first ever...
2024 is Deadliest Year on Record for Migrants, New IOM Data Reveals
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Berlin/ Geneva, 21 March 2025 - At least 8,938 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2024, making it the deadliest...
Trump’s EPA is at War with the Americans it is Supposed to Protect
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By Ben Jealous —
As they say in horror movies, the call is coming from inside the house.
Under Donald Trump, the Environmental...
End of eternal ice: Many glaciers will not survive this century, climate scientists say
Together with ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, glaciers lock up about 70 per cent of the world’s freshwater reserves. They are striking indicators...
Free societies are good for business says UN rights chief, wrapping up visit to...
Speaking in the capital Bishkek, Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights acknowledged the country’s recent economic growth but cautioned that narrowing space...
Trailblazers: UN’s ‘founding mothers’ remind all people to stand up for human rights
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home,” said Anna Fierst, quoting her great-grandmother Eleanor Roosevelt’s speech of...
Syria’s humanitarian crisis: 16.5 million in need amid continuing conflict
Briefing journalists in New York from Damascus, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, Adam Abdelmoula, explained that the country remains at a critical juncture...
Gaza: ‘Bring them all home now’, freed hostage tells Security Council
Briefing ambassadors, Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General at the Department of Political Affairs (DPPA), reiterated the UN’s unequivocal condemnation of the horrific attacks by Hamas...
WHO give clean bill of health to cities taking action on preventable diseases
Córdoba in Argentina, Fortaleza in Brazil and Manchester in the UK picked up accolades at a healthy cities summit, co-hosted by the UN World...
Sudan: Civilians targeted as hostilities intensify in the capital
The office has condemned the escalating violence as the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their former ally, the paramilitary group –...
Guterres welcomes deals to halt energy attacks in Ukraine, Russia
“Any ceasefire is welcome because it saves lives, but it is essential that a ceasefire paves the way for a just peace in Ukraine,”...
Gaza: ‘Dramatic escalation’ as bombardments intensify and displacement surges
Israeli bombardments continued across Gaza on Wednesday, killing hundreds more people – many of them women and children – and leaving widespread destruction in...
Ukrainians tortured, raped, executed by Russian captors, Human Rights Council hears
The Council – the UN’s foremost human rights forum – also heard updates on allegations of ongoing abuses in Belarus, North Korea and Myanmar.According...
Violence triggers record displacements in Haiti’s capital
Gang violence, displacement and instability have long gripped Port-au-Prince and other parts of the country, but attacks over the past two months have shattered...
UN staff member killed in central Gaza blast, five others injured
The UN is verifying and confirming the details, including the circumstances that led up to the incident, but it was not due to “any...
Haitian media struggle to survive in face of attacks, revenue collapse
The Caribbean island nation is facing humanitarian, economic and political crises in addition to the break-down of law and order.In the last week, three...
Climate change: Paris Agreement goals still within reach, says UN chief
The latest State of the Global Climate report confirms 2024 as the hottest year since records began 175 years ago, with a global mean...
‘Intolerable’ suffering in Gaza amid deadly airstrikes, continued aid blockade
“We will not give up on these objectives,” António Guterres said during a press encounter at the UN Office in Geneva.Airstrikes resume, aid blockedIn...
Joint UN meeting tackles small arms control to foster sustainable development
At the joint session, speakers before two of the UN’s most representative bodies stressed that these weapons have fueled wars, exacerbated humanitarian crises and...
