World News in Brief: Hostilities in northeast Syria, response plan in Mali, Uyghur deportations...
Between 16 and 18 January, at least three civilians were killed and 14 injured in shelling and other attacks impacting Manbij, Ain al-Arab and...
At Davos, Guterres slams backsliding on climate commitments
Mr. Guterres was speaking at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, the exclusive event held high in the Swiss Alps where senior...
Ceasefire in Gaza brings hope, but West Bank faces escalating violence
The ceasefire and hostage release agreement, which took effect on Sunday allowed some displaced residents to return, but hundreds of thousands across the Gaza...
Climate emergency: 2025 declared international year of glaciers
Co-facilitated by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), this global initiative seeks to unite efforts worldwide...
Security Council debates growing terrorism threat in Africa
Amina Mohammed was speaking at a meeting focused on strengthening counter-terrorism on the continent, convened by Algeria, the Council president for January. She emphasized that...
UN rights expert calls for end to Russia’s crackdown on lawyers
Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, urged Russian authorities to release lawyers Vadim Kobzev, Alexei Liptser...
Aid surging into Gaza ‘at scale’ but massive needs remain: OCHA, WHO
On day three of the ceasefire which entered into force on Sunday 19 January, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, welcomed the “surge” in...
UN regrets US exit from global cooperation on health, climate change agreement
“The WHO regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the Organization…We hope the United States will reconsider,” said...
Guterres urges support for the Middle East amid current ‘turbulent period’
António Guterres addressed the Council’s first quarterly debate on the Middle East for the year, held against the backdrop of Sunday’s temporary ceasefire in...
World News in Brief: Sudan famine latest, weekend attacks in Ukraine, Tanzania Marburg virus...
In an alert on Monday, the World Food Programme (WFP) said that the trucks will be the first from the UN agency to reach...
Stories from the UN Archive: Roots of ‘no justice, no peace’
Read our story here:When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, visited UN Headquarters in the 1960s to protest the...
IOM Champions Well-Managed Migration as Global Solution at World Economic Forum
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Davos, 20 January 2025 –International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope will lead an IOM delegation to this year’s...
Middle East crisis: Live updates for Monday 20 January 2025
Following the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners on Sunday, the UN Security Council is scheduled to meet today to hear from the...
Guterres welcomes start of ceasefire in Gaza as UN ramps up food deliveries
“We stand ready to support this implementation and scale up the delivery of sustained humanitarian relief to the countless Palestinians who continue to suffer,”...
‘Lebanon is on the cusp of a more hopeful future’, says UN chief Guterres
“A window has opened paving the way for a new era of institutional stability, a State fully able to protect its citizens, and a...
Dignity for migrants should be our guiding light, insists ‘Cabrini’ film star
“Being from southern Italy, the migration issue is very close to my heart. Southern Italians have always emigrated throughout history, especially during the Second...
Will those responsible for atrocities in Syria finally face justice?
For years, UN human rights bodies have been documenting, monitoring and publishing reports on abuses, and bringing Syria’s dire human rights record to the...
Security Council briefed on challenges to peacekeeping in Lebanon, Syria
Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix was joined by Major General Patrick Gauchat, Head of the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) who is temporarily...
UNRWA chief: Ceasefire is the start, not the solution
Speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Lazzarini emphasised that the agreement is only the first step in addressing the region’s...
World News in Brief: Antisemitism action plan, DR Congo violence escalates, new migration movie,...
The plan was announced by the High Representative for the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), a platform for intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation.Miguel Ángel...
In Lebanon, Guterres highlights challenges and support for peacekeepers
His itinerary included a trip to Naqoura in the south – where the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is headquartered – and he...
Relentless crisis in Haiti: One in eight children internally displaced
The latest data reveals that over 500,000 children have been forced from their homes – a shocking 48 per cent increase since September.In total,...
Sudan war becomes more deadly as ethnically motivated attacks rise
His warning comes in the wake of reports that dozens were brutally killed in ethnically targeted attacks in Al Jazirah state in the southeast,...
Gaza ceasefire could boost aid deliveries to 600 trucks per day: WHO
“The target is to get between 500 and 600 trucks in per day over the coming weeks,” said Dr Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative in...
