Aid data critical to crisis response threatened by funding cuts
“Data is central to humanitarian action,” OCHA said, as aid organizations look to “focus their response to reach the communities with the most severe...
UN peacekeeping challenged as conflicts and ceasefires grow more complex
Addressing ambassadors in the Security Council, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, head of UN peace operations, highlighted the need for change.“Ceasefire monitoring can no longer be just...
Ukraine: Mine contamination is lethal legacy of Russia’s invasion
Millions of mines have been scattered across the battlefields of Ukraine since the full-scale Russian invasion on 24 February 2022, making it the most...
UN reflects on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
António Guterres joined survivors, diplomats and civil society members for the annual ceremony in the UN General Assembly Hall to mourn the lives lost...
With aid blockade into its second month, misery deepens for Gazans
In a joint statement, the heads of the UN’s aid agencies warned that “we are witnessing acts of war in Gaza that show an utter...
Commemorating the 2015 International Reparations Summit
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On Tuesday April 15th, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST (USA), join Dr. Ron Daniels, President of the Institute of the...
UN rights chief urges probe into Russian attack that killed nine children in Ukraine
Volker Türk issued a statement expressing shock at the attack, which occurred on Friday evening as families gathered near a playground, a restaurant and...
More than one million children in Gaza deprived of aid for over a month:...
No aid has been allowed into Gaza since 2 March, representing the longest period of aid blockage since the start of the war, resulting...
UN deplores deadly attack on city in central Ukraine
Matthias Schmale said he was outraged by reports of yet another Russian attack on the city, which is located in the Dnipro region.“This attack...
AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: Why new thinking is needed on disarmament
Engaging with the tech community is not “a nice to have” sideline for defence policymakers – it is “absolutely indispensable to have this community...
Gaza: Paramedic still missing after aid worker killings, Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for...
Last Sunday, a joint PRCS and UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA) mission uncovered a shallow grave in Rafah. The bodies of eight PRCS paramedics, six civil...
UN rolls out key initiative to combat antisemitism
The action plan, spearheaded by the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, was...
UN rights office calls for end to Israel’s ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian...
The Palestinian co-director of the documentary, Basel Adra, delivered remarks to the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People....
‘Safe futures start here’: UN calls for global action to eliminate mine threat
“Even when the guns fall silent, these remnants of war remain, lurking in fields and on pathways and roadways, threatening the lives of innocent...
Sudan: Suffering continues amid massive destruction across Khartoum
Mohamed Refaat, IOM Chief of Mission in Sudan, was speaking to reporters after returning from previously inaccessible Khartoum state, which is now back under...
EU, IOM Senior Officials in Brussels for Eleventh Strategic Cooperation Meeting on Migration
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Brussels, 04 April 2025 – Senior officials from the European Union (EU) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) met in...
Myanmar military’s attacks continue despite quake truce, warns UN’s Türk
“In the days following the deadly earthquake that tore through central Myanmar last week, the Myanmar military continued operations and attacks, including airstrikes –...
DR Congo: Armed violence displaces thousands as cholera outbreak worsens
Intense clashes between local armed groups and M23 rebels were reported on Thursday in the town of Masisi Centre in North Kivu.Preliminary reports from...
World News in Brief: Israeli military escalation in Syria, Nicaragua rights probe, South Sudan...
“Such actions undermine efforts to build a new Syria at peace with itself and the region, and destabilize Syria at a sensitive time,” Geir...
UN envoy urges international support for West Africa and the Sahel
Leonardo Santos Simão highlighted the scale of the crisis affecting parts of the Sahel, where terrorist groups continue to wreak havoc, particularly in the...
Gaza: UN rights chief calls for probe into killings of medical workers
Ambassadors met for an emergency session to discuss the escalation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.Rights chief Volker Türk said he was pained to brief...
Myanmar: UN chief calls for urgent access as quake toll mounts
Speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the earthquake has “supercharged the suffering”.“Myanmar today is the scene...
AI’s $4.8 trillion future: UN warns of widening digital divide without urgent action
The Technology and Innovation Report 2025, released on Thursday by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), sounds the alarm on growing inequality...
Sudan crisis: UN rights chief condemns extrajudicial killings in Khartoum
Citing credible reports of extrajudicial killings in several areas of the capital, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said that the victims were...
