GAZA LIVE: UN General Assembly to vote on resolution demanding immediate, unconditional and permanent...
The General Assembly meets at 3pm in New York on Thursday in emergency session following the Security Council’s failure to adopt a resolution on...
IOM Ramps Up Emergency Response Amid Deadly Flooding in Nigeria
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Geneva/Mokwa, 11 June 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in close coordination with the Government of Nigeria, is responding...
Atomic watchdog says Iran not complying with nuclear safeguards
The development follows serious warnings from the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) earlier this week that inspectors have been unable to determine whether...
IOM Reaches Milestone as 100,000 Migrants Return Home from Libya
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Geneva/Tripoli, 12 June 2025 – In a significant milestone, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has helped over 100,000 migrants voluntarily...
Displacement doubles while funding shrinks, warns UNHCR
In December last year, the overthrow of the Assad regime by opposition forces reignited hope that most Syrians could see home again soon. As...
Gang violence displaces a record 1.3 million Haitians
This represents a 24 per cent increase from December 2024 according to the UN agency, which also noted that this increase has produced the...
Rising hunger in Gaza highlights urgent need for ‘unfettered’ aid supplies
Only around 6,000 tonnes of wheat flour have entered the war-torn enclave since Israel began to allow limited supplies back in last month. However, 10,000...
Ongoing Russian strikes continue alarming civilian casualty trend
The toll includes 1,389 casualties in April (221 killed, 1,168 injured) – the highest monthly total so far this year – followed by 1,019...
‘Plenty of fish in the sea’? Not anymore, say UN experts in Nice
As yachts bobbed gently and delegates streamed by in a rising tide of lanyards and iPads at Port Lympia, Nice’s historic harbor, that statistic...
The world pledged to end child labour by 2025: So why are 138 million...
There are 10,000 children in Madagascar who, like Tenasoa, work in the largely unregulated mica industry. The silicate is used in paints, car parts,...
At least eight die in Red Sea tragedy as smugglers force migrants overboard
At least eight people are feared dead and 22 others are missing after smugglers stopped a boat carrying around 150 passengers likely bound for...
World News in Brief: Global growth slows, deadly Ukraine attacks, Haiti hurricane hunger risk,...
Growth is projected to weaken to 2.3 per cent, or nearly half a percentage point lower than expected at the start of the year,...
Myanmar on the ‘path to self-destruction’ if violence does not end
Since then, “there has been no end to the violence, even though thousands have been killed and thousands more injured,” said UN Special Envoy...
Global action needed as progress stalls on disability-inclusive development goals
“The message is stark: persons with disabilities face higher poverty, greater unemployment, deeper food and health insecurity and more limited access to education, jobs,...
UN committed to supporting ‘free, fair and transparent election with the participation of all...
Special Representative Mohamed Al Hassan, who also heads the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), provided updates on developments over the past six months...
Israeli attacks on Gaza schools could be crimes against humanity: UN probe
The UN Human Rights Council-mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) report found that Israeli forces have used airstrikes, shelling, burning, and controlled demolitions...
The battle to quiet the sea: Can the shipping industry turn down the volume?
As global trade surges, so does the underwater noise generated by commercial shipping. From the Arctic to the Great Barrier Reef, scientists have documented...
Greed is driving oceans toward collapse
Mr. Guterres’ stark assessment came during a press conference on the second day of the weeklong UN Ocean summit, known as UNOC3, where hundreds of...
Sudan emergency: We need more help to prevent famine, says WFP
“Over the past six months, WFP scaled up assistance and we are now reaching nearly one million Sudanese in Khartoum with food and nutrition...
IOM Director General's Message on World Environment Day 2025
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IOM Director General's Message on World Environment Day 2025
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04 Jun 2025
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Social and economic barriers, not choice, driving global fertility crisis: UNFPA
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) unveiled its flagship State of World Population report on Tuesday, warning that a rising number of people are being...
Gaza: Search for food puts lives on the line
Since the end of May, aid distribution in Gaza has been carried out by a mechanism backed by Israel and the United States bypassing...
No green without blue: Young ocean explorers set sail for a sustainable future
In the old town of Nice, the 98-meter-long, three-masted barque arrived last week at Port Lympia, where UNOC3 is now under way. Built in...
Lack of cooperation from Iran hampers nuclear checks, says atomic energy watchdog
Rafael Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Monday that Iran’s growing stockpile of highly enriched uranium and unresolved questions...
