‘Syria simply cannot withstand another wave of instability,’ Security Council hears
“Syria simply cannot withstand another wave of instability,” UN Deputy Special Envoy Najat Rochdi said on Tuesday in a briefing to the Security Council...
Afghan women face near total social, economic and political exclusion
But recently, the level of participation has reached a new low – zero.Zero women in national or local decision-making bodies.Zero girls projected to be...
IOM Reports 60 Migrants Missing in Two Deadly Shipwrecks off Libya
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Cairo/Tripoli, 17 June 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is deeply saddened by two confirmed shipwrecks off the coast...
USA for IOM Appoints New CEO to Lead Next Chapter of Humanitarian Innovation
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Geneva/Washington, D.C., 17 June 2025 – USA for IOM, the U.S. nonprofit partner of the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration...
More Gazans killed trying to get food, healthcare near to ‘full disaster’
“We are walking the fine grey line between operational capacity and full disaster, every day,” said Dr Thanos Gargavanis, WHO trauma surgeon and emergency...
From Himalayan melt to drowning shores, children lead the climate fight
For young people living on the frontlines, climate change disrupts education, health and safety, casting a pall of uncertainty over the future.As countries race...
DR Congo: Human rights violations could amount to war crimes, UN experts say
Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council that the investigation and analysis undertaken by his office, OHCHR, had revealed “an apparent total disregard for...
Guterres to launch life-saving campaign strengthening mine action worldwide
António Guterres announced the move in a statement issued on Monday, in response to plans by several UN Member States to withdraw from the...
‘Behind each crisis, people are suffering,’ Türk tells Human Rights Council
“We are on an indefensible path of escalating conflict and open disregard for international human rights and humanitarian law,” said Volker Türk, addressing the...
Brutal cuts mean brutal choices warns UN relief chief, launching ‘survival appeal’
“We have been forced into a triage of human survival,” said Mr. Fletcher. “The math is cruel, and the consequences are heartbreaking. Too many...
UNHCR forced to make deep cuts, despite rising needs worldwide
This will entail cutting just under half of all senior positions at the agency’s Geneva headquarters and regional bureaux. Around 3,500 permanent staff posts have...
Migrants and Diaspora Drive Development Through Remittance Flows
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Geneva, 16 June 2025 – Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, conflict, and rising inequality, one financial flow has remained remarkably...
Middle East crisis: Live updates for 16 June
Welcome to our live coverage
After a weekend of massive strikes and counter-strikes between Tel Aviv and Tehran, the UN's human rights chief, Volker Türk...
Making Migrants Count: Experts Convene in Malmö to Close Gaps in Migration Data
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Malmö, Sweden, 16 June 2025 – Migration experts, policymakers, statisticians, and data scientists from around the world are convening in Malmö,...
Shaping a better world at Expo 2025 in Japan
The UN is taking part alongside more than 150 countries and organizations at the global gathering, which carries the forward-looking theme: Designing Future Society...
America 5 Years After George Floyd’s Murder
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WASHINGTON – Five years ago, at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in South Minneapolis, George Floyd died after...
Societies grappling with a ‘silent but growing’ prison crisis
A decade ago, the UN General Assembly adopted the Nelson Mandela Rules — a set of 122 guidelines setting minimum standards for the treatment...
Security Council meets in emergency session over Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikes
The Council cleared its original schedule to address the rapidly evolving crisis, also hearing from the head of the UN-backed international nuclear watchdog, who...
Fighting Fascism, Then and Now — By Ted Glick
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By Ted Glick –
“Veterans and military family members are being fired by the thousands from federal jobs. Our health care is...
Humanitarians must be able to deliver aid in Gaza, UN agencies insist
The humanitarian network is currently at a standstill because the internet shut down earlier this week after the last fibre cable route serving central...
UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments
“We close this historic week not just with hope, but with concrete commitment, clear direction, and undeniable momentum,” Li Junhua, the UN’s Under-Secretary-General for...
DR Congo crisis: Aid teams appeal for support to help displaced communities left with...
Since the beginning of the year, Rwanda-backed M23 fighters have swept across eastern DRC, taking key cities including Goma and Bukavu. The violence has...
75 years after Dumarsais Estimé’s fall, what Haiti can still learn from his vision
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As the nation unravels today, the legacy of Haiti’s progressive president Estimé echoes louder than ever
By Stéphane Pierre-Paul —
It would be...
Israel-Iran crisis: UN chief urges calm after overnight strikes
Any military escalation in the Middle East should be censured, the UN chief said in a short statement issued by his spokesperson’s office.“He is...