UN must evolve to ‘stand strong’ for the next 80 years: General Assembly president
Speaking ahead of the start of high-level week, Annalena Baerbock underscored the importance of the UN Charter, the Organization’s founding document, and the need...
World News in Brief: Migrant medics mean shortages at home, UN names top innovators,...
A new UN health agency report also shows that in Europe in 2023, six in 10 medics trained outside the region, while the number...
‘The needs are huge’: Pakistan reels from floods as millions left homeless
More than six million people have been affected since the unusually heavy monsoon rains began in late June, with nearly 1,000 lives lost –...
Venezuelan migrants drive economic gains in Ecuador but face persistent vulnerabilities
“The evidence is clear: when migrants have access to rights and opportunities, they contribute substantially to the societies that host them,” said Kristina Mejo,...
Government corruption fuels human rights crisis in South Sudan, independent panel finds
Based on two years of independent investigations and analysis, the report reveals how oil and non-oil revenues are siphoned off through opaque schemes and...
Healing the ozone layer: ‘Guided by science, united in action’
Last century, scientists confirmed the alarming reality of a significant depletion in the ozone layer – an invisible shield of gas which surrounds the...
Ahead of high-stakes General Assembly week, Guterres urges world leaders to ‘get serious –...
Speaking at a press conference at the UN Headquarters on Tuesday in New York, he warned that global divisions, conflicts and crises have left...
DC and Chocolate Cities in Danger
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Join us in person or via livestream for an Emergency Summit: DC and Chocolate Cities in Danger — “Putting I.C.E. on...
Thirsty and starving, Gazans face ‘inhumane’ evacuation; UNICEF
The development followed reports that the Israeli military has stepped up its ground offensive in Gaza City, ordering residents to leave the area.Speaking from...
LIVE: Middle East updates; independent UN investigators say Israel has committed genocide in Gaza
Amid reports of intensifying bombardment in Gaza City overnight, the Middle East crisis took centre stage at the UN on Tuesday, starting at the...
Gaza: Top independent rights probe alleges Israel committed genocide
In a new report published against the backdrop of intensifying Israeli military operations in Gaza City, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on...
United Nations revises 2026 regular budget proposal, pairing cost reductions with initial reform measures
The revised estimates, communicated on Monday to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), propose reductions of 15.1 per cent of resources...
UN’s humanitarian work is ‘underfunded, overstretched, and under attack’
Speaking on Monday to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York, Tom Fletcher who heads up the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...
Deadly attacks and collapsing services push Sudan closer to catastrophe
According to local reports, heavy shelling and assaults late last week in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, killed at least six...
UN condemns ‘deadly escalation’ in Gaza City
The situation “is having an appalling impact on civilians enduring suffering and starvation,” he told journalists in New York.“The United Nations condemns the deadly...
World News in Brief: Pandemic treaty update, DR Congo Ebola response, more casualties in...
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking at the start of a meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the WHO Pandemic Agreement, taking place in...
IAEA chief urges countries to recommit to nuclear non-proliferation
He stressed that their support for the non-proliferation regime, the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), and the IAEA, is crucial.“I urge Member States to recommit...
Gender equality: UN Women calls for political will and accelerated global action
The world is retreating from gender equality, and the cost is being counted in lives, rights, and opportunities. Five years from the Sustainable Development...
Yemen: UN sounds alarm as famine, fighting and aid worker detentions exacerbate crisis
UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council on Monday that the turmoil in Yemen cannot be seen in isolation.“Yemen is both a...
Ukraine records highest toll from cluster munitions for third year running
According to the latest Cluster Munitions Monitor, more than 1,200 people are known to have been killed or maimed in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale...
UN’s Guterres condemns gang attack in Haiti that killed at least 40
The overnight assault on11 September is the latest in a string of brutal incidents and ongoing gang violence that have plagued the country since...
Nepal appoints first woman prime minister, as UN expresses solidarity amid crisis
Ms. Karki, Nepal’s first woman Prime Minister, was appointed by President Ram Chandra Poudel who administered the oath of office in a ceremony attended...
UN warns of escalation risk after large-scale Russian drone incursion into Poland
She said it was not the first time drones had been spotted beyond Ukraine’s borders “but it is the first time that multiple drones...
Gaza: International community must ‘match words with action’ now
Olga Cherevko, Spokesperson in Gaza for the UN aid coordination office OCHA, warned that history will not judge the international community “based on the...
