‘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...
IOM Urgently Seeks USD 17.3 Million to Support Communities Hit Hardest by Myanmar Earthquake
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Bangkok, 3 April 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for USD 17.3 million to respond to the...
UN condemns killing of 1,000 people in Gaza since ceasefire collapse
He condemned the reported killing of more than a thousand people, including women and children, since the collapse of the ceasefire between Israel and...
World is ‘failing’ people with disabilities: UN deputy chief
Although persons with disabilities represent a sizeable 16 per cent of the world’s population, they still experience a range of health inequities, including premature...
Myanmar quake: UN calls for urgent protection for vulnerable women and girls
As emergency aid trickles in, women and girls who were already vulnerable due to years of conflict, displacement and economic instability, now face even...
Sudan: Sexual violence used as weapon of terror against women and girls
It is nearly two years since the brutal war between the forces of the military government in Khartoum and the Rapid Support Forces militia...
‘Attacks on aid workers must end,’ Security Council told
Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General with UN aid coordination office OCHA, and Gilles Michaud, head of the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) were speaking...
Accountability for missing persons is ‘crucial’: UN human rights chief
That’s one of the alarming updates shared by Volker Türk during a General Assembly briefing on Wednesday, the first informal meeting dedicated to the...
Lebanon: UN expresses deep concern over latest Israeli airstrikes, in call for restraint
Tuesday morning’s strike reportedly targeted a Hezbollah official who Israel accused of aiding Hamas in planning an imminent terror attack against civilians.It was the...
Sudan on brink of famine as fighting ravages Darfur, UN warns
Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric warned that “the humanitarian and security situation in Sudan remains dire and is worsening.”He highlighted intense fighting around El Fasher, noting,...
Guterres calls for greater equality and inclusion as world marks Autism Awareness Day
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for renewed commitment to create a more equal and inclusive world in his message marking World Autism Awareness...
UN-backed forum seeks to boost resilience of world’s Least Developed Countries
The third edition of the LDC Future Forum, which opened on Monday, focusses on how these 44 nations can better withstand systemic shocks, including...
Gaza aid worker killings: One humanitarian still missing in mass grave
“This is a huge blow to us…These people were shot,” said Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN aid coordination office, OCHA.“Normally we are not...
Myanmar earthquake latest: entire communities flattened, aid teams say
Speaking to journalists from Yangon on Tuesday, Julia Rees, Deputy Representative of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the country described seeing massive needs...
