UN relief chief calls for continued support for Syria and other crisis regions
The “relief chief” was speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York just as these two separate lifesaving initiatives are set to expire...
UN chief voices horror as scores die in migrant shipwreck off Greek coast
Latest news reports said the bodies of at least 79 men, women and children had been recovered, with hundreds more potentially dead or missing....
Sudan latest: Tens of thousands on the move; spectre of ethnic clashes, hunger draws...
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said that tens of thousands of refugees from South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea living in the country have fled the...
Niger spiralling into ‘protection crisis’ following takeover: UNHCR
UNHCR’s representative in Niger, Emmanuel Gignac, said that sanctions imposed on the country by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) following last...
Palestine: Rights experts call for stronger torture prevention measures
The members of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) issued the appeal after concluding their first visit to the State of Palestine, conducted from 10...
UN continues to support Pakistan flood response
The unprecedented flooding, triggered by severe monsoon rains, submerged a third of the country and resulted in some 1,700 deaths.
Millions displaced, infrastructure damaged
More than...
UN pledges to ‘remain engaged and committed’ amid Niger coup
Nicole Kouassi, UN Acting Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator, was speaking from the capital, Niamey, just hours after the general whose troops seized the...
Boost for developing nations as mRNA technology hub moves to the next phase in...
Over 200 international participants working with the mRNA Technology Transfer Programme had their first face-to-face meeting, in a bid to make one of the most revolutionary...
UN chief ‘deeply regrets’ Mali’s decision to expel senior rights official
The transitional Government of Mali had made the announcement on Sunday, in effect, barring the Director of the Human Rights Division of the UN...
Ukraine flood disaster: needs grow as long-term impacts loom
Speaking to journalists from Bilozerka, a town on the Dnipro River about 20 kilometres west of Kherson and five kilometres from the frontline, Ms....
UK must protect unaccompanied children seeking asylum, urge UN experts
“We are deeply concerned at reports that unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are going missing and are at high risk of being trafficked within the UK,”...
Millions of Afghan children inoculated against measles, polio in 1st Statewide drive since 2021...
Afghanistan has vaccinated 5.36 million nine- to 59-month old children against measles while 6.1 million infants to 59-month-olds received oral polio vaccine during the...
UN appeals for record $51.5 billion to help 230 million on the brink in...
The size of the appeal – 25 per cent higher than this year’s - reflects the fact that the total number in need is...
UN child rights committee lauds Swiss asylum offer to Kurdish family
“We welcome the timely action taken by Switzerland to suspend the children’s return to Bulgaria, in compliance with the Committee’s request for interim measures,”...
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need urgent support as crises multiply: UNHCR
This week marks six years since over 700,000 mostly-Muslim Rohingya men, women, and children joined the hundreds of thousands of others already sheltering in...
Kakhovka dam disaster a health crisis in the making: WHO
WHO’s representative in Ukraine Dr. Jarno Habicht told reporters that after the collapse of the dam caused severe flooding and massive displacement, the agency’s...
World News in Brief: Ukraine nuclear plant update, Sudan health crisis, reproductive rights
Addressing the opening of the IAEA’s General Conference in Vienna on Monday, Mr. Grossi said that 53 missions mobilizing more than 100 agency staff...
Cyclone Mocha: urgent funding needed as hunger, diseases loom
In Myanmar, the UN appealed on Tuesday for $333 million to assist 1.6 million of the most vulnerable people, many of whom have lost...
Dozens feared dead in Myanmar as Cyclone Mocha creates ‘nightmare scenario’
With coastal winds recorded at up to 250 kilometers per hour making landfall off the Bay of Bengal, the storm tore through villages in...
Fight slavery’s ‘racist legacy’ through education: Guterres
“The history of slavery is a history of suffering and barbarity that shows humanity at its worst,” he said.
“But it is also a history...
International Migrants Day: 280 million people leave home for ‘a better life’
Secretary-General António Guterres credited the more than 80 per cent of those who cross borders in a safe and orderly fashion as powerful drivers...
Dreams in crisis: Children send world leaders postcards from the edge
Alima from Burkina Faso wants to be a police officer, Awa from Mali dreams of being a nurse, and 11-year-old María Gabriela from Ecuador...
Deadly shipwreck in Italy must trigger action to save lives, UN officials say
“Every person searching for a better life deserves safety and dignity,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. “We need safe, legal routes for migrants and...
