Guterres calls for an end to ocean ‘plunder’ as UN summit opens in France
“The ocean is the ultimate shared resource,” he told delegates gathered at the port of Nice. “But we are failing it.”Oceans, he warned, are...
Gaza: Women and girls struggle to manage their periods amid crisis
Globally, 1.8 billion people menstruate, yet for many, especially in crises zones, it’s far more than an inconvenience.In war-torn Gaza, around 700,000 women and girls...
A powerful planetary helper: Ocean phytoplankton |
Ocean phytoplankton may be tiny, but their impact on the planet is enormous.These microscopic organisms form the foundation of marine food chains and play...
Green gold beneath the waves: How seaweed – and one man’s obsession – could...
Lesconil, a salt-bitten fishing port tucked into the coast of Brittany, in northern France, stirs slowly under the pale Atlantic dawn. Tide pools shimmer,...
International community prepares to tackle marine life extinction threat |
In this episode of The Lid Is On, experts discuss the urgent need to restore the Ocean, which is facing a host of threats...
Both radio and sports can help people achieve their potential, says UN on World...
Radio is a powerful, low-cost communication tool that reaches the widest global audience while also connecting people to grassroots sports within communities. “It can...
‘It is an elephant’: Ukraine’s unexploded mine problem
These are the results of the ammunition from last nights’ attacks, or at least from the munitions which exploded.At a briefing in New York,...
World News in Brief: Women’s health in Sudan, childhood wasting, Belarus trade unions, Guatemala...
It warned that without immediate support, women and girls will continue to pay the price of this crisis with their lives, as hundreds of...
UN News Today 05 June 2025 |
In Gaza, daily food intake set to fall well below ‘survival’ levelThe lack of food entering Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid restrictions is...
UN chief urges world leaders to keep two-State solution ‘alive’
“It is absolutely essential to keep alive the two-State solution perspective with all the terrible things we are witnessing in Gaza and the West...
Number of aid workers killed in Gaza conflict, highest in UN history: Guterres
Ahead of a memorial service at Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists that the men and women being honoured “were not...
Citizen journalists are the eyes of Gaza’s people, says war reporter |
Nobel Peace Prize nominee and Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza grew up wanting to be a travel reporter; instead, he became a war correspondent in Gaza.His images...
Flooding was ‘just the beginning’: Kakhovka dam disaster, two years on |
Ukraine’s Kakhovka Dam was destroyed exactly two years ago on Thursday, representing the most significant environmental disaster so far resulting from Russia’s ongoing invasion....
Education and legal reform critical to address Islamophobia worldwide |
In response to rising anti-Muslim hate, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution last year. Among other measures, it called for the appointment of...
World Environment Day: UN sounds alarm on plastic pollution crisis
Between 19 and 23 million tonnes of plastic waste leak into aquatic ecosystems annually, and without urgent action, this figure is expected to rise...
UN News Today 04 June 2025
Libya: UN Human Rights condemns detention centre killingsIn Gaza, another school comes under attack Oceans conference highlights lack of investment in clean seas
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US vetoes Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza
The text, co-sponsored by Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, and Somalia – collectively known as the...
Ukraine among new members elected to UN Economic and Social Council
Ukraine and Croatia secured seats from the Eastern European regional group, which had three available seats. Russia and Belarus, having failed to obtain the required...
Haiti: WFP concerned over humanitarian situation as hurricane season begins
“Despite all the violence, displacement and collapse”, WFP remains in Haiti, Lola Castro, Regional Director in Latin America and the Caribbean, said during a...
UN News Today 03 June 2025 |
In Gaza, more Palestinians are reportedly killed at a US-Israeli aid hub UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans...
As displacement surges in South Sudan, regional humanitarian crisis deepens
Violence between armed groups in Upper Nile state and other flashpoints has crippled essential services, triggered food insecurity and worsened disease outbreaks, including cholera...
Five countries elected to serve on UN Security Council
They will serve through the end of 2027 on the UN body responsible for maintaining international peace and security.They will join the five non-permanent...
World News in Brief: Guterres condemns antisemitic attacks, ILO to debate pros and cons...
A man was arrested in Boulder after reportedly using a flamethrower and Molotov cocktails to set people on fire at an event in support...
UN calls for ‘immediate and unconditional’ release of aid workers arbitrarily detained in Yemen
In a statement on Monday, António Guterres strongly condemned the death in detention of a World Food Programme (WFP) staff member earlier this year.The Houthis...
