Decade of slowing deforestation offers hope for forests
Nearly 500 million hectares (ha) – equivalent to around 750 million football pitches – have been lost since 1990.Deforestation has slowed down in every...
UN News Today 02 December 2025 |
Mozambique: close to 100,000 flee violence and attacks in the past fortnight alone, warns UNHCRUN aid teams on the ground in northern Mozambique issued...
‘Decisive action’ needed to end Israel-Palestine stalemate
Annalena Baerbock was speaking at an Assembly plenary meeting where countries debated a resolution that affirms the UN’s responsibility for the question of Palestine.“For 78 years...
New Scientific Research Proves Genesis Creation Timeline Can Be Mapped in Days, Not Billions...
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Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel of Science180.com unveils a 12-year study on the mathematical evidence of God’s existence
Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel has proven mathematically...
Scientifically unchaining the power of the turbulence code that cracked the universe formation
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Scientists and engineers have long known that cracking the code of turbulence would be highly gratifying, but they did not know...
World News in Brief: Global economy ‘on the brink’, ending slavery, Latin America jobs...
Shifts in financial markets now move global trade almost as strongly as actual economic activity, shaping prospects for developing countries in particular.“Trade is not...
Fight against ‘vicious’ tuberculosis epidemic drastically underfunded: UN deputy chief
The High-Level Meeting has been described by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an unprecedented step forward by governments and all partners engaged in...
Shun unilateral action, embrace multilateralism, Namibian President urges at UN Assembly
“Democracy might have its flaws, but it is by far the best system that enables key values of the United Nations, necessary for sustained...
UN and African Union vow closer action for peace and development
António Guterres was speaking at UN Headquarters in New York following the ninth conference between the global body and the African Union (AU).The high-level...
Gaza: War has made children violent, sad and bereft
Issuing a warning that the children’s sense of stability and security has been eroded as key everyday services have collapsed, humanitarians insist that young...
Ethiopia: UN supports response to potentially deadly virus outbreak
So far, eight possible cases have been reported in the South Ethiopia Region and laboratory testing is ongoing to determine the exact cause.Health workers...
UN News Today 13 November 2025 |
Gaza: War has made children violent, sad and bereft after two years of relentless warMore than nine in 10 children in Gaza now display...
‘Create a future fit for our grandchildren’, Guterres urges, ahead of gamechanger Summit
Mr. Guterres was speaking as negotiations for the Summit of the Future, which opens at UN Headquarters on Sunday, enter the final stretch.“I have...
UN News Today 21 October 2025 |
Gaza: overwhelming food aid in Gaza as WFP urges more border access to prevent famineSince Gaza’s fragile ceasefire got underway, the UN World Food...
UN sounds alarm over spike in sexual violence against women in DR Congo
Speaking to journalists at the UN Office at Geneva, Shoko Arakaki, director of humanitarian affairs at the UN reproductive health agency (UNFPA), said that...
Climate science and early warnings key to saving lives
“Early-warning systems work,” he told the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva. “They give farmers the power to protect their crops and livestock. Enable families...
Trailer: The daily UNGA High-Level Week podcast |
Since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the numbers attending High-Level Week at UN Headquarters in New York have steadily ticked upwards, and this...
Russian attacks on Ukraine energy set to push 500,000 people out of country
The alert from the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine follows significant destruction to power plants and the worsening energy crisis that has...
Whole generation of children ‘lost’ amid ongoing Gaza war, UNICEF warns
Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director for Humanitarian Action, stressed the urgent need for an immediate end to the hostilities and a negotiated political...
UN News Today 19 September 2024 |
HIV services in sub-Saharan Africa choked by growing debt crisis: UNAIDSThe growing public debt crisis in sub-Saharan African countries is preventing the region’s governments...
Showing resolve amid crisis: Guterres highlights UN impact in annual report
In his Annual Report on the Work of the Organization, released ahead of the high-level session of the 79th UN General Assembly, Secretary-General António...
UN chief strongly condemns Mali terrorist attack
Scores of people were reportedly killed in the capital, Bamako, on Tuesday when Islamic militants attacked several locations, including a military police academy, according...
‘New models’ for UN peacekeeping to support safer and more equitable world |
The future of UN peacekeeping and the “new models” it needs to create to remain relevant in the 21st Century are set to be...
