‘Carnage’ must stop in Sudan, insists UN human rights office |
Civilians continue to bear the brunt of violent clashes between rival forces in Sudan, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Thursday, after...
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...
UN News Today 02 April 2025 |
Myanmar quake: funding must be stepped up to help victims, says UN’s aid chiefAs the full extent of the devastating earthquake in Myanmar becomes...
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...
‘Without funding we can’t meet the needs of the people of Myanmar’: WFP |
Following last Friday’s massive earthquake in Myanmar, UN humanitarians are on the ground to support survivors and the affected communities.The World Food Programme (WFP)...
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 News Today 01 April 2025 |
Gaza aid worker killings: One humanitarian still missingUN humanitarians and partners on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the killing by Israeli forces of 15...
Myanmar earthquake tragedy ‘compounds already dire crisis’
Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator Marcoluigi Corsi expressed the UN’s profound sorry at the immense loss of life stemming from Friday’s 7.7 and 6.4 magnitude...
Myanmar quake: More than 1,600 reported killed, as UN aid operation supports rescue efforts
The earthquakes of 7.7 and 6.4 magnitude struck Myanmar in central Myanmar northwest of Sagaing. The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, reported on Saturday...
Art has the power to inform and preserve history: Youth Poet Laureate |
Poet and activist Salome Agbaroji was awarded the prestigious role of National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States in 2023.A fighter for social...
Haiti reaches ‘yet another crisis point’ as gangs tighten their grip
Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council in Geneva that the country had reached “yet another crisis point,” with heavily armed gangs expanding their...
Despite renewed conflict in eastern DR Congo, protection for civilians is paramount: Keita
That’s according to the head of MONUSCO, Bintou Keita, speaking exclusively to UN News ahead of briefing members of the UN Security Council in New York...
UN News Today 28 March 2025 |
Gaza: Acts of war bear hallmarks of atrocity crimes, warn UN humanitariansLifesaving supplies in Gaza continue to run dangerously low, nearly four weeks into...
Tariffs: Job protectors or trade killers?
Every month, the UN trade and development agency (UNCTAD) provides an update on what’s happening in the world of global trade. In March, the...
DR Congo: ‘Everyone has to silence the guns’: MONUSCO chief |
As violence escalates in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 looking to gain more territory, UN peacekeepers...
‘If countries stop playing by trade rules, poorer countries will suffer’ |
In this episode of The Lid Is On, Conor Lennon from UN News speaks to Luz Maria de la Mora, the Director of the International...
UN News Today 27 March 2025 |
DR Congo: Record numbers face acute or emergency hungerA record 27.7 million people are in the grip of acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Biological weapons ‘must not only be unthinkable but also impossible’
26 March marks the 50th anniversary of the entry into force of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) – the first multilateral disarmament treaty to ban...
Sudan: Reproductive health agency decries devastating impact of war on women and girls |
Around a third of the 12 million Sudanese displaced following nearly three years of brutal conflict are women and girls of reproductive age, according...
UN News Today 26 March 2025 |
Gaza: No aid has reached war-torn enclave for more than three weeksIt has now been three and a half weeks since Israel imposed a...
Pact for the Future: Countries urged to translate pledges into action
General Assembly President Philémon Yang convened the informal interactive dialogue on the implementation of the Pact for the Future, which covers five areas: sustainable...
Sudanese refugees are literally crawling over the border to Chad, says UNDP |
Chad is seeing an influx of Sudanese refugees whose numbers are expected to pass the one million mark in coming months.Multiple UN agencies including...
‘Reparations can’t be quantified’, says Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka |
Reparations for the crimes of the transatlantic slave trade “can’t be quantified” given the vast historical sweep of human history, according to the first...
