An ambitious legally binding plastics treaty is needed more than ever, youth leaders say...
If ever the world needed to agree on stopping plastic pollution, it’s now, supporters of a deal say.According to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP),...
UN News Today 04 August 2025 |
Gaza remains on brink of famine as UNRWA chief calls for hostage releasesIn Gaza, UN aid teams continue to report that Gaza is on...
The final straw? Plastic pollution talks get underway in Geneva
Unless an international accord is inked, plastic waste is projected to triple by 2060, causing significant damage – including to our health – according to...
Cholera spreads in North Darfur, 640,000 children under threat, UNICEF warns
More than 1,180 cholera cases – including an estimated 300 in children – and at least 20 deaths have been reported in Tawila, a...
Awaza gears up to host UN conference on landlocked developing countries
More than 20 heads of state and government and some 3,000 delegates from international organizations, civil society, youth, academia and the private sector are...
Violence in northern Mozambique forces thousands to flee, straining aid efforts
The displacement is the latest consequence of a cascade of overlapping emergencies in the country – including armed violence, climate shocks, disease outbreaks and...
UN News Today 01 August 2025 |
Gaza: Over 1,000 Palestinians killed seeking food in recent monthsAs starvation deepens in Gaza, people continue to be killed in the desperate search for...
A mandate for change: UN releases proposals for streamlining of tasks as part of...
Mandates - requests or directives for action issued by the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council - have multiplied...
Once-in-a-decade push for the ‘locked out’: Global leaders set for landmark UN conference in...
Backed by the new Awaza Programme of Action, the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries or LLDC3 will push for freer transit, smarter...
Trade measures critical to ending plastic pollution
That assessment by UN trade and development body, UNCTAD, comes in an update published on Thursday ahead of the final round of talks to develop...
Angola protests: UN urges restraint, investigations into deaths
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Thursday urged Angolan authorities to conduct prompt, thorough and independent investigations into...
Russian attack on Ukrainian capital kills at least 11 civilians
Among the confirmed dead is a six-year-old boy. At least 10 of the injured were children, the mission said, and news reports indicate that...
‘Delivering better’: New ECOSOC president emphasises climate action, food security
Mr. Thapa said that the motto of his presidency will be “Delivering Better,” which requires strengthening partnerships and multilateralism to achieve more effective implementation...
UN News Today 31 July 2025 |
On brink of famine, Gazans forced to scour dirt for foodIn Gaza, UN aid teams continued their efforts on Thursday to help people of...
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Meeting on the situation in Ukraine
The UN Security Council meets Thursday morning to discuss threats to international peace and security, with a focus on the situation in Ukraine. The...
With Gaza smouldering, ministers renew push for two-State solution at UN
The High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution took place in New...
‘Nothing about them, without them’: human trafficking survivors need to have a seat at...
Human trafficking is a global threat driven by organised crime and each year, more and more women, children and men are being exploited, including...
World News in Brief: Violence in Somalia, cholera in Haiti, tax support for sustainable...
Clashes intensified in the town of Mahas in the Hiraan region, Hirshabelle state, on 26 July forcing the entire population – over 28,000 people...
Gaza children starving despite Israeli ‘tactical pauses’, UN says
Speaking at the regular news briefing in New York, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said that even four days into the announced pauses, “we...
UN News Today 30 July 2025 |
In Gaza, a ‘man-made drought’ is causing more misery: UNICEFIn addition to mass starvation in Gaza, a “man-made drought” is causing even more misery, the UN...
Tsunami alert highlights worth of global early warning system
While the UN-backed International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that there had been no damage to Japan’s nuclear facilities after an 8.8 magnitude quake was...
Gaza is ‘a complete perfect storm of suffering for children’: UNICEF |
UN agencies continue to draw attention to the dire conditions in Gaza, where food security experts warned this week of mounting evidence of famine...
Cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa poses crisis for children
“The heavy rains, widespread flooding and the high level of displacement are all fuelling the risk of cholera transmission and putting the lives of...
Deputy UN chief urges bold action to transform food systems at global summit in...
Delivering closing remarks at the UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+4) in Addis Ababa, co-hosted by Ethiopia and Italy, Ms. Mohammed praised...