Is feminism under attack? |
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a key UN policy document adopted in 1995, has been credited for several major advances for women,...
Funding cuts jeopardize global fight against tuberculosis, WHO warns
The health agency highlighted that essential prevention, testing and treatment services are collapsing, leaving millions at risk.The hardest-hit regions include Africa, Southeast Asia, and...
World News in Brief: Guterres convenes Cyprus summit, violence continues in southern Lebanon, UN...
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at the regular daily briefing in New York that the leaders of both the Turkish Cypriot and Greek...
UN News Today 05 March 2025 |
Gaza: Israeli aid restrictions threaten care for most vulnerable, warns UNICEFThe aid blockade announced by Israeli authorities on Sunday has left Gazans afraid of...
‘Humanity’s future depends on investing in the machinery of peace’: UN chief
Celebrated on 5 March, it is an opportunity to reinforce global commitments to reducing arms and advancing peace.
This year, the observance coincides with the...
Famine looms in Somalia without funding boost, WFP says
The East African country faced famine in 2022, but a scale-up in humanitarian assistance helped to avert catastrophe.Today, food insecurity on the increase once...
‘Let us never lose hope’: Young leaders on the frontlines of climate action |
From rising tides threatening coastal communities, to the urgent need for global energy transition, climate change is no distant crisis – it is a...
UN News Today 04 March 2025 |
Gaza’s recovery must be built on more than steel and concrete: GuterresThe UN Secretary-General on Tuesday stressed that the “true foundation” of recovery and...
‘Dangerous nuclear rhetoric and threats’ trigger stark wake-up call: UN chief
“Critical disarmament instruments are being eroded,” said Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, who spoke on behalf of the UN chief at the opening...
Nuclear energy watchdog chief raises ‘serious’ safety concerns over sites in Ukraine and Iran
Reaffirming the UN-backed IAEA’s commitment to monitoring facilities such as the Khmelnitsky, Rivne and South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs), he described how facilities...
First Person: Voices of the forgotten in Haiti, ‘crying out in the silence of...
Armed groups now control much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, including key roads leading in and out of the city, making it nearly impossible for...
UN News Today 03 March 2025 |
Nations must stop global order from crumbling: UN rights chiefAs well over 100 conflicts rage around the world, UN human rights chief Volker Türk...
Children already dying in Sudan’s stricken Zamzam camp: WFP
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) confirmed that it has had to pause the distribution of life saving food and nutrition assistance, due to...
Alarming trends in nuclear material trafficking highlight urgent security gaps
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UN News Today 28 February 2025 |
Gaza reconstruction cannot include any form of ethnic cleansing: GuterresThe reconstruction of Gaza must not include any form of ethnic cleansing or a “long-term...
Gaza: Unified Arab position will ‘help guide the way forward’
Addressing journalists at UN Headquarters in New York, he announced that he will be travelling to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, next week, for the...
US funding cuts confirmed, ending lifesaving support for women and girls
“At 7pm on 26 February, UNFPA was informed that nearly all of our grants (48 as of now) with USAID and the US State...
Haiti: Over one million displaced by gang violence
The “unprecedented crisis” in Haiti means that every number presented “is a new record,” said Ulrika Johnson, speaking from neighbouring Dominican Republic to journalists...
UN chief calls for peace and justice as Ramadan begins
“In this Holy Month, let us all be uplifted by these values and embrace our common humanity to build a more just and peaceful...
UN News Today 27 February 2025 |
UN agencies condemn forced returns of Uyghurs from Thailand to ChinaThailand’s deportation of 40 Uyghurs to China has prompted strong condemnation from the UN...
$2.5 billion plan to deliver aid to 11 million people in DR Congo
The 2025 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for the DRC, announced on Thursday, aims to deliver lifesaving assistance to 11 million Congolese, including 7.8 million...
UN News Today 26 February 2025 |
Gaza ceasefire must hold, human rights chief insistsUN human rights chief Volker Türk issued a strong appeal on Wednesday for the fragile ceasefire in...
Syria: UN scales up aid deliveries as regional fighting continues
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at a regular news briefing in New York that aid trucks from Türkiye to Idlib via Bab Al-Hawa...
Sudan war: Any peace deal must respect national sovereignty, UN envoy says
In an exclusive interview with UN News’s Arabic service in New York, Ramtane Lamamra stressed that the solution must be political, calling for reliance...
