Germany’s Annalena Baerbock elected President of the 80th General Assembly
She assumes the role at a challenging time, with ongoing conflicts, faltering development goals, mounting financial pressures, and the upcoming selection of the next...
UN News Today 02 June 2025 |
UN chief ‘appalled’ by new killings of civilians seeking aid in GazaSecretary-General António Guterres said on Monday that he’s “appalled” by reports that Palestinians...
Gaza: Guterres urges probe into killings at food distribution sites
More than 30 people were killed and over 100 wounded while waiting in the early morning to get food from two sites in Rafah...
As AI evolves, pressure mounts to regulate ‘killer robots’
Every day, we voluntarily give up information about ourselves to machines. This happens when we accept an online cookie or use a search engine....
A sustainable future means greater collaboration between Global South nations |
In recent years, development efforts have been set back by long-standing obstacles made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing conflicts, climate change, rising debt,...
World News in Brief: Education suffers amid DR Congo violence, WHO greenlights RSV vaccines,...
According to UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, more than 290 schools have been damaged or destroyed in Ituri this year alone, bringing the total number...
UN’s lifesaving programmes under threat as budget crisis hits hard
Member States had paid just $1.8 billion towards the UN’s $3.7 billion regular budget for 2025, as of 9 May. Including unpaid contributions from...
UN News Today 30 May 2025 |
Gaza ‘hungriest place on earth’ as Israel blocks aid: UN humanitariansPeople in Gaza continue to be deprived of lifesaving aid as international relief efforts...
Gaza ‘hungriest place on earth’, as Israel continues stranglehold on aid
“Gaza is the hungriest place on Earth,” OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told reporters in Geneva, stressing that it is the only defined territory in...
Ukraine: Hopes for peace on life support, Security Council hears
“The longer the war continues, the longer its regional and global impacts will be felt, and the more difficult it will be to find...
UN News Today 29 May 2025 |
Deaths and injuries after desperate crowds overrun UN warehouse in GazaIn Gaza, desperate hunger has driven crowds of civilians to storm a UN warehouse,...
‘We are the present’: Tajik climate activist urges leaders to include youth voices in...
At the end of April, Fariza Dzhobirova attended a Model United Nations Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation in Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, where she represented Switzerland.For...
UN honours service and sacrifice of its peacekeepers
The first UN peacekeeping operation was established in 1948 and today more than 68,000 civilian, military, and police personnel are posted at 11 missions...
Award-winning gender advocate lauds importance of ‘gender-responsive peacekeeping missions’ |
Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme of Ghana is this year’s UN Military Gender Advocate award winner for her work boosting gender equality while serving...
Memories of childhood fuel woman peacekeeper’s drive to serve |
"I saw people coming from different parts of the world just to help bring peace in my country,” said Chief Superintendent Zainab Gbla, speaking...
Yemen: UN warns against Houthi-Israel escalation, calls for dialogue
On Wednesday, Israel launched airstrikes on Yemen’s main airport in the capital, Sana’a, destroying the last operational Yemenia Airways plane, according to media reports.The...
UN Awards 2025 Mandela Prize to Brenda Reynolds and Kennedy Odede
Secretary-General António Guterres will present the award to Brenda Reynolds and Kennedy Odede on 18 July, Nelson Mandela International Day.Established in 2014, the prize...
‘We are women like you’: UN honours peacekeepers for work in gender empowerment
There, alongside civilian gender units, Ms. Syme met a group of local community members – both men and women. Partway through, she realised something...
UN News Today 28 May 2025 |
Global temperatures set to stay on record-setting path, warns UN weather agencyGlobal temperatures are expected to continue at or near record levels for the...
Climate change: World Likely to Breach 1.5°C limit in next five years
According to the Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update, the planet is predicted to experience temperatures between 1.2°C and 1.9°C above pre-industrial levels (1850–1900)...
UN aims to transform urgency into action at Nice Ocean Conference
The third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) from 9-13 June will bring together Heads of State, scientists, civil society and business leaders around...
Exponential rise in synthetic drug production and trafficking in the Golden Triangle
According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the production and trafficking of methamphetamine – an illegal synthetic stimulant – have risen...
Sanctions relief for Syria offers ‘powerful message of hope,’ says UN migration agency
After more than a decade of conflict and severe economic stagnation, lifting the punitive measures will encourage long-term recovery and peacebuilding in Syria, Amy...
UN News Today 27 May 2025 |
Gaza: UN agencies call for aid ‘surge’ as privatized distribution plan beginsAs a controversial United States and Israel-backed aid distribution plan gets underway in...
