‘We have to break the cycle’: Combating child marriage in Nepal |
Child marriage remains a significant challenge in Nepal, impacting the lives of tens of thousands of young girls. While its prevalence has dropped from...
Middle East crisis spirals amid mounting civilian deaths, aid blockade
Sigrid Kaag, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (ad interim) briefed the Security Council on the latest report relating to resolution...
Children, refugees pay hefty price of global aid funding crisis
Spokespersons for UNICEF and UNHCR in Geneva warned that the liquidity crunch has jeopardized lifesaving work, including progress in reducing child mortality, which has...
End of eternal ice: Many glaciers will not survive this century, climate scientists say
Together with ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, glaciers lock up about 70 per cent of the world’s freshwater reserves. They are striking indicators...
Breaking barriers in law and beyond: Ghanaian judge champions women’s empowerment |
Despite some gains, women remain significantly underrepresented in decision-making positions – especially at senior levels of the judiciary worldwide.Judge Angela Attachie, from Ghana, is...
Trailblazers: UN’s ‘founding mothers’ remind all people to stand up for human rights
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home,” said Anna Fierst, quoting her great-grandmother Eleanor Roosevelt’s speech of...
UN News Today 20 March 2025 |
Guterres welcomes deals to halt energy attacks in Ukraine, RussiaUN chief António Guterres on Thursday hailed positive announcements from the White House, the Kremlin...
Sudan: Civilians targeted as hostilities intensify in the capital
The office has condemned the escalating violence as the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their former ally, the paramilitary group –...
Gaza: ‘Dramatic escalation’ as bombardments intensify and displacement surges
Israeli bombardments continued across Gaza on Wednesday, killing hundreds more people – many of them women and children – and leaving widespread destruction in...
UN News Today 19 March 2025 |
Gaza latest: UN staffer killed at UNOPS premises in as-yet unconfirmed strikeGaza news first, and reports that a UN staff member has been killed...
Violence triggers record displacements in Haiti’s capital
Gang violence, displacement and instability have long gripped Port-au-Prince and other parts of the country, but attacks over the past two months have shattered...
UN staff member killed in central Gaza blast, five others injured
The UN is verifying and confirming the details, including the circumstances that led up to the incident, but it was not due to “any...
‘Intolerable’ suffering in Gaza amid deadly airstrikes, continued aid blockade
“We will not give up on these objectives,” António Guterres said during a press encounter at the UN Office in Geneva.Airstrikes resume, aid blockedIn...
UN News Today 18 March 2025 |
Gaza: UN chief leads condemnation of deadly Israeli strikesThe UGaza: UN chief leads condemnation of deadly Israeli strikesThe UN Secretary-General has led widespread condemnation...
LIVE NOW: Security Council to meet on Gaza crisis
The UN Security Council meets at 10 AM in New York to discuss the situation in Middle East, as heavy Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza...
World News in Brief: US strikes on Yemen, Gaza aid update, debt burden weighs...
In a statement released to correspondents in New York, the UN denounced the Houthis’ targeting of merchant and commercial vessels in the key waterway which...
UN News Today 17 March 2025 |
Syria’s disappeared: relative of Assad regime’s victims speaks of anguish searching for truth and justiceThe relative of two victims tortured and murdered by the...
‘Time for bold moves’: UN urges inclusive transition as Syria marks 14 years of...
UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen called for an immediate end to hostilities and urged all parties to protect civilians in accordance with...
‘Is this just a long, beautiful dream?’: Syrian filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab on her country’s...
After 14 years of war, Syria has entered a new and uncertain chapter. The country is devastated – 90 per cent of Syrians live...
‘Without us, there is no future’: Youth take over UN Women’s Commission
“Support us and include us in intergovernmental processes,” said Ema Meçaj, a medical student and member of Albania’s youth steering committee, who was among...
UN News Today 14 March 2025 |
Bangladesh: UN chief pledges to help stave off food rations cut to Rohingya refugees in Cox’s BazarIn Bangladesh, UN chief António Guterres has pledged...
Sudan war: Children facing ‘unimaginable suffering’, warns UNICEF chief
“This is not just a crisis, it is a poly-crisis affecting every sector, from health and nutrition to water, education and protection,” Catherine Russell,...
UN News Today 13 March 2025 |
Human Rights Council probe alleges sexual violence against Palestinians by Israeli forces used as ‘method of war’Senior human rights investigators reporting to the UN...
Rights probe alleges sexual violence against Palestinians by Israeli forces used as ‘method of...
“Israel has increasingly employed sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence against Palestinians as part of a broader effort to undermine their right...
