UNESCO aims to tackle global education crisis sparked by rising violence |
With increasing violence contributing to global crises, the UN has repeatedly raised concerns about diminishing access to education at all levels.To address this growing...
WHO calls for urgent overhaul of care systems for older people as population ages
Anshu Banerjee, head of WHO’s division on maternal, child and adolescent health and ageing, emphasized the need for rethinking how care is delivered to...
Guterres condemns ‘escalation after escalation’ in the Middle East
“I condemn the broadening of the Middle East conflict, with escalation after escalation,” he said in a tersely worded statement.“This must stop. We absolutely need...
PODCAST: Getting the word out – letting the world know how the UN is...
On today’s episode of The Lid is On, Conor speaks to Melissa Fleming, the head of Global Communications at the United Nations, and host...
UN News Today 01 October 2024 |
UN chief ‘extremely concerned’ over Lebanon escalationThe Secretary-General has said that he’s extremely concerned with the escalation of the conflict in Lebanon and has...
‘Broad impunity persists’ for law enforcement violations against Africans and people of African descent:...
Akua Kuenyehia, chair of the independent expert mechanism on advancing racial justice said, “Manifestations of systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent...
Ukraine: Top UN aid official condemns deadly marketplace strike in Kherson
“Yet again, another unfathomable attack of the Russian Armed Forces killed and injured civilians, this time at the start of their day at a...
Sudan: ‘We’re in a race against time, but the time is running out’ |
War-torn Sudan is facing a looming famine and the world’s largest displacement crisis as the conflict between rival militaries that started last April grinds...
PODCAST: Making the news at the UN |
UN News publishes stories in 10 languages, with the aim of ensuring that as many people as possible understand the impact of the United...
UN News Today 25 July 2024 |
FAO warns of avian influenza surge in Asia-Pacific, urges regional actionThe UN Food and Agriculture Organization sounded the alarm on Thursday about a surge...
Conflict in Nigeria largely driven by the climate crisis: UN country chief |
When the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), released its annual report on global trends in June, it showed, for the twelfth year in a row,...
PODCAST: A UN wish come true |
Californian teenager Kale Ilac’s dream is to become a diplomat. The 16-year-old, who is battling cancer, is hopefully on the way, thanks to the...
UN News Today 26 July 2024 |
Deadly West Atlantic shipwreck highlights victims’ desperation, says UN refugee agencyNews of another deadly shipwreck off the coast of Mauritania is a clear indication...
Keeping the peace isn’t just about laying down weapons, says top analyst |
Thomas Kontogeorgos: More and more we try to promote South-South cooperation, more and more we try to bring into our work the vision of...
PODCAST: Filling the 4 trillion dollar development gap |
$4.3 trillion: that’s the estimated cost of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a blueprint for a fairer future, covering all of the...
UN Assembly President calls for global unity as high-level debate concludes
This year’s general debate opened with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva addressing UN’s membership.Over six days, 190 Member States took to the...
UN News Today 29 July 2024 |
Sudan: UN condemns deadly attack on civilians in Al Fasher, North DarfurThe United Nations in Sudan has condemned an attack on a hospital, residential...
Syrian Minister denounces Israel for its ‘seven-decade-long criminal record’
All of these, he told the UN General Assembly, are exacerbated by failures of multilateral diplomacy and the failure of the United Nations to...
UN agencies urge Security Council to stop ‘mass graves for migrants’
“The scale of this tragedy, its impact on survivors, families and communities and the frequency with which we witness deaths in transit constitute an...
Assange release ‘a very good outcome’: UN torture expert |
The UN independent expert on torture said on Monday that the reported plea deal with the United States that has led to the release...
PODCAST: Meet the Special Rapporteurs, independent advocates for human rights |
Appointed by the UN Human Rights Council, but independent, unpaid, and free to speak their minds, Special Rapporteurs occupy a curious space within the...
UN News Today 30 September 2024 |
Lebanon crisis: over one million people flee deadly escalationMore than one million people across Lebanon have been uprooted by ongoing and deadly Israeli airstrikes...
‘Industrialization’ of cocaine production major factor in drug’s popularity |
The Colombian peace process ended decades of conflict with the FARC, but one unintended consequence may have been an increase in cocaine production.According to...
PODCAST: The link between migration, the climate crisis, and human rights |
It is becoming increasingly clear that the climate crisis is having a major impact on migration flows, with millions forced to move from their...
