UN Security Council rejects bid to continue Iran sanctions relief
The text, tabled by the Council president – the Republic of Korea – received only four votes in favour, from Russia, China, Algeria, and...
Sudan crisis: Surge in summary executions by all warring parties
Images from the site of the strike show mangled metal roofing that used to provide cover for worshippers; it comes as the paramilitary Rapid...
UN News Today 19 September 2025 |
Afghanistan quake: Rescuers dodge dangers, women and girls face disaster, warns UNWomen and girls still reeling from Afghanistan's deadly earthquake face even greater suffering rebuilding...
UNICEF aid trucks robbed at gunpoint in Gaza City
The appeal comes a day after “armed individuals” robbed four UNICEF trucks carrying desperately needed Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF).The incident occurred outside its compound...
Voices of the world gather at the UN: What you need to know about...
Representatives of every UN Member State, there are 193 of them, and other organizations get to deliver speeches at the organization’s general debate in...
UN80 Initiative: New report charts proposals for change across UN structures and programmes
The report, Shifting Paradigms: United to Deliver, outlines possible adjustments in how the UN is structured, how its entities collaborate, and how it operates....
Security Council: US votes against resolution on Gaza ceasefire
The negative vote was cast as the 15-member Council held its 10,000th meeting against the backdrop of famine spreading in the besieged enclave and...
Sudan: UN relief chief welcomes progress towards three-month truce
“Welcome progress from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE and the US towards urgently needed 3-month humanitarian truce in Sudan,” Mr. Fletcher wrote on social media.“We...
UN News Today 18 September 2025 |
‘No end’ expected to floods, storms as world heats up: WMO chiefThe world’s water resources face growing pressure from climate change while emergencies such...
UN must evolve to ‘stand strong’ for the next 80 years: General Assembly president
Speaking ahead of the start of high-level week, Annalena Baerbock underscored the importance of the UN Charter, the Organization’s founding document, and the need...
World News in Brief: Migrant medics mean shortages at home, UN names top innovators,...
A new UN health agency report also shows that in Europe in 2023, six in 10 medics trained outside the region, while the number...
UN News Today 17 September 2025 |
Afghanistan: 4 years since ban on girls’ secondary education beganIn Afghanistan, it has been four years since the ban on secondary education for girls...
‘The needs are huge’: Pakistan reels from floods as millions left homeless
More than six million people have been affected since the unusually heavy monsoon rains began in late June, with nearly 1,000 lives lost –...
Venezuelan migrants drive economic gains in Ecuador but face persistent vulnerabilities
“The evidence is clear: when migrants have access to rights and opportunities, they contribute substantially to the societies that host them,” said Kristina Mejo,...
Government corruption fuels human rights crisis in South Sudan, independent panel finds
Based on two years of independent investigations and analysis, the report reveals how oil and non-oil revenues are siphoned off through opaque schemes and...
UN News Today 16 September 2025 |
Independent rights panel finds Israel has committed genocide in GazaA Commission of Inquiry appointed by the UN Human Rights Council finds that Israel has...
Ahead of high-stakes General Assembly week, Guterres urges world leaders to ‘get serious –...
Speaking at a press conference at the UN Headquarters on Tuesday in New York, he warned that global divisions, conflicts and crises have left...
United Nations revises 2026 regular budget proposal, pairing cost reductions with initial reform measures
The revised estimates, communicated on Monday to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), propose reductions of 15.1 per cent of resources...
UN’s humanitarian work is ‘underfunded, overstretched, and under attack’
Speaking on Monday to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York, Tom Fletcher who heads up the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...
Deadly attacks and collapsing services push Sudan closer to catastrophe
According to local reports, heavy shelling and assaults late last week in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, killed at least six...
UN condemns ‘deadly escalation’ in Gaza City
The situation “is having an appalling impact on civilians enduring suffering and starvation,” he told journalists in New York.“The United Nations condemns the deadly...
For far too long, ‘poverty has disproportionately had a female face’: UN Women |
Five years away from the 2030 deadline, none of the global gender equality targets are on track. From poverty to conflict, the setbacks are...
World News in Brief: Pandemic treaty update, DR Congo Ebola response, more casualties in...
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking at the start of a meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the WHO Pandemic Agreement, taking place in...
Gender equality: UN Women calls for political will and accelerated global action
The world is retreating from gender equality, and the cost is being counted in lives, rights, and opportunities. Five years from the Sustainable Development...