Ukraine: Dam destruction ‘monumental humanitarian, economic and ecological catastrophe’: Guterres
Water from the reservoir of the Kakhovka dam is also used to cool the nearby Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (ZNPP), Europe's largest, which has been...
UN agencies warn of rising hunger risk in 18 ‘hotspots’
Sudan, Burkina Faso, Haiti and Mali have been elevated to the highest alert level, joining Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen.
Additionally, a likely El...
Uphold promise to protect civilians caught in conflict: Guterres
The UN chief was speaking during a debate on ensuring the security and dignity of people caught in the crossfire and addressing the related...
Despite gains, Iraq has not yet ‘turned the corner’, Security Council hears
“Now is not the time to be complacent, or to take for granted that Iraq has turned a corner,” said the UN Special Representative...
UN envoy reports on progress towards Yemen peace agreement
Ambassadors were briefed by UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg, who reported on his ongoing engagement with representatives from the internationally-recognized Government, which is backed...
Sudan violations in spotlight at UN Human Rights Council
The development comes after more than three weeks of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) loyal to General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan and...
Violence in Sudan likely to spark record levels of hunger
In an alert on the situation, the World Food Programme (WFP) said that it expected between two and 2.5 million more people to face...
Values of UN Charter under threat like never before, warns Guterres
In response to the assault on the principles behind the United Nations, António Guterres said that the international community needed to raise the alarm,...
UN chief calls for bolstered efforts to end violence in Great Lakes region
“It is time to end the violence,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at the high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace,...
In Burundi, Guterres outlines challenges facing the region
“Everyone must put an end to hate speech, work to restore trust, and refrain from any action that could undermine the progress made for...
WFP resumes operations in Sudan, as fighting continues
WFP had paused its life-saving activities after three staff were killed in North Darfur on 15 April, the first day of clashes between the...
UN humanitarians will return to Khartoum ‘as quickly as possible’: UN aid coordinator
Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Abdou Dieng, speaking from Port Sudan, told reporters in the briefing room in New York that senior leadership would be...
Regional stability still at risk without ‘increased commitment’ to negotiations: UN Kosovo mission chief
UN Special Representative and head of the UN Interim Administration Mission, Caroline Ziadeh, told ambassadors that the most recent Secretary-General’s report on developments in...
AAU appoints Dr Fana Gebresenbet as Director of IPSS
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Dr. Fana Gebresenbet has been appointed Director of the Institute of Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) at Addis Ababa...
West Africa and Sahel: Food insecurity, malnutrition, set to reach 10-year high
For the first time in the Sahel, 45,000 people are at risk of experiencing catastrophic levels of hunger, or one step away from famine,...
Libya’s ‘new dynamic’: Bathily calls on partners to support momentum
“There has been a new dynamic in Libya,” Abdoulaye Bathily said, urging authorities to meet the people’s expectation that they will be able to...
Sudan: UN rights chief calls for a return to talks, amid reports of 24-hour...
“Sudan has already endured so much pain and suffering. The fighting is born out of power games and personal interests that only serve to...
Diplomacy, not isolation, must reverse ‘negative trajectory’ on Korean Peninsula
“Diplomacy, not isolation, is the only way forward,” the senior official from the Department of Peace Operations said. “The lack of unity and action...
Dr. Fana Appoints Director of IPSS
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Dr. Fana Gebresenbet has been appointed Director of the Institute of Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) at Addis Ababa...
Curbing ‘expressions of violence’ a key to peace in Colombia: Guterres
The 2016 peace deal between the authorities and the FARC-EP militia group ended five decades of conflict, and the report is the first to...
DR Congo: Security Council warned of ‘considerable’ deterioration in restive east
Aware of the worsening situation involving multiple armed groups clashing with Government forces, and each other, a Security Council delegation visited the DRC earlier...
UN chief calls for new tool to find 100,000 ‘disappeared’ Syrians
Entering its 13th year of brutal civil war and scrambling to recover from devastating earthquakes in February, Syria and its people “deserve peace” and...
UN underlines support for Africa’s fight against terrorism
Leaders from across the continent joined ambassadors in examining how to counter terrorism and better prevent violent extremism through stronger cooperation between the UN...
UNICEF calls for urgent support to save millions from desperate hunger in Yemen
Eight brutal years of conflict have left around 11 million children in need of humanitarian assistance and many of their families facing serious malnourishment.
“The...
