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    Sudan launches first malaria vaccine in landmark child health initiative

    On Monday, The Federal Ministry of Health, in partnership with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and Gavi, the Vaccine...

    Gaza: No let-up in Israeli military offensive, situation ‘only getting worse’

    UNRWA, the largest UN aid agency in Gaza, reported “no improvements” at Kerem Shalom, the main crossing point for lifesaving food, fuel and medicine.“One...

    ‘Entire population of north Gaza at risk of dying,’ warns UN’s top humanitarian official

    “What Israeli forces are doing in besieged north Gaza cannot be allowed to continue,” said Joyce Msuya, acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN...

    UN alarmed by Israeli strike in southern Lebanon that killed journalists

    The strike occurred in Hasbaya in Nabatiyeh, outside the area of operations of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The building housed several...

    BRICS Summit: Guterres underscores bloc’s role in boosting global cooperation

    He urged the bloc to help forge a more equitable global finance system, boost climate action, improve access to technology and work towards peace,...

    85 percent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile and conflict-affected...

    On World Polio Day, UNICEF has issued a stark warning: polio cases in fragile and conflict-affected countries have more than doubled over the past...

    The promise and peril of runaway technological advances

    Setting the stage for the discussions, Robin Geiss, Director of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), highlighted the blistering pace of scientific developments...

    IDF tanks force entry into UN peacekeeping position, UNIFIL reports

    According to the Mission, at about 04:30 (local time), while peacekeepers were in shelters, two IDF Merkava tanks destroyed the main gate and entered...

    Guterres congratulates Japanese anti-nuclear group on Nobel Peace Prize win

    The grassroots movement of survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, known as hibakusha, is committed to achieving a nuclear-free world.Mr....

    Gazans in the north trapped with nowhere to go, as fighting intensifies

    Residential areas are under attack, hospitals have been ordered to evacuate, and electricity remains cut off, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Monday, citing...

    Lebanon: UNHCR chief issues urgent aid appeal to stem humanitarian catastrophe

    According to the Lebanese health ministry over 2,000 Lebanese have been killed and nearly 10,000 wounded since the start of Israel’s offensive against Hamas...

    Security Council briefed on progress in UN-AU partnership for peace

    Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the African Union, highlighted “encouraging developments” that are fueling optimism.“These include Africa’s resilient people...

    Explainer: What is Security Council resolution 1701?

    Those discussions come at a time when attacks are escalating between Israel and Hezbollah, an armed group that holds with its allies 62 of...

    All-out war ‘must be avoided in Lebanon at all costs’: Guterres

    “An all-out war must be avoided in Lebanon at all costs, and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon must be respected”, Mr. Dujarric...

    World News in Brief: Possible ‘dire consequences’ for Yemen following strikes, Ukraine hospital attack,...

    Aid coordination office, OCHA, said it was assessing priority areas for response in Yemen given that the war-ravaged population rely on imports of fuel...

    Security Council renews Haiti mission mandate, calls for more action against gangs

    The mission was authorized last October to assist Haiti’s beleaguered police force. Led by Kenya, it currently has around 410 police officers on the...

    ‘We have failed the people of Gaza’, Guterres tells ministers

    The world has “failed the people of Gaza”, he said. More than 41,000 people have been killed since Israel’s offensive began in response to...

    Lebanon crisis: 90,000 displaced in last 72 hours, warns refugee agency

    Only hours earlier, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned the Security Council that “hell is breaking loose in Lebanon” along the UN-patrolled line of separation, with...

    ‘Hell is breaking loose in Lebanon’, Guterres warns Security Council

    “Hell is breaking loose in Lebanon” the UN chief warned, noting that the exchanges of fire along the UN-patrolled line of separation “have expanded...

    Journey of a Security Council resolution

    The 15-member Council is charged with taking action, through resolutions and decisions, on any threats to international peace and security, but sometimes adopting a...

    Sowing peace one agribusiness at a time: Colombian farmers reclaim their land and livelihoods

    The sun beats down on the fertile fields of Bolívar, Colombia, where lush green valleys stretch towards the distant Andes mountains. It's a picture...

    Remembering 9/11, UN chief expresses solidarity with victims and their loved ones

    Two of the planes struck the twin skyscrapers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan’s financial district, while another was flown into the US...

    UN warns of continued prohibited weapons transfers to Ukraine, Russia

    Warning the Security Council, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu said that since the last briefing on weapons transfers only two weeks ago,...

    Guterres calls for ‘culture of peace’ and global unity, as crises mount

    Speaking at the annual Peace Bell Ceremony, António Guterres warned that war is spreading, inequalities are growing, and new technologies are being weaponized without...