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Resolution must be implemented: UN chief
Reacting immediately after the vote, Secretary-General António Guterres said on X that the long-awaited resolution must be implemented;...
We must push for lasting peace in Gaza, UN chief insists, as starvation threat...
“The need is urgent,” Mr. Guterres said in Amman, alongside Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safady, as he pledged to keep pushing “for the removal...
World News in Brief: WFP boosts aid in Chad amid Sudan crisis, Ukraine education...
The World Food Programme announced the operation on Tuesday and warned that lifesaving programmes in Chad will stop because of a funding crunch “in...
Diplomacy and national leadership crucial in preventing war, Security Council hears
The UN’s top political affairs official on Wednesday stressed the urgent need for better prevention measures to save lives and boost development, amid a...
Gaza: Aid missions constantly under threat, warns UN humanitarian chief
Six Palestinians are believed to have died in the Gaza City incident and 83 more were wounded as they waited for aid trucks to...
Waves of violence hit Haiti hard, as Security Council condemns gang attacks
Council members urged the armed gangs to “immediately cease their destabilizing actions” and reiterated the call for the “perpetrators of these abhorrent acts to...
Ukraine war: Alarm raised in Security Council over civilian attacks
“We condemn all attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure,” said Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General at the UN Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and...
Gaza: Starvation claiming a growing number of young lives, warns UN
“The situation is appalling. Every minute, every hour, it is getting worse,” the UN agency for Palestinians, UNWRA, said in a tweet on X,...
11 months into Sudan war, ‘world’s worst hunger crisis’ looms
The northeast African country is already in the grip of the world's largest displacement crisis, the UN World Food Programme, WFP, noted.
Fighting between the...
UN chief appalled by ‘tragic human toll’ of Gaza war
“Tragically, an unknown number of people lie under rubble”, António Guterres added, in a statement issued by his Spokesperson, reiterating his call for an...
UN chief ‘committed’ to Sudan as mission ends
In a statement, the UN Secretary-General extended his “deep appreciation” to all international and national personnel of the United Nations Transition Assistance Mission in...
UN Syria envoy appeals for urgent de-escalation across the Middle East
“Regional spillover is only the latest accelerant to a conflict that is growing in complexity and with each passing year. The situation is worsening...
With eyes on Gaza, Ukraine and beyond, UN chief launches rights protection pledge
Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva at the start of its first high-level session of the year, the UN chief insisted that any...
