‘Fragility of peace’ depicted in giant new mural on UN tower in Vienna
The artwork by Australian artist Fintan Magee is in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and September’s pivotal Summit of the Future. “This work...
Global call to equip youth with skills for a peaceful and sustainable future
In a message for Monday’s World Youth Skills Day, António Guterres pointed out that the world’s young people are already working to build safer...
UN-backed refugee athletes named as Olympic flag bearers
On Tuesday, the IOC announced that boxer Ms. Ngamba and taekwondo athlete Mr. Al-Ghotany would be carrying the IOC flag on behalf of the...
World News in Brief: Historic Palestine monastery on World Heritage in Danger List, rights...
“This decision recognizes both the site's value and the need to protect it from danger,” the agency said , noting the threats posed by...
Stories from the UN Archive: Tumbling for peace and development
The UN uses that universality to unite individuals and groups through supporting sport for development efforts, participating in events from the global to the...
Afghanistan: 20 years of steady education progress ‘almost wiped out’
Afghanistan is currently the only country in the world where secondary and higher education is strictly forbidden to women and girls over age 12.The...
UNICEF renews school protection call in Ukraine amid ‘deadly reality’ of attacks
John Marks, interim UNICEF Representative in Ukraine, issued a renewed appeal for schools to be protected as war rages on.“During the first week of...
Haiti: Education in jeopardy as gang violence continues
The continued surge in armed gang activity, particularly in the capital, Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, has put immense pressure on local communities and their...
Rights experts reveal impact of Poland’s restrictive abortion laws on women
These restrictive laws have forced many women to carry unwanted pregnancies to term, travel abroad to have legal abortions or seek private unsafe procedures,...
UN upholds safety and efficacy of Gaza polio vaccine
Dire conditions brought on by the war have caused the disease to resurface after more than two decades. Last week, a case was confirmed...
Africa: Refugees and displaced face heightened threat from mpox outbreak
According to UNHCR, 42 suspected mpox cases have been detected in the South Kivu Province of the DRC – the war-ravaged central African country...
Level of unprotected teenage sex ‘worryingly high’, WHO finds
This is putting young people at greater risk of sexually transmitted infections, unsafe abortions and unplanned pregnancies.
The new data was published as part of...
Humanitarian pauses in Gaza pave way for polio vaccinations
WHO Representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, said that the two-round vaccination campaign is due to begin this Sunday in...
Mpox alert: UNICEF issues $58.8 million appeal to halt outbreak in Africa
“Children in Burundi are bearing the brunt of the mpox outbreak with alarming rates of infection and health impacts,” said Dr Paul Ngwakum, UNICEF...
UN officials repeat calls for peace as Gaza polio vaccinations gets underway
Hundreds of Gazan families have been queueing to await the turn of their child to receive a polio vaccination since early Sunday morning, in...
Between fear and hope, Gazans line up in their thousands to protect their children...
Wael al-Haj Mohammed’s daughter is a child of war. Born the day after the outbreak of the conflict in Gaza between Hamas and Israel...
‘Major milestone’ immunization campaign begins in DPR Korea
“This campaign is a major milestone in our drive to vaccinate every child in the DPRK and protect them from common childhood diseases,” said...
WHO guidance takes aim at ‘antibiotic pollution’ from manufacturing labs
The directive covers wastewater and solid waste management for manufacturing of antibiotics, and comes ahead of a High-Level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that...
Gaza: UN humanitarians ahead of polio vaccination target
“We think that we will need another day tomorrow to actually wrap-up the central zone completely,” said Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, WHO Representative for the...
WHO reports 71 per cent rise in cholera deaths last year
Over 4000 people died from the disease last year, a 71 per cent increase compared to 2022. The number of reported cases also increased by...
Gaza: Disease and war stalk children, despite vaccine success
It’s been nearly 11 months since war erupted in the enclave following Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel. Today more than nine in 10 people...
Gaza: Polio vaccination campaign moves to southern areas
The campaign moved to southern areas of the Gaza Strip following the successful completion of the first phase in the centre of the enclave,...
Mpox: Equitable vaccine access crucial for Global South
The call for access to all in need by Special Rapporteur Tlaleng Mofokeng, coincided with the arrival of vaccine shipments and the start of...
Gaza: 160,000 more children vaccinated against polio in southern Gaza
UN agencies and partners in the Strip will continue to vaccinate “as many Gazan children as possible” during the agreed humanitarian pauses, before moving...
