UN urges international solidarity as Hurricane Beryl devastates Caribbean islands
A Category 5 storm, Hurricane Beryl has claimed at least six lives as it barrels through the Caribbean Sea. Initial reports indicate severe damage...
Abbas dismisses ‘Israeli lies’, tells world leaders entire generations being wiped out in Gaza
“Palestine will remain ours. And if anyone were to leave, it will be the occupying usurpers,” he declared.He began by highlighting that Palestinians have...
LIVE: World leaders meet to tackle superbug scourge
Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is an invisible killer, so world leaders will soon gather at a high-level meeting at UN Headquarters on Thursday at...
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...
The heat is on: We must rise to the challenge of rising temperatures, urges...
The appeal comes against the backdrop of record temperatures and deadly heatwaves – from the United States to Africa’s Sahel and Europe to the...
Zimbabwe faces worsening food crisis due to El Niño droughts
This comes just two months after UN humanitarians declared Zimbabwe as one of the hunger hotspots where acute food insecurity was likely to deteriorate.The...
Haiti: UN envoy welcomes democratic progress amidst alarming violence
Maria Isabel Salvador, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Haiti, briefed ambassadors at the Security Council, highlighting the installation of the Transitional Presidential...
Armelle: From Survivor to Role Model!
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At 33 years old, Armelle's life has been marked by challenges, but also by incredible resilience. This young entrepreneur, employed in...
Another month, another heat record broken: UN weather agency
Global average temperatures for 13 consecutive months from June 2023 to June 2024 also set new monthly records.50℃ barrier broken“Widespread, intense and extended heat...
Extreme heat increasingly disrupting child health, UNICEF warns
“Extreme heat is increasing, disrupting children’s health, wellbeing and daily routines,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell.The study compared averages in the 1960s with the period 2020-2024,...
Attack on a city in Sudan kills at least five and injures more: UNICEF
The bomb hit the Al-Khansa Secondary School for Girls and a crowded marketplace in El Obeid city in Kordofan state, said the statement released...
IOM Appeals for USD 13.3 Million to Help Hundreds of Thousands Affected by Yemen...
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Yemen, 5 September – In response to the severe flooding and violent windstorms affecting nearly 562,000 people in Yemen, the International...
What happened on Wednesday at UN: Focus on Lebanon; deepening geopolitical divides; rising seas
🔵 In his speech to the General Assembly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that leaders he has met in New York this week “share...
From Tonga, Guterres appeals for ‘a surge in funds to deal with surging seas’
Speaking during a press conference in the capital, Nuku’alofa, Mr. Guterres called for world leaders to drastically slash global emissions, quickly phase out fossil...
Upcoming Event: Tribute to Don Rojas: A True Revolutionary – October 15, 2024
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The post Upcoming Event: Tribute to Don Rojas: A True Revolutionary – October 15, 2024 is available on Institute of the...
Island nations unite at UN: ‘Empty pledges’ will not save future generations
Separated by oceans, the leaders were united in their call on the international community to prioritize urgent action and financial support to combat the...
Protecting civilians must be our ‘North Star’, says French President Macron
Recalling that global enthusiasm that had greeted the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, Mr. Macron regretted that, despite such jubilation, the Olympic Truce seemed...
IOM Intensifies Emergency Response to Severe Flooding across West and Central Africa
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Geneva/ Dakar, 25 September – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is scaling up its emergency operations to assist millions impacted by...
What is sea level rise and why does it matter to our future?
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has been visiting the Pacific Ocean nations, Tonga and Samoa, where sea level rise has been one of the...
‘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...
UN rights chief urges free and open space for debate in Venezuela
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk reported increasing restrictions on civic spaces, urging stakeholders to reverse course.“My Office (OHCHR) continues to receive...
We must do more to keep the air we breathe clean: UN weather agency
“Almost everybody on Earth, basically nine out of 10 people breathe air that is essentially unfit for purpose,” said Lorenzo Labrador, Scientific Officer at...
Climate change: ‘Graveyard of glaciers’ lays bare existential threat of melting ice
Coinciding with the powerful and symbolic monument to the ravages of unchecked climate change, the ceremony on 17 August also saw the publication of The...
Over 90,000 People Displaced by Latest Military Escalation in Lebanon – IOM Scales Up...
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Beirut, 25 September – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has released its latest Mobility Tracking displacement update showing at least...
