Syria crisis: Nothing must stop peaceful transition, says UN Special Envoy
“Syria is now at a crossroads with great opportunities for us, but also with grave risks. And we need really to look at both,”...
Six bold environmental leaders named 2024 Champions of the Earth
The laureates were honoured for their outstanding leadership, brave actions and sustainable solutions to tackle land degradation, drought and desertification.Protecting people and the planetThe...
FirstRepair and BLIS Collective Release Single “Agitate, Educate, Organize” (AEO) to Amplify Black Reparations...
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New single features Young RJ (of Slum Village), Ras Kass, Nkechi Taifa, Kymrence Young, and BLIS Co-founder and Guest Rapper Trevor...
Deep Meanings and Expansive Message
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
This year and each year, the coming of Kwanzaa causes us to come together in celebration, remembrance,...
World News in Brief: Haiti gang massacre, Taliban crackdown continues, Ukraine’s civilian death toll...
According to local reports, the elderly victims were massacred under the orders of a gang leader in the area who consulted a voodoo priest...
Human Rights Day: 5 key things to know
The theme for Human Rights Day 2024, “Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now”, highlights the continued relevance of human rights in addressing global challenges.This year, the...
Security Council hears of ongoing imperative to end violence in eastern DR Congo
Bintou Keita, who also heads the UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC, known as MONUSCO, reported on the instability in North Kivu and Ituri...
Human toll of senseless conflict ‘is incalculable’, says Türk
As the world prepares to mark Human Rights Day 2024, Mr. Türk reflected on “a time when human rights are not only violated, but...
IOM Boosts Migrant Support, Urges Action Amid Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen
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Yemen, 9 December 2024 – In response to Yemen’s escalating humanitarian crisis, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is scaling up...
Middle East crisis: Live updates for 9 December
The historic shift of power in Syria at the weekend has added yet another layer of complexity to the Middle East crisis, with hostilities...
Flagging the United Nations | UN News
Captured in UN Photo’s Flags Avenue, you can view the full photo essay here.Rain or shineWhen weather conditions are favourable, which means above freezing conditions,...
Holding the front line against desertification
Across the world young and old are responding to this threat by adopting new approaches to working on the land that may not only...
Syria: We will continue to respond wherever we can, says UN aid chief
“We will respond wherever, whenever, however we can to support people in need, including reception centres – food, water, fuel, tents, blankets,” said Tom...
Syria crisis: UN delivering life-saving assistance; relocates non-critical staff
“The UN is strategically reducing its footprint by relocating non-critical staff outside the country... amid the evolving circumstances,” Adam Abdelmoula said in a statement...
First Person: Tears of joy as Argentinian city children encounter nature for first time
Ana Di Pangracio works for the civil society organization Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales or FARN which is involved in projects to restore degraded...
UN galvanizes regional migrant and refugee response amid persistent challenges
The Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela (R4V), co-led by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Office of...
Report exposes systematic torture in Syrian detention facilities
Titled ‘The Syrian Government Detention System as a Tool of Violent Repression,’ the report from the UN International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) draws...
World News in Brief: Humanitarians still held in Yemen, mystery illness in DR Congo,...
Houthi rebels are holding more than 50 staff from the UN, international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society, and diplomatic missions, in addition...
Iraq: Security Council briefed on major milestones and ongoing challenges
“As you have heard many times by now, today’s Iraq is not the same as the Iraq of 20 years ago, or even five...
Gaza: No evacuation order given before hospital strike, says WHO
“All night, there was heavy bombing around the Kamal Adwan Hospital”, said Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, the UN health’s agency Representative for the Occupied Palestinian...
New Strategy to Support Stabilization and Integration of Refugees and Migrants in Latin America...
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Geneva/ Panama, 6 December 2024 – Over 4.5 million migrants and refugees* from Venezuela have obtained regular status in 17 countries...
‘No life without land’ says campaigning athlete at UN desertification meeting
Asmaa Niang, who is from Morocco, spoke to UN News at the UN Convention to Control Desertification (UNCCD) meeting known as COP16 and explained...
Syria crisis: more than 280,000 uprooted in northwest escalation
Aid has continued to flow from Türkiye across three border crossings into the embattled northwest and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that...
Afghanistan: UN condemns Taliban ban on women attending medical classes
OHCHR Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani described the new directive, which reportedly took effect on Tuesday, as “yet another direct blow” by the de facto authorities...
