UN News Today 20 January 2025 |
Gaza: Over 630 aid trucks enter Gaza in one day, says UN’s relief chiefMore than 630 trucks with humanitarian aid entered Gaza on day...
Middle East crisis: Live updates for Monday 20 January 2025
Following the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners on Sunday, the UN Security Council is scheduled to meet today to hear from the...
Guterres welcomes start of ceasefire in Gaza as UN ramps up food deliveries
“We stand ready to support this implementation and scale up the delivery of sustained humanitarian relief to the countless Palestinians who continue to suffer,”...
‘Lebanon is on the cusp of a more hopeful future’, says UN chief Guterres
“A window has opened paving the way for a new era of institutional stability, a State fully able to protect its citizens, and a...
Will those responsible for atrocities in Syria finally face justice?
For years, UN human rights bodies have been documenting, monitoring and publishing reports on abuses, and bringing Syria’s dire human rights record to the...
UN Syria crimes investigators ready to gather evidence in the country ‘within days’ |
After eight years gathering evidence of serious crimes committed by members of the Assad regime, the International Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM), a body...
Security Council briefed on challenges to peacekeeping in Lebanon, Syria
Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix was joined by Major General Patrick Gauchat, Head of the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) who is temporarily...
UNRWA chief: Ceasefire is the start, not the solution
Speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Lazzarini emphasised that the agreement is only the first step in addressing the region’s...
UN News Today 17 January 2025 |
Gaza ceasefire could boost aid deliveries to 600 trucks per day: WHOAmid reports that Israel’s security cabinet has given the green light to a...
New year sees uptick and expansion of fighting on Ukraine’s frontlines
“Most disturbingly, in 2024 we witnessed an alarming rise in the toll of civilian casualties,” Rosemary DiCarlo told ambassadors.She said the total number of...
‘Enough death and destruction’: Gazans hope for ceasefire and a better future
Around 90 per cent of the population across the Gaza Strip have been displaced from their homes, forced to move to avoid Israeli military operations. Many have...
UN News Today 16 January 2025 |
UN stands with Ukrainians for the long-term, insists UN aid chiefThe embattled people of Ukraine and those forced abroad need $3.32 billion in lifesaving...
Syrians wish for ‘a future with fundamental freedoms’ |
Syrians are “experiencing the taste of freedom” for the first time in decades, according to the top official in the Middle East region from...
Economic recovery is losing steam, warns UN labour agency
The newly released World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2025, sheds light on the deceleration of the global economy. This is impacting labour markets...
‘New era’ of climate-fuelled wildfires requires greater focus on prevention |
As deadly wildfires continue to burn in Los Angeles, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is highlighting the need for more action on...
Guterres hails Gaza ceasefire deal as ‘critical first step’
Speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters, António Guterres commended mediators Egypt, Qatar and the United States for their dedicated efforts in brokering the agreement.“Their...
UN News Today 15 January 2025 |
There are signs of hope in 2025 amid global turmoil, insists UN chiefThe world continues to grapple with unprecedented challenges from the Los Angeles...
Guterres highlights ‘hope through action’ for 2025, amid continuing turmoil
In his traditional new year address to the General Assembly setting out his key priorities for the global organization, the UN chief acknowledged the...
World News in Brief: North Gaza under siege, aid to millions in Syria, tensions...
In his daily briefing in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists that there have been significant casualties reported in Jabalia al Balad...
Syria: Unexploded ordnance is biggest threat to children, warns UNICEF |
In Syria, unexploded ordinance is the deadliest threat faced by children today – a legacy of the country’s 14-year war – the UN Children’s...
UN News Today 14 January 2025 |
Syria emergency: Four children a day killed or injured by leftover explosivesSyria’s lethal legacy of landmines and other explosives left over from years of...
Haiti: spiralling gang violence has left more than one million displaced
Latest data from the International Organization for Migration indicates that more than one million people have been displaced across Haiti so far, up from...
First Person: Syrian migrant shipwreck survivor vows to reconstruct shattered country
After the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, Ms. Al Zamel and her family relocated to Egypt. She stayed there with her family...
Guterres to embark on solidarity visit to Lebanon
Mr. Guterres will meet Lebanese political leaders. He is also expected to travel to the south to see the UN peacekeeping force, UNIFIL, and...
