Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths at risk, UN warns
The death toll for under-fives was 4.8 million in 2023 – a significant decline – with stillbirths falling marginally to around 1.9 million, data...
‘Silence and erasure have no place’ in a just society |
Growing up just a few blocks from the United Nations in New York City, Sarah Lewis was drawn to narratives that shape who belongs...
Guterres to reduce UN aid ‘footprint’ inside Gaza following ceasefire collapse
In the past week, Israel carried out devastating strikes on Gaza, claiming the lives of hundreds of civilians, including United Nations personnel, with no...
Local staff ‘particularly vulnerable’ to detention, as UN calls for their release
In the last year alone 101 UN staff members were arrested or detained globally of whom at least 52 UN personnel remain in detention.The...
UN News Today 24 March 2025 |
In Gaza, UN humanitarians condemn more Israeli attacks on medics, hospitalsOne week since Israeli bombing started again in Gaza, UN humanitarians have described deadly...
Rebuilding Syria: Filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab on the struggle for justice and healing |
After 14 years of war, the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024 marked a new chapter for Syria.However, with 90 percent of...
UNAIDS chief warns of ‘real surge’ in deaths unless US restores funding
“We will see a …real surge in this disease - will see it come back and we see people dying the way we...
Mind your language: The battle for linguistic diversity in AI
With his signature geeky glasses and TED-Talk-style headset, Sundar Pichai looked straight out of a Silicon Valley incubator.That Monday, February 10, Google’s chief executive...
UN News Today 21 March 2025 |
Exhausted Gazans wake from another night of Israeli bombing: UN aid teamsIsrael’s renewed bombing campaign and intensifying ground operation in Gaza are reversing gains...
‘The poison of racism continues to infect our world’, Guterres warns on International Day
21 March marks the adoption of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and honours the legacy of the...
‘We have to break the cycle’: Combating child marriage in Nepal |
Child marriage remains a significant challenge in Nepal, impacting the lives of tens of thousands of young girls. While its prevalence has dropped from...
Middle East crisis spirals amid mounting civilian deaths, aid blockade
Sigrid Kaag, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (ad interim) briefed the Security Council on the latest report relating to resolution...
Children, refugees pay hefty price of global aid funding crisis
Spokespersons for UNICEF and UNHCR in Geneva warned that the liquidity crunch has jeopardized lifesaving work, including progress in reducing child mortality, which has...
End of eternal ice: Many glaciers will not survive this century, climate scientists say
Together with ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, glaciers lock up about 70 per cent of the world’s freshwater reserves. They are striking indicators...
Breaking barriers in law and beyond: Ghanaian judge champions women’s empowerment |
Despite some gains, women remain significantly underrepresented in decision-making positions – especially at senior levels of the judiciary worldwide.Judge Angela Attachie, from Ghana, is...
Trailblazers: UN’s ‘founding mothers’ remind all people to stand up for human rights
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home,” said Anna Fierst, quoting her great-grandmother Eleanor Roosevelt’s speech of...
UN News Today 20 March 2025 |
Guterres welcomes deals to halt energy attacks in Ukraine, RussiaUN chief António Guterres on Thursday hailed positive announcements from the White House, the Kremlin...
Sudan: Civilians targeted as hostilities intensify in the capital
The office has condemned the escalating violence as the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their former ally, the paramilitary group –...
Gaza: ‘Dramatic escalation’ as bombardments intensify and displacement surges
Israeli bombardments continued across Gaza on Wednesday, killing hundreds more people – many of them women and children – and leaving widespread destruction in...
UN News Today 19 March 2025 |
Gaza latest: UN staffer killed at UNOPS premises in as-yet unconfirmed strikeGaza news first, and reports that a UN staff member has been killed...
Violence triggers record displacements in Haiti’s capital
Gang violence, displacement and instability have long gripped Port-au-Prince and other parts of the country, but attacks over the past two months have shattered...
UN staff member killed in central Gaza blast, five others injured
The UN is verifying and confirming the details, including the circumstances that led up to the incident, but it was not due to “any...
‘Intolerable’ suffering in Gaza amid deadly airstrikes, continued aid blockade
“We will not give up on these objectives,” António Guterres said during a press encounter at the UN Office in Geneva.Airstrikes resume, aid blockedIn...
UN News Today 18 March 2025 |
Gaza: UN chief leads condemnation of deadly Israeli strikesThe UGaza: UN chief leads condemnation of deadly Israeli strikesThe UN Secretary-General has led widespread condemnation...
