Gaza: Final phase of polio vaccine campaign reaches ravaged north
“To overcome challenges posed by the volatile security situation and constant population movement, robust micro plans have been developed to ensure the campaign is...
85 percent of journalist killings go unpunished
The dangers faced by journalists, including risks to their lives, are highlighted each year on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists,...
Lebanon’s pregnant women and girls face growing risks in shelters, warns UN agency |
Pregnant women and girls in Lebanon’s shelters face trauma, harassment and disease, UN humanitarians have warned.With war still raging in Lebanon, 1.2 million people...
UN aid teams ready to resume polio vaccination in Gaza’s shattered north |
The resumption of the mass polio campaign in northern Gaza this weekend is crucially important to protect children from disease, but they are “absolutely...
Ukraine: UN official urges restraint, renews call for just and lasting peace
Adedeji Ebo, Director and Deputy to the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, delivered the appeal at a Security Council briefing on the ongoing...
Youth-led initiatives support urban development |
Youth-led initiatives have the potential to significantly impact local urban development, according to the deputy chief of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).Haoliang Xu spoke...
Sudan crisis escalates as attacks in Al Jazirah spark mass displacement
“The Secretary General is appalled by the large numbers of civilians being killed, detained and displaced, acts of sexual violence against women and girls,...
UN News Today 01 November 2024 |
Amid bombardment in Gaza, UN aid teams resume polio vaccinations in northAid teams are prepared to enter northern Gaza at the weekend to resume...
‘Historic development’ in Thailand as it moves to end statelessness for nearly 500,000 people
The decision announced on Friday will benefit 335,000 longtime residents and members of officially recognized minority ethnic groups, along with approximately 142,000 of their...
Middle East crisis: Live updates on 1 November from the UN and the region
We are following the news as it happens from UN offices in Geneva and New York and on the ground in Gaza and Lebanon,...
‘Do not forget Afghanistan’: Independent rights expert |
In a time of global crisis, it’s essential not to forget the steady erosion of rights across Afghanistan.That’s the view of Richard Bennett, the...
Ongoing hostilities and evacuation orders impact thousands in Lebanon
Israel issued new displacement orders that day for several villages and Rashiedeh Palestinian refugee camp, located in the south of the country. This marked the...
UN News Today 31 October 2024 |
‘Catastrophic’ hunger persists in multiple countries, warn food agencies“Catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity” bordering on starvation are expected to impact hundreds of thousands...
Ukraine: Use of torture by Russia constitutes ‘crime against humanity’: Independent expert |
The “big conclusion” of the latest report from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, is that through the systematic use of torture, Russia is...
Potentially ‘deadly’ consequences could arise from Israel’s UNRWA ban: UNICEF
The Israeli Parliament, known as the Knesset, adopted two bills on Monday banning UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA from operating in its territory and...
Israeli laws blocking UNRWA – devastating humanitarian impact for Palestinians?
What do the laws say?The bills, approved overwhelmingly by Israeli parliamentarians (92 in favour, 10 against) on Monday, would prohibit the country’s authorities from having...
General Assembly renews long-standing call for end to US embargo against Cuba
The resolution, titled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba,” passed with 187...
UN News Today 30 October 2024 |
Gaza: UN envoy condemns deadly strike in Beit LahiyaUN humanitarians described desperate scenes in northern Gaza on Wednesday amid reports of ongoing bombardment by...
Israel has ‘concerted policy to destroy Gaza healthcare system’: Independent UN report |
Conor Lennon This is Conor Lennon from UN News. On Wednesday, October the 30th. Navi Pillay, the chairperson of the UN Independent International Commission of...
Middle East crisis: Live updates on 30 October from the UN and the region
As the crisis in the Middle East continues, we are taking you into UN Headquarters for briefings with top UN officials and dispatches from...
Russia: Torture now ‘a tool for repression at home and aggression abroad’
Just ahead of presenting her report to the General Assembly, Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation,...
Middle East crisis: Live updates on UNRWA, Gaza and more
Join us through the day as we bring you the latest news from the Security Council, UN Headquarters and dispatches from across the Middle...
At COP16, Guterres urges world to ‘choose wisely…make peace with nature’
Speaking at the opening of the 16th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16), he emphasized that “making peace...
UN News Today 29 October 2024 |
UNRWA cannot be replaced, say UN top officials in response to Knesset banTop UN officials continued to line up on Tuesday to defend the...
