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...
‘Human rights defenders are key to conflict resolution,’ says Türk
For many workers, defending human rights is not just a job, but a calling. As he noted, many “work out of a deep sense...
UN News Today 13 January 2025 |
Top UN aid official Tom Fletcher pledges solidarity with UkraineThe UN’s top aid official has travelled to Ukraine where he’s expressed his solidarity with...
World News in Brief: Solidarity with Ukraine, Haiti earthquake victims remembered, funding for Sudan...
Speaking from Zaporizhzhya on the front line in eastern Ukraine, Tom Fletcher reported that air strikes continue to “kill and cause huge civilian damage”.
While...
The more discussions around fact-checking, ‘the better for freedom of expression’ |
At a time when online hate speech and misinformation are on the rise, one of the missions of the UN education and culture agency UNESCO,...
Syrians look ‘to move from the darkness to the light’, deputy UN envoy says...
Celebrations continue in Syria a month after the fall of the Assad regime, but at the same time, citizens also have high hopes for...
UN News Today 10 January 2025 |
Confirmed: 2024 was the hottest year on record, says UN weather agencyUN weather experts from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed on Friday that...
It’s not censorship to stop hateful online content, insists UN rights chief
“Allowing hate speech and harmful content online has real world consequences. Regulating this content is not censorship,” Volker Türk wrote on X.
In a longer...
Resilience of Ukrainians remains high, as UN maps aid and reconstruction needs for 2025
It has been almost three years since the 24 February 2021 full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has killed thousands of civilians and destroying...
UN Commission notes new sense of optimism in Syria during first-ever visit
Commissioner Hanny Megally led the team, which met with officials, including in the Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs.Discussions covered justice for victims and...
UN News Today 09 January 2025 |
UN chief’s shock and sorry over LA wildfire emergencyAs deadly and fast-moving wildfires continue to devastate Los Angeles, the UN Secretary-General has expressed his...
Global growth to remain subdued in 2025 amid uncertainty, UN report warns
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2025 report shows that despite withstanding a series of mutually reinforcing shocks, global economic growth has stagnated and remains...
Lebanon: Election of new president a long-awaited first step, senior UN official says
The army chief was declared President following two rounds of voting in parliament, effectively stepping down from his former post, according to media reports.Ms....
DPR Korea’s nuclear quest thwarts disarmament efforts, Security Council hears
Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for peacebuilding and political affairs, briefed ambassadors two days after the DPRK, commonly known as North Korea, fired off what...
UN News Today 08 January 2025 |
Ukrainians in grip of third winter of escalating Russian attacksRussian forces continue to subject Ukraine’s people to “relentless attacks” by aerial glide bombs, long-range...
UN News Today 07 January 2025 |
Syria crisis: UN rights office urges restraint amid reported Alawite killingsThe UN human rights office, OHCHR, has urged restraint in Syria, amid reports that...
World News in Brief: Killings of Alawites in Syria, executions in Iran, human rights...
Speaking in Geneva, OHCHR spokesperson Liz Throssell said that the Office was aware of reports and videos allegedly showing the killing of Alawite men...
Avian flu risk still ‘low’ after first US patient dies from H5N1 virus: WHO
WHO spokesperson Dr. Margaret Harris told reporters in Geneva that the H5N1 virus causing the disease is “not circulating in humans but jumping into...
First Person: Gaza, where starving people are trapped in a land reduced to rubble
Since the fierce bombardment of Gaza by Israel began in October 2023, in response to a deadly Hamas attack on the country, over 45,000...
