‘Broad impunity persists’ for law enforcement violations against Africans and people of African descent:...
Akua Kuenyehia, chair of the independent expert mechanism on advancing racial justice said, “Manifestations of systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent...
Ukraine: Top UN aid official condemns deadly marketplace strike in Kherson
“Yet again, another unfathomable attack of the Russian Armed Forces killed and injured civilians, this time at the start of their day at a...
Sudan: ‘We’re in a race against time, but the time is running out’ |
War-torn Sudan is facing a looming famine and the world’s largest displacement crisis as the conflict between rival militaries that started last April grinds...
PODCAST: Making the news at the UN |
UN News publishes stories in 10 languages, with the aim of ensuring that as many people as possible understand the impact of the United...
UN News Today 25 July 2024 |
FAO warns of avian influenza surge in Asia-Pacific, urges regional actionThe UN Food and Agriculture Organization sounded the alarm on Thursday about a surge...
Conflict in Nigeria largely driven by the climate crisis: UN country chief |
When the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), released its annual report on global trends in June, it showed, for the twelfth year in a row,...
PODCAST: A UN wish come true |
Californian teenager Kale Ilac’s dream is to become a diplomat. The 16-year-old, who is battling cancer, is hopefully on the way, thanks to the...
UN News Today 26 July 2024 |
Deadly West Atlantic shipwreck highlights victims’ desperation, says UN refugee agencyNews of another deadly shipwreck off the coast of Mauritania is a clear indication...
Keeping the peace isn’t just about laying down weapons, says top analyst |
Thomas Kontogeorgos: More and more we try to promote South-South cooperation, more and more we try to bring into our work the vision of...
PODCAST: Filling the 4 trillion dollar development gap |
$4.3 trillion: that’s the estimated cost of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a blueprint for a fairer future, covering all of the...
UN Assembly President calls for global unity as high-level debate concludes
This year’s general debate opened with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva addressing UN’s membership.Over six days, 190 Member States took to the...
UN News Today 29 July 2024 |
Sudan: UN condemns deadly attack on civilians in Al Fasher, North DarfurThe United Nations in Sudan has condemned an attack on a hospital, residential...
Syrian Minister denounces Israel for its ‘seven-decade-long criminal record’
All of these, he told the UN General Assembly, are exacerbated by failures of multilateral diplomacy and the failure of the United Nations to...
UN agencies urge Security Council to stop ‘mass graves for migrants’
“The scale of this tragedy, its impact on survivors, families and communities and the frequency with which we witness deaths in transit constitute an...
Assange release ‘a very good outcome’: UN torture expert |
The UN independent expert on torture said on Monday that the reported plea deal with the United States that has led to the release...
PODCAST: Meet the Special Rapporteurs, independent advocates for human rights |
Appointed by the UN Human Rights Council, but independent, unpaid, and free to speak their minds, Special Rapporteurs occupy a curious space within the...
UN News Today 30 September 2024 |
Lebanon crisis: over one million people flee deadly escalationMore than one million people across Lebanon have been uprooted by ongoing and deadly Israeli airstrikes...
‘Industrialization’ of cocaine production major factor in drug’s popularity |
The Colombian peace process ended decades of conflict with the FARC, but one unintended consequence may have been an increase in cocaine production.According to...
PODCAST: The link between migration, the climate crisis, and human rights |
It is becoming increasingly clear that the climate crisis is having a major impact on migration flows, with millions forced to move from their...
UN News Today 30 July 2024 |
Gazans need polio vaccines as they face a ‘deathly cycle’ of hunger, heat and disease, say humanitariansIn a bid to prevent a polio epidemic...
Relief chief pledges UN aid operation will continue across Gaza |
Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths told UN News in an exclusive interview on Wednesday that UN humanitarians remain deeply committed to delivering aid across...
PODCAST: Top UN official in Ukraine reflects on a year of war and suffering...
It’s been a year since Russian forces invaded neighbouring Ukraine, the beginning of a conflict that led to the displacement of more than 14...
UN News Today 31 July 2024 |
Israeli military in spotlight over ‘incommunicado’ detention of PalestiniansA new UN human rights office report published Wednesday into alleged abuses carried out against thousands of...
‘Heatwaves will be more frequent because of human-made climate change’ |
Intense heatwaves like the one that blasted the US Midwest and northeast recently are likely to be increasingly common because of human-induced climate change,...
