World News in Brief: Nobody wins trade wars Guterres warns, WFP alert over US...
António Guterres was responding to a journalist at the stakeout in UN Headquarters in New York, who asked him for reaction to the recent...
UN News Today 08 April 2025 |
Dangers grow for Myanmar quake survivors, health system 'overwhelmed'It’s been 10 days since a 7.7 magnitude quake levelled buildings and buckled bridges across central...
World News in Brief: Syria transition update, healthcare as a human right, more than...
The envoy expressed his appreciation noting they had talked through “all aspects” of the ongoing political process, following the overthrow of the Assad regime...
Aid data critical to crisis response threatened by funding cuts
“Data is central to humanitarian action,” OCHA said, as aid organizations look to “focus their response to reach the communities with the most severe...
UN News Today 07 April 2025 |
Myanmar: unseasonably early rains fuel fears of disease spreadRains have come early to Myanmar, fuelling fears of disease spread – that’s the latest information...
AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: Why new thinking is needed on disarmament
Engaging with the tech community is not “a nice to have” sideline for defence policymakers – it is “absolutely indispensable to have this community...
At 50, biological weapons treaty is an international success story |
Half a century ago, the United States and the Soviet Union united on a text to ban biological weapons and it has remained a...
Hospitals overwhelmed, Myanmar’s health system on the brink: WHO |
One week after a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, hospitals remain overwhelmed, medical supplies are running low and emergency teams are struggling to meet...
UN rolls out key initiative to combat antisemitism
The action plan, spearheaded by the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, was...
UN News Today 04 April 2025 |
Myanmar quake: Airstrikes continue despite ceasefireMyanmar’s military has continued to launch airstrikes and other attacks against opposition forces in the devastated country, one week...
DR Congo: Armed violence displaces thousands as cholera outbreak worsens
Intense clashes between local armed groups and M23 rebels were reported on Thursday in the town of Masisi Centre in North Kivu.Preliminary reports from...
World News in Brief: Israeli military escalation in Syria, Nicaragua rights probe, South Sudan...
“Such actions undermine efforts to build a new Syria at peace with itself and the region, and destabilize Syria at a sensitive time,” Geir...
UN envoy urges international support for West Africa and the Sahel
Leonardo Santos Simão highlighted the scale of the crisis affecting parts of the Sahel, where terrorist groups continue to wreak havoc, particularly in the...
UN News Today 03 April 2025 |
Sudan emergency: UN rights chief condemns widespread extrajudicial killingsThe fight for Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, likely involved widespread summary executions of civilians following its recent...
‘Carnage’ must stop in Sudan, insists UN human rights office |
Civilians continue to bear the brunt of violent clashes between rival forces in Sudan, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Thursday, after...
UN condemns killing of 1,000 people in Gaza since ceasefire collapse
He condemned the reported killing of more than a thousand people, including women and children, since the collapse of the ceasefire between Israel and...
World is ‘failing’ people with disabilities: UN deputy chief
Although persons with disabilities represent a sizeable 16 per cent of the world’s population, they still experience a range of health inequities, including premature...
UN News Today 02 April 2025 |
Myanmar quake: funding must be stepped up to help victims, says UN’s aid chiefAs the full extent of the devastating earthquake in Myanmar becomes...
Lebanon: UN expresses deep concern over latest Israeli airstrikes, in call for restraint
Tuesday morning’s strike reportedly targeted a Hezbollah official who Israel accused of aiding Hamas in planning an imminent terror attack against civilians.It was the...
‘Without funding we can’t meet the needs of the people of Myanmar’: WFP |
Following last Friday’s massive earthquake in Myanmar, UN humanitarians are on the ground to support survivors and the affected communities.The World Food Programme (WFP)...
Guterres calls for greater equality and inclusion as world marks Autism Awareness Day
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for renewed commitment to create a more equal and inclusive world in his message marking World Autism Awareness...
UN News Today 01 April 2025 |
Gaza aid worker killings: One humanitarian still missingUN humanitarians and partners on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the killing by Israeli forces of 15...
Myanmar earthquake tragedy ‘compounds already dire crisis’
Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator Marcoluigi Corsi expressed the UN’s profound sorry at the immense loss of life stemming from Friday’s 7.7 and 6.4 magnitude...
Myanmar quake: More than 1,600 reported killed, as UN aid operation supports rescue efforts
The earthquakes of 7.7 and 6.4 magnitude struck Myanmar in central Myanmar northwest of Sagaing. The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, reported on Saturday...
