UN News Today 09 October 2024 |
‘No end to hell’ in northern Gaza, warns UN aid agency chiefThe head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, warned on Wednesday...
MIDDLE EAST: Live updates from the Security Council and across the UN
As turmoil roils the Middle East, we'll bring you live updates from UN agencies and senior officials on the ground and here in New...
UN rights expert: ‘Incarceration emergency’ resulted in mistreatment and alleged torture of Palestinians |
UN News: What kind of tortures and mistreatment of the detainees are you worried by? Alice Edwards: I just want to make sure that every...
PODCAST: Driving the climate agenda at UNGA77 |
On this week’s episode of The Lid Is On, we look at how the issue of the climate emergency has been raised during the...
News in Brief 20 June 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Gaza today: Scorching heat, dire aid shortages and heavy fighting Desperate shortages of essentials in Gaza...
End ‘collective amnesia’ over COVID-19, says UN health agency WHO
Coronaviruses like COVID, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) “must be taken seriously” as they are particularly dangerous for at-risk groups including the elderly,...
Walling off damage from climate change, one brick at a time |
Youth activists have been meeting on the twin island nation of Antigua and Barbuda this weekend to ensure their voices and call for action...
PODCAST: Fighting the online terror threat |
Counter-terrorism is one of the lesser-known subjects covered by the UN, but attempts to improve international cooperation to combat terrorism have grown in recent...
News in Brief 21 June 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Gaza is more than two million stories of loss: UN agenciesGaza is “a world of...
Sudan: Intense fighting in Darfur ‘a crisis for children’ |
Joining us from Port Sudan, Sudan, is Sheldon Yett, UNICEF is Representative to Sudan. Thank you so much for taking the time to speak...
PODCAST: Time to take out the space trash |
It’s World Space Week, a UN event celebrating the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment of the human condition.
This year’s theme...
UN rights chief warns of ‘widespread and systematic’ torture of Ukrainian POWs
In a briefing to the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday, UN rights chief Volker Türk highlighted the widespread devastation and violations of international...
UN News Today 08 October 2024 |
Fears grow that Lebanon may become another GazaUN humanitarians in Lebanon on Tuesday described the massive challenge of trying to reach some 1.2 million...
Explainer: How UN peacekeepers meet the challenge of escalating conflict in Lebanon
Here is what you need to know about UNIFIL, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon:Security Council mandateUNIFIL was created by the Security Council in...
Israel: New law blocking UNRWA ‘would be a catastrophe’, Guterres warns
“That’s why I have written directly to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express profound concern about draft legislation that could prevent UNRWA from...
Small islands must wake up to chemical and pollution ‘time bomb’ |
Small island developing States (SIDS) gathered in Antigua and Barbuda this week for the SIDS4 conference should not be afraid to stand up to...
PODCAST: Breaking the silence of poverty |
It’s been thirty years since the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to create the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, on 17...
News in Brief 24 June 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Chief of key UN agency in Gaza warns ‘entire generation’ could be lostThe head of...
‘Indescribable’ pain one year after 7 October attacks
The war in Gaza was sparked following a brutal attack by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups in southern Israel and has led to...
Humans and robots unite at the AI for Good Summit in Geneva |
UN News: Today we're talking to Robert Opp, Chief Digital Officer of United Nations Development Programme, which has representation practically all around the globe....
PODCAST: Climate, conflict, and human rights at risk |
Most people are familiar with the phenomenon of refugees, those forced to flee their country of origin, because of a well-founded fear of persecution...
News in Brief 25 June 2024 |
This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.New famine alert for Gaza where families go days without foodGazans are at “high risk”...
Indian peacekeeper awarded UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year |
Major Radhika Sen, an Indian peacekeeper deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has received the 2023 United Nations Military Gender Advocate...
PODCAST: Can we end torture?
Nearly four decades on from the adoption of the UN Convention against Torture, there is evidence that it is still taking place in all...
