COP27 PODCAST: Manels, mansplaining and Mary Robinson |
The second half of COP27 has begun and there’s uncertainty in the air regarding the progress of negotiations in the packed conference venue.
Monday saw...
UN News Today 5 July 2024
Refugees and migrants face violence, abuse and death on Africa routesOngoing and generalized impunity in Burundi for the ‘Imbonerakure’ youth wingAnd …Hurricane Beryl -...
Alarming levels of global child poverty: UNICEF |
UNICEF has released a new child nutrition report that highlights severe levels of child food poverty due to inequity, conflict, and climate crises.The new...
COP27 PODCAST: Gas lingers on energy day |
The UN is leading calls for an end to fossil fuel use, but lobbying for gas has been a feature of this African COP,...
UN News Today 8 July 2024 |
After nine months of war in Gaza, another UN school suffers Israeli airstrikeThe war over Gaza passed the nine-month mark on Sunday with humanitarians...
Sudan: Where ‘people don’t have tomorrow’ without lifesaving aid, warns UNICEF |
A devastating war in Sudan has left 800,000 people trapped in El Fasher in the west of the vast country, UN humanitarians warned on...
COP27 PODCAST: From the Ocean to the Amazon – biodiversity in crisis |
With just a couple of days to go at COP27, agreement on an agreed text – committing countries to move forward on measures to...
UN News Today 9 July 2024
Ukraine’s main children’s hospital likely received a direct hit when it was struck on Monday, say UN rights monitorsGazans are continue to reel from...
Unravelling the tales of sharks and dugongs on World Oceans Day |
Sharks and dugongs serve as barometers of the marine ecosystem, but many people overlook their critical roles, perceiving sharks as menacing figures and dugongs...
COP27 PODCAST: Exit ramps off the climate hell highway |
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is back in Sharm El-Sheikh, in an attempt to nudge countries towards resolving their differences on contentious climate issues, and...
UN News Today 10 July 2024 |
Schools ‘bombed-out’ in latest Gaza escalation, says UNRWA chiefAmid intensified heavy shelling in north, central and southern Gaza, the head of the UN agency...
Yemen: International community must build on ‘fragile’ humanitarian progress |
The international community must continue to pay attention to the humanitarian situation in Yemen, where hunger and malnutrition remain chronic after nearly a decade...
COP27 PODCAST: Delayed ratification |
It’s officially the last day of COP27, and the UN podcast team have their bags packed, ready to return home.
However, today did not see...
UN News Today 11 July 2024 |
World population to peak at 10.3 billion by 2080s, decline by 2100The world’s population is expected to grow by two billion over the next...
Explainer: The journey of a UN Security Council resolution
The 15-member Council is charged with taking action, through resolutions and decisions, on any threats to international peace and security, but sometimes adopting a...
Time for big plastic producers to walk the talk on cutting pollution |
The plastics industry needs to show more responsibility and put their money where their mouth is on cutting harmful waste and pollution, especially as...
COP27 BONUS PODCAST: Early like Sunday morning |
COP27 officially ended on Friday, but no agreement was reached when Conor and Laura recorded their last podcast in Sharm El-Sheikh.
But, despite the gloomy...
Gang attack in Haiti’s Pont Sondé leaves 70 dead
Among the victims at the hands of the so-called Gran Grif gang were 10 women and three infants.“As the attacks unfolded, gang members reportedly...
UN condemns deadly West Bank airstrike, attacks on Gaza schools
At least 18 people were killed, and many more fatalities could be trapped under the rubble of the three-storied building, according to the UN...
UN News Today 04 October 2024 |
Lebanon: Desperate scenes at Syrian border after Israeli airstrikesAfter another night of heavy Israeli bombing in Lebanon, UN humanitarians described how people desperate to...
UN rights council examines nuclear legacy consequences in Marshall Islands
Research conducted by the UN human rights office, OHCHR, revealed that 67 nuclear tests performed between 1946 and 1958 by the United States Government...
Women’s voices, essential for peace: Head of UN mission in DR Congo |
While finalising its departure from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Mission in the country, MONUSCO, remains fully engaged in assisting...
A new series from UN Podcasts: amplifyHER |
On this week's episode we're letting a new UN podcast take over! It's called amplifyHER, and it's a tribute to some of the best...
Lebanon: Medical aid arrives in Beirut amid intensifying Israeli strikes
“There were two strikes and a huge crater was created in the no-man’s land between the Syrian and the Lebanese side. It’s very hard...
