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    UN deputy chief urges leaders to increase innovation amid global crises

    Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, reminded that solutions are needed as leaders are gathering during time of mounting crises and as debt burdens rise in...

    ‘Create a future fit for our grandchildren’, Guterres urges, ahead of gamechanger Summit

    Mr. Guterres was speaking as negotiations for the  Summit of the Future, which opens at UN Headquarters on Sunday, enter the final stretch.“I have...

    ‘New models’ for UN peacekeeping to support safer and more equitable world |

    The future of UN peacekeeping and the “new models” it needs to create to remain relevant in the 21st Century are set to be...

    UN chief strongly condemns Mali terrorist attack

    Scores of people were reportedly killed in the capital, Bamako, on Tuesday when Islamic militants attacked several locations, including a military police academy, according...

    Showing resolve amid crisis: Guterres highlights UN impact in annual report

    In his Annual Report on the Work of the Organization, released ahead of the high-level session of the 79th UN General Assembly, Secretary-General António...

    UN News Today 19 September 2024 |

    HIV services in sub-Saharan Africa choked by growing debt crisis: UNAIDSThe growing public debt crisis in sub-Saharan African countries is preventing the region’s governments...

    Whole generation of children ‘lost’ amid ongoing Gaza war, UNICEF warns

    Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director for Humanitarian Action, stressed the urgent need for an immediate end to the hostilities and a negotiated political...

    Russian attacks on Ukraine energy set to push 500,000 people out of country

    The alert from the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine follows significant destruction to power plants and the worsening energy crisis that has...

    Trailer: The daily UNGA High-Level Week podcast |

    Since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the numbers attending High-Level Week at UN Headquarters in New York have steadily ticked upwards, and this...