Can Dominica’s Indigenous community cope with the next hurricane? |
Dominica is described as highly disaster-vulnerable: the country is regularly hit by hurricanes and, when the last one swept through in 2017, it caused...
Gender equality: Distant, yet achievable
“Today’s report reveals the undeniable truth: progress is achievable, but is not fast enough,” said Sima Bahous, UN Women Executive Director.“Let us unite to continue...
General Assembly wraps up with calls for unity and resolve
Secretary-General António Guterres said the past year had been marked by ongoing poverty, inequality and conflict, emphasizing that it was also the hottest year...
UN News Today 13 September 2024 |
First UNRWA staffer killed in occupied West BankThe UN agency for Palestine refugees has suffered its first fatality in the occupied West Bank, following...
Climate change: Ozone layer still well on track for full recovery
The Ozone and UV Bulletin’s release coincides with World Ozone Day which celebrates the implementation of the Montreal Protocol and the later amendment to...
Summit of the Future aims to make the UN more effective
Among the issues under discussion are accelerating sustainable development and reforming decades-old institutions, including the UN Security Council and the international financial system.On Wednesday...
Holding back the winds of change in Madagascar…with the sisal plant |
The cultivation of sisal plants by some of the most vulnerable communities in southern Madagascar is helping to tackle desertification and allow people to...
Over 5,000 civilians killed since Myanmar military coup
At least 5,350 civilians have been killed, and more than 3.3 million displaced, since the military seized power on 1 February 2021, and over...
What’s going on with the world (and the future) at the UN?
As the week unfolds from 22 to 30 September, here’s what you need to know:Summit of the Future: What if the world keeps its...
UN News Today 16 September 2024 |
Ramping up flood emergency response in Nigeria - WHOAfter the devastation caused by flooding and a collapsed dam in northeast Nigeria, UN humanitarians confirmed on...
Venezuela: Rights probe points to ‘unprecedented’ repression
In a new report, the Human Rights Council-mandated investigators described how security forces had raided dozens of homes of suspected critics of the Government...
Summit of the Future Explainer: Protect future generations from global decisions made today
In 2025, the Ministry for the Future, a powerful global organization advocating for the rights of the generations to come, convinces bankers and economists...
The power of our choices: from war-torn childhood to Nobel Peace Prize nominee |
A Ugandan man, some of whose family and friends were abducted in the East African country, tells the story of his journey from war-torn...
Climate crisis: Satellites and AI offer hope for global action, says UN weather agency
“The science is clear: we are far off track from achieving global climate goals. 2023 was the warmest year on record by a huge...
Summit of the Future Explainer: Improving the way we run the world…and beyond
A catastrophic climate crisis, a surfeit of nuclear weapons, or unregulated AI: when it comes to potentially existential threats to humanity, there are plenty...
UN News Today 17 September 2024 |
Venezuela: Rights probe points to ‘unprecedented’ repression of criticsViolence used against opponents of the Venezuelan authorities has reached unprecedented levels, a top independent human rights...
World News in Brief: Yemen detainee appeal, Typhoon Yagi impacts, ease asylum seekers’ plight,...
More than 50 personnel from the UN, international and national NGOs, civil society, and diplomatic missions, are being held by the de facto Houthi...
Summit of the Future Explainer: A new global peace plan for ‘uniquely dangerous’ times
The UN has described the current global situation as “uniquely dangerous”, with the risk of major powers engaging in conflict at its highest levels since...
UN humanitarians fight for women’s rights in crisis zones |
Workers with the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, have some of the toughest assignments going in the humanitarian field, helping protect new...
Afghanistan: UN warns of growing crisis under increasingly authoritarian Taliban rule
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, said the country’s de facto rulers who have imposed their own interpretation of strict...
What to expect at the United Nations general debate
The 79th session of General Assembly gets underway in mid-September and the centrepiece for many is the annual general debate. But what exactly is...
UN News Today 18 September 2024 |
Satellites and AI offer hope for global solutions, says UN weather agencyThe UN weather agency and leading climate scientists issued a new warning on...
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...
