Security Council ‘must spare no effort’ to unite and push for peace
In a world where peace is “never automatic”, leadership is essential on the part of the UN Security Council which must find better ways...
Lebanon escalation: UN boosts support at border with Syria
The serious escalation in hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel has forced “tens of thousands” of people to flee their homes in Lebanon, including Syrian...
PODCAST: A new generation of SDG champions picks up the baton
On today’s episode of The Lid Is On, Conor Lennon speaks to three exceptional young changemakers who have been recognized by the UN for...
Russia can’t win on the battlefield, so it’s finding other ways to torment Ukrainian...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that Russia cannot defeat his people on the battlefield, so it is looking...
UN News Today 22 August 2024 |
Speaking in Samoa, where he met residents uprooted from their homes by sea level rise and coastal erosion, Mr. Guterres said that Pacific islanders...
‘Imagining future generations’: Summit of the Future advisor |
“Imagine if every decision we made, we had to think about future generations,” Anne-Marie Slaughter said, discussing the Pact for the Future at UN Headquarters...
Focus on the Future: The World arrives |
Reforming the Security Council, to make it more representative of today’s world, has been under discussion for decades. The subject made it into the...
UN News Today 23 August 2024 |
Aid teams cite huge challenges in tackling new Sudan cholera outbreakProtecting war-weary people in Sudan from a second deadly cholera outbreak is proving a...
Shuttered classrooms in Gaza means a ‘lost generation’ warns UNRWA chief |
Children make up half of Gaza’s entire population of over two million, but none have been able to attend school since the 7 October...
UN paralyzed, challenges piling up, world leaders ‘going around in circles’, says Brazil’s Lula
Speaking to world leaders at the General Assembly's annual debate, President Lula lamented that the current global situation, including the seeming paralysis of the...
PODCAST: Can young leaders help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals? |
With the world currently recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, and reeling from the economic fallout of the war in Ukraine, progress on achieving the...
Qatar will continue to mediate for peace in Gaza, Amir Al Thani tells world...
Speaking at the Assembly’s high-level debate, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani described the “blatant aggression” against Palestinians in Gaza as the “most barbaric,...
‘We won’t be silent as apartheid is perpetrated against others’ – South Africa
In his address to Assembly's annual high-level debate, he said, “The South African story bears witness to the enduring role of the United Nations...
UN News Today 24 September 2024 |
Lebanon escalation is worst in 18 years, warns UNICEFAs Lebanon mourns the victims of a wave of Israeli airstrikes believed to have left hundreds...
‘If we act together,’ we can overcome global challenges – UN Assembly President
Emphasizing the urgent need for collective action to address pressing global issues, Mr. Yang highlighted the critical state of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),...
Middle East crisis: Panic, fear and chaos in Lebanese villages and homes as Israeli...
Devastating Israeli airstrikes on communities in southern Lebanon on Monday sent thousands fleeing with little but the clothes they were wearing, according to the...
The world is at an inflection point but ‘there’s always a way forward’, says...
In his fourth and final speech to the General Assembly, Mr. Biden stated, “The choices we make today will determine our future for decades...
Trust in UN’s cornerstone ideals ‘crumbling’: King Abdullah II of Jordan
He noted that while the world has seen many conflicts over the years, “there has never been a time of greater peril than this.”...
UN’s Guterres urges global solutions as uncertain world edges toward a ‘powder keg’
Delivering his 2024 report on the UN’s work ahead of the general debate, Mr. Guterres said world leaders were gathering in the shadow of...
PODCAST: UN boosts fight against drug trafficking in the Golden Triangle |
Countries in Southeast Asia are coming together with the support of the UN to tackle what is being described as “one of the biggest...
UN News Today 26 August 2024 |
UN aid official deplores latest wave of Russian attacks across UkraineThe UN’s top aid official in Ukraine has condemned deadly Russian missile and drone...
Sudan crisis must not be forgotten by world leaders, says UN food agency
In an appeal for greater global solidarity with the people of Sudan, the World Food Programme (WFP) said that around 800,000 people have fled...
Destruction, suffering and displacement in Gaza ‘way beyond what you can imagine’: UNICEF officer...
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners are preparing to launch a campaign this month to vaccinate thousands of children in Gaza against polio...
LIVE: Diplomacy centre stage as world leaders debate future of multilateralism
Nearly 120 Heads of State and Government are in New York where the general debate is set to begin in just a few minutes'...
