First Person: Voices of the forgotten in Haiti, ‘crying out in the silence of...
Armed groups now control much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, including key roads leading in and out of the city, making it nearly impossible for...
UN News Today 03 March 2025 |
Nations must stop global order from crumbling: UN rights chiefAs well over 100 conflicts rage around the world, UN human rights chief Volker Türk...
Children already dying in Sudan’s stricken Zamzam camp: WFP
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) confirmed that it has had to pause the distribution of life saving food and nutrition assistance, due to...
Alarming trends in nuclear material trafficking highlight urgent security gaps
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UN News Today 28 February 2025 |
Gaza reconstruction cannot include any form of ethnic cleansing: GuterresThe reconstruction of Gaza must not include any form of ethnic cleansing or a “long-term...
Gaza: Unified Arab position will ‘help guide the way forward’
Addressing journalists at UN Headquarters in New York, he announced that he will be travelling to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, next week, for the...
US funding cuts confirmed, ending lifesaving support for women and girls
“At 7pm on 26 February, UNFPA was informed that nearly all of our grants (48 as of now) with USAID and the US State...
Haiti: Over one million displaced by gang violence
The “unprecedented crisis” in Haiti means that every number presented “is a new record,” said Ulrika Johnson, speaking from neighbouring Dominican Republic to journalists...
UN chief calls for peace and justice as Ramadan begins
“In this Holy Month, let us all be uplifted by these values and embrace our common humanity to build a more just and peaceful...
UN News Today 27 February 2025 |
UN agencies condemn forced returns of Uyghurs from Thailand to ChinaThailand’s deportation of 40 Uyghurs to China has prompted strong condemnation from the UN...
$2.5 billion plan to deliver aid to 11 million people in DR Congo
The 2025 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for the DRC, announced on Thursday, aims to deliver lifesaving assistance to 11 million Congolese, including 7.8 million...
UN News Today 26 February 2025 |
Gaza ceasefire must hold, human rights chief insistsUN human rights chief Volker Türk issued a strong appeal on Wednesday for the fragile ceasefire in...
Syria: UN scales up aid deliveries as regional fighting continues
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at a regular news briefing in New York that aid trucks from Türkiye to Idlib via Bab Al-Hawa...
Sudan war: Any peace deal must respect national sovereignty, UN envoy says
In an exclusive interview with UN News’s Arabic service in New York, Ramtane Lamamra stressed that the solution must be political, calling for reliance...
Head of UN Peacekeeping: More women peacekeepers means better UN missions |
According to Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the Under-Secretary-General of Peace Operations, there are many good reasons for increasing the number of women peacekeepers in UN Missions.UN...
Conflict has turned parts of Sudan ‘into a hellscape,’ Security Council hears
“Now more than ever, two years on, the people of Sudan need your action,” Edem Wosornu of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said...
Somalia faces escalating crisis amid drought, conflict and price hikes
New food security assessments indicate that 4.4 million people – nearly a quarter of the population – could face “crisis” levels of food insecurity...
‘We’re afraid to return home’: Uprooted again, Congolese civilians face hunger and more insecurity
On 9 February, M23 fighters gave Tumusifu, her six children and all the other residents of Bulengo displacement camp just 72 hours to leave....
Success for polio campaign in Gaza while West Bank tensions continue
The campaign has been extended until Wednesday to ensure full coverage, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at the regular news briefing in New...
UN News Today 25 February 2025 |
UN rights chief decries substantial rise in death penalty executionsEfforts to eradicate the death penalty were in the spotlight at the Human Rights Council...
Ukraine war: Amid shifting alliances, General Assembly passes resolution condemning Russia’s aggression
The resolution tabled by the United States, which omitted mention of Russian aggression, only passed after a majority of Member States voted to add...
World News in Brief: Famine in Sudan, Gaza polio campaign continues, West Bank update,...
He warned in a statement issued by his spokesperson that this further escalation of the battle for the country between Government troops and their...
Nuclear weapons are ‘one-way road to annihilation’ warns Guterres
“The nuclear option is not an option at all,” he said, addressing the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.“It is a one-way road to...
UN News Today 24 February 2025 |
World’s ‘warmongers’ must end disdain for global order, UN chief insistsThree years since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, UN chief António Guterres...
