Sudan: Allies of warring generals ‘enabling the slaughter,’ Security Council hears
“Sudan is trapped in a nightmare,” Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs told ambassadors, echoing the grim declaration made by the Secretary-General two...
Mine action amid third decade of conflict in DR Congo |
As the Democratic Republic of the Congo enters its third decade of armed conflict, a huge number of unexploded land mines and other ordinance...
COP29: Guterres urges countries to ‘get serious’ on loss and damage funding
Mr. Guterres made the appeal in remarks to a high-level dialogue on loss and damage funding during the COP29 UN climate change conference in...
Gaza: ‘People losing hope’ as aid access is refused to north, warns UNRWA
Briefing reporters in Geneva from central Gaza, UNRWA senior emergency officer Louise Wateridge warned that amid looming famine in the Gaza Strip and as...
Myanmar: Civilians caught in the middle, as fighting intensifies |
Vibhu Mishra, UN News: When we spoke last year, you highlighted the kinds of allegations that you’re looking into: crimes against the Rohingya, attacks...
Children face unprecedented crisis amid rising violence in Haiti
Virginia Gamba, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, highlighted the impact on children of the extreme levels of brutality...
Countries must be ‘very ambitious’ ahead of COP29 |
Countries around the world are being encouraged to develop more ambitious plans to fight climate change as they meet at the global COP29 climate...
World News in Brief: Sudan aid latest, toxic air in Pakistan, Ukraine and Syria...
The trucks are carrying food and nutrition supplies for about 12,500 people in the striken camp, and the agency said it was determined to...
News in Brief 11 November 2024 |
COP29: UN envoy calls for countries to agree on new climate financing dealThe UN climate summit began on Monday in Azerbaijan amid new record...
Lebanon: food insecurity ‘set to worsen’ amid deadly strikes
The update from UN agencies also reported that Israeli strikes have left more than 3,100 people dead and over 13,800 injured since October last year.Turning...
Safe spaces in Afghanistan, essential for women’s lives: UN Habitat |
In Afghanistan under Taliban rule, it is now even more important to ensure that women have access to public spaces and adequate housing, creating...
Better due diligence in banking crucial to curb financing for mercenaries |
Although the use of mercenaries in conflict has increased in recent years, little is known about how they are funded and paid.The issue is...
‘Looming catastrophe’: Experts warn of high risk of famine in northern Gaza
The warning comes in an alert issued by the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee (FRC), which underscored that the humanitarian situation in...
South Sudan mission chief ‘confident’ country will have a stable and democratic future |
Despite the setback of a further two-year delay in holding elections that were promised for next month, the “silver lining” is that the UN...
Nicaragua: Alarming erosion of freedom and academic autonomy
In a new report released on Friday, the three-person group of experts – who are appointed by the UN Human Rights Council – found...
Time to dismantle legacies of slavery and colonialism impacting African diaspora
Philémon Yang was speaking at a high-level meeting at UN Headquarters to mark the closure of the International Decade for People of African Descent...
UN News Today 08 November 2024 |
Sudan’s displaced have endured ‘unimaginable suffering, brutal atrocities’: UNHCRSudan’s displaced have endured “unimaginable suffering” including murder and mass rape in their search for shelter...
Gaza: Possible atrocity crimes unfold, new UN report warns
The report details the horrific reality faced by both the people of Israel and Gaza since 7 October 2023, with the UN High Commissioner...
Sudan’s displaced have endured ‘unimaginable suffering, brutal atrocities’
Nineteen months since conflict erupted between rival militaries the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over the transfer of power to...
‘Turning the tide’ on childhood violence
Among the pledges, nine countries pledged to ban corporal punishment – an issue that affects three out of every five children regularly in their...
‘Western governments are not serious about imposing real sanctions’: Russian opposition leader |
On August 1, the United States and Russia conducted a landmark prisoner exchange involving 16 people – the first of its kind since 1986...
UN News Today 07 November 2024 |
Ukraine’s nuclear security situation ‘highly challenging’, warns UN atomic watchdog chiefSafety at Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant “remains a deep source of concern”, the...
Record heat persists as WMO calls for urgent services and investment boost
“Humanity’s torching the planet and paying the price,” warned UN Secretary-General António Guterres responding to WMO’s latest global temperature analysis covering January to September...
Ukraine’s nuclear security situation ‘highly challenging’, warns UN atomic watchdog
Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) – which is also Europe’s biggest nuclear energy facility - has been under Russian control since shortly after it...
