Sudan crisis escalates as attacks in Al Jazirah spark mass displacement
“The Secretary General is appalled by the large numbers of civilians being killed, detained and displaced, acts of sexual violence against women and girls,...
UN News Today 01 November 2024 |
Amid bombardment in Gaza, UN aid teams resume polio vaccinations in northAid teams are prepared to enter northern Gaza at the weekend to resume...
‘Historic development’ in Thailand as it moves to end statelessness for nearly 500,000 people
The decision announced on Friday will benefit 335,000 longtime residents and members of officially recognized minority ethnic groups, along with approximately 142,000 of their...
Middle East crisis: Live updates on 1 November from the UN and the region
We are following the news as it happens from UN offices in Geneva and New York and on the ground in Gaza and Lebanon,...
‘Do not forget Afghanistan’: Independent rights expert |
In a time of global crisis, it’s essential not to forget the steady erosion of rights across Afghanistan.That’s the view of Richard Bennett, the...
Ongoing hostilities and evacuation orders impact thousands in Lebanon
Israel issued new displacement orders that day for several villages and Rashiedeh Palestinian refugee camp, located in the south of the country. This marked the...
UN News Today 31 October 2024 |
‘Catastrophic’ hunger persists in multiple countries, warn food agencies“Catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity” bordering on starvation are expected to impact hundreds of thousands...
Ukraine: Use of torture by Russia constitutes ‘crime against humanity’: Independent expert |
The “big conclusion” of the latest report from the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, is that through the systematic use of torture, Russia is...
Potentially ‘deadly’ consequences could arise from Israel’s UNRWA ban: UNICEF
The Israeli Parliament, known as the Knesset, adopted two bills on Monday banning UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA from operating in its territory and...
Israeli laws blocking UNRWA – devastating humanitarian impact for Palestinians?
What do the laws say?The bills, approved overwhelmingly by Israeli parliamentarians (92 in favour, 10 against) on Monday, would prohibit the country’s authorities from having...
General Assembly renews long-standing call for end to US embargo against Cuba
The resolution, titled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba,” passed with 187...
UN News Today 30 October 2024 |
Gaza: UN envoy condemns deadly strike in Beit LahiyaUN humanitarians described desperate scenes in northern Gaza on Wednesday amid reports of ongoing bombardment by...
Israel has ‘concerted policy to destroy Gaza healthcare system’: Independent UN report |
Conor Lennon This is Conor Lennon from UN News. On Wednesday, October the 30th. Navi Pillay, the chairperson of the UN Independent International Commission of...
Middle East crisis: Live updates on 30 October from the UN and the region
As the crisis in the Middle East continues, we are taking you into UN Headquarters for briefings with top UN officials and dispatches from...
Russia: Torture now ‘a tool for repression at home and aggression abroad’
Just ahead of presenting her report to the General Assembly, Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation,...
Middle East crisis: Live updates on UNRWA, Gaza and more
Join us through the day as we bring you the latest news from the Security Council, UN Headquarters and dispatches from across the Middle...
At COP16, Guterres urges world to ‘choose wisely…make peace with nature’
Speaking at the opening of the 16th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16), he emphasized that “making peace...
UN News Today 29 October 2024 |
UNRWA cannot be replaced, say UN top officials in response to Knesset banTop UN officials continued to line up on Tuesday to defend the...
Lazzarini: Israeli Knesset vote on UNRWA will deepen Palestinian suffering
“This is the latest in the ongoing campaign to discredit UNRWA and delegitimize its role towards providing human-development assistance and services to Palestine refugees,”...
Northern Gaza: Thousands of children at ‘great risk’ without full course of polio vaccinations...
The final phase of the polio vaccination campaign in war-ravaged northern Gaza has been postponed due to ongoing hostilities and lack of humanitarian access.Explaining...
UN official urges more ambitious, credible climate action plans
UN climate change secretariat (UNFCCC)’s 2024 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Synthesis Report showed that current plans would result in emissions 51.5 gigatonnes of carbon...
UN News Today 28 October 2024 |
Greenhouse gases surged to new highs in 2023, warns UN weather agencyNew data from the UN on Monday indicated that greenhouse gases have hit...
UN chief ‘shocked’ at harrowing death and destruction in north Gaza
Since the offensive began earlier this month, hundreds of people have been killed, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, with more than 60,000 others...
Sudan: UN official decries attacks against civilians in Al Jazirah state
Preliminary reports indicate that between 20 and 25 October, fighters from the paramilitary RSF launched major attacks across eastern parts of the Al Jazirah...
