Global growth to remain subdued in 2025 amid uncertainty, UN report warns
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2025 report shows that despite withstanding a series of mutually reinforcing shocks, global economic growth has stagnated and remains...
Lebanon: Election of new president a long-awaited first step, senior UN official says
The army chief was declared President following two rounds of voting in parliament, effectively stepping down from his former post, according to media reports.Ms....
DPR Korea’s nuclear quest thwarts disarmament efforts, Security Council hears
Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for peacebuilding and political affairs, briefed ambassadors two days after the DPRK, commonly known as North Korea, fired off what...
UN News Today 08 January 2025 |
Ukrainians in grip of third winter of escalating Russian attacksRussian forces continue to subject Ukraine’s people to “relentless attacks” by aerial glide bombs, long-range...
UN News Today 07 January 2025 |
Syria crisis: UN rights office urges restraint amid reported Alawite killingsThe UN human rights office, OHCHR, has urged restraint in Syria, amid reports that...
World News in Brief: Killings of Alawites in Syria, executions in Iran, human rights...
Speaking in Geneva, OHCHR spokesperson Liz Throssell said that the Office was aware of reports and videos allegedly showing the killing of Alawite men...
Avian flu risk still ‘low’ after first US patient dies from H5N1 virus: WHO
WHO spokesperson Dr. Margaret Harris told reporters in Geneva that the H5N1 virus causing the disease is “not circulating in humans but jumping into...
First Person: Gaza, where starving people are trapped in a land reduced to rubble
Since the fierce bombardment of Gaza by Israel began in October 2023, in response to a deadly Hamas attack on the country, over 45,000...
World News in Brief: Communal violence in South Sudan, Syria and Gaza updates
In an update covering July to September last year, the UN Mission in South Sudan – or UNMISS – expressed concern about the steep...
UN News Today 06 January 2025 |
South Sudan: Communal violence the primary driver of conflictCommunal violence remains the primary driver of conflict in South Sudan and continues to exact a...
Gaza war: UN World Food Programme condemns Israeli attack on aid convoy
The WFP issued a statement on Monday condemning the attack and insisting that its vehicles had been “clearly marked”. “At least 16 bullets” struck the...
‘Hospitals have become battlegrounds’: Gaza’s health system on brink of collapse
In a Security Council meeting on Friday, Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) representative for the West Bank and Gaza, painted a grim picture...
UN continues to call for timely Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon
This includes movements further north reported in Sector East, while a redeployment by the Lebanese Armed Forces was conducted this week in Shama, in...
Lifesaving cholera vaccine campaign begins in Syria’s Al Hol camps |
A UN-led mass vaccination campaign in underway in northeast Syria’s notorious Al Hol camp complex to protect the nearly 40,000 people being detained there...
UN News Today 03 January 2025 |
Haiti gangs crisis: top rights expert decries attacks on hospitalsThe UN’s top expert on human rights in Haiti has condemned “intentional” attacks on hospitals,...
UN News Today 02 January 2025 |
UN chief leads condemnation for New Orleans truck attackUN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned Wednesday’s truck attack that killed at least 15 people in the city...
UN chief condemns New Orleans truck attack
Media reports indicated that a US male citizen had intentionally driven a pick-up truck into a crowd of people celebrating the new year in...
WHO continues to urge China to share data five years after COVID-19
WHO recalled that on 31 December 2019, its Country Office in China picked up a media statement by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission from...
Aid trucks deliver food to northwest Syria
UN aid coordination office, OCHA, reported that the cross-border operation from Türkiye into the northwest is running without impediments.On Tuesday, 21 trucks carrying 500...
Recruitment of child soldiers is on the rise, despite global commitments
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was hailed as a historic agreement when it was adopted by world leaders in 1989,...
UNHCR urges greater support for people fleeing post-election violence in Mozambique
The violence comes after the top court in Mozambique confirmed on 23 December that the ruling Frelimo party won the disputed presidential election held...
UN official warns against escalation amid attacks in Yemen, Israel and Red Sea
Briefing the Security Council in New York, Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Khaled Khiari, warned the Middle East was witnessing...
Last hospital in northern Gaza out of service following raid
The raid, reportedly by Israeli forces, saw some areas of the hospital burnt and severely damaged, including the laboratory, surgical unit and medical store....
‘I saw the blood on the tarmac’: top UN official in Yemen recounts aftermath...
On 26 December, Israeli forces struck Sana’a International Airport, Red Sea ports and power stations. Tedros was at the airport when it was hit,...
