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Dozens of bodies have been discovered at official and unofficial detention sites in Libya. The grim findings confirm deep concerns about abuse and torture at the facilities, according to the UN human rights chief Volker TΓΌrk.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Wednesday after the United States cast its veto β blocking the initiative backed by all ten elected members of the Council.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Amid reports of yet another deadly attack on a school in Gaza on Wednesday, the UNβs top aid official Tom Fletcher welcomed growing international calls for lifesaving aid work by established agencies to resume in the war-torn enclave.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Haiti has been gripped by spiralling gang violence ever since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel MoΓ―se. The subsequent unrest has displaced one million people, more than half of them children,according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Every year, 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced worldwide, according to the UN. Half of this plastic is designed to be used only once, and only 10 per cent is recycled.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:The General Assembly on Wednesday elected a new slate of members to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the principal body responsible for coordinating the Organizationβs work on sustainable development and economic issues.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:The United States has vetoed a new draft resolution on Gaza, standing as the lone vote against the text which called for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire, the unconditional release of hostages held by Hamas and others and the immediate lifting of all aid restrictions. Follow live coverage from our Meetings Coverage Section and UN News app users can follow here.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:This week marks one year since dozens of personnel from the United Nations, nongovernmental and civil society organizations, and diplomatic missions were arbitrarily detained by the Houthi de facto authorities in northern Yemen. Others have been detained since as far back as 2021. Today, we reiterate our urgent demand for their immediate and unconditional release.As of today, 23 UN and five international...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:An aid convoy carrying life-saving assistance for the famine-affected area of North Darfur, Sudan, was attacked on Monday night, killing five humanitarian workers, injuring many more and damaging critical humanitarian supplies.
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:Since a sharp escalation in fighting in South Sudan in late February, 165,000 people have fled their homes, seeking safety either within the country or across borders, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:Nearly 16 million people in Syria need urgent humanitarian health support, the UN warned on Tuesday, as aid deliveries continue amid escalating needs, deadly explosive hazards and a severe funding shortfall.
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia were elected on Tuesday to serve as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council, with two-year terms beginning in January 2026.
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:As the hurricane season gets underway in the Caribbean, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is sounding the alarm over Haitiβs humanitarian situation.
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:The number of Sudanese refugees in Chad has more than tripled in just over two years amid the ongoing war in their homeland, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said in an alert on Tuesday.
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:UN human rights chief Volker TΓΌrkhas condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans were killed early Tuesday βtrying to access paltry amounts of foodβ around a private aid hub in the south of the enclave run by the US and Israel.
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:Former German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock was elected President of the General Assemblyβs 80th session on Monday. Her appointment comes as the regional group that includes Western Europe takes its turn at the helm of the world body.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:The UN Secretary-General has condemned the reported killing and injury of Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza on Sunday, calling for an investigation into the matter.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:As Ukrainian and Russian delegations meet for a second round of preliminary peace talks in TurkΓ―ye on Monday, rural communitiesfaced their own challenge: finding something to eat.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:As June marks one year since the arbitrary detention of dozens of personnel from the UN, NGOs, civil society organizations and diplomatic missions by the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen, the UN Secretary-General has reiterated his call for their release, urging they befreed βimmediately and unconditionally.β
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:The UN Secretary-General on Monday reinforced his stand against all acts of antisemitism following the horrific attack in Boulder, Colorado, at the weekend and vandalism in France targeting Jewish landmarks.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:Flash flooding in western Nigeria at the weekend has caused devastation around the town of Mokwa in Niger state, leaving more than 150 dead and 3,000 people displaced β more than half of whom are children aged 12 and under β the UN said on Monday.
Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source:A world in which algorithms determine the fate of soldiers and civilians alike is no longer hypothetical. AI-driven drones are reshaping warfare, raising deep ethical questions about autonomy in combat.As international policymakers scramble to set ground rules, the race is on to rein in this rapidly-evolving technology.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:βI stood helpless in the face of my son's hunger. I cried a lot and told him to drink from our little water to satisfy his hunger,β said Zeenat, a young Palestinian woman speaking to UN News from the battered Gaza Strip.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:Amid disputed reports of Israeli forces firing on civilians near a new privatised aid distribution point in southern Gaza, the head of the Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, said on Sunday that lifting the months-long aid blockade of the enclave is the only way to avoid βmass starvationβ.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised the commitment shown by the Organizationβs Member States which, during nearly two weeks of meetings, adopted historic measures to make the world safer and healthier.The landmark adoptions of the first global agreement to make the world safer from future pandemics and increase in financial support to the World Health Organization were the highlights of the...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Secretary-General AntΓ³nio Guterres renewed his calls for Member States and the United Nations to work towards justice and reparations for Africans and the diaspora in a speech in New York on Friday.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:In Ituri, a province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), intensifying conflict, intercommunal violence and mass displacement are forcing hundreds of thousands of children out of school.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:The UN is facing a deepening budget crisis that threatens lifesaving operations worldwide. From refugee aid in Mozambique to maternal health services in Afghanistan, critical programmes are on the brink of collapse unless urgent funding is secured.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:For most nicotine users today, their first experience with the drug is a flavoured product β making it easier, and more appealing, to try.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained by the Israeli authorities, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said on Friday.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed called for urgent action to protect water-related ecosystems in remarks to the International Conference on Glaciersβ Preservation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Friday.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:In Al-Jundi Al-Majhool Square β once the bustling heart of Gaza City β music now floats among the tents. The square, transformed into a sprawling displacement camp, shelters hundreds of families driven from their homes by more than 19 months of war.
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) published its first-ever position paper on immunization products to protect infants against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) β the leading cause of acute lower respiratory infections in children globally. Every year, RSV causes about 100000 deaths and over 3.6million hospitalizations in children under the age of 5 years worldwide. About half of these deaths occur in infants...
Published on: May 30, 2025 | Source:The United Nations honoured staff serving at its field missions through several events to mark the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on Thursday.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source:The UNβs urban development agencyestimates that an astonishing 2.8 billion people worldwide lack access to adequate housing, secure land, and basic water and sanitation services β thatβs around 40 per cent of the global population.
Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source: