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‘Reparatory justice’ key to ending racism against Africans and their descendants
Governments, academia and other stakeholders must “double down on delivering reparatory justice” for people from the African diaspora, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Wednesday.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:
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Afghanistan quake: Rescuers arrive on foot, survivors need everything
A massive assistance mission for earthquake survivors continued in Afghanistan on Wednesday as aid teams tackled blocked roads and downed communications lines in a bid to reach the most remote communities still in need of help.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Attacks across Gaza intensify amid fear and hunger: ‘Leave me here,’ injured girl told fleeing family
Thousands of Palestinians have been caught in the crossfire while trying to escape attacks and dire food shortages in war-torn Gaza, with extraordinary challenges for some, according to latest reports from UN officials on the ground and theCommittee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Guterres hails Papua New Guinea as an example of diversity, dialogue and climate action
The Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea is proof that embracing differences can be the world’s greatest strength, the UN Secretary-General said in a speech to parliamentarians in the capital, Port Moresby, on Wednesday.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Finding strength amid sleepless nights: Ukraine’s hidden mental health toll
Nearly four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and 11 years since conflict began, the toll on mental health across the country is severe.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Pakistan floods, countries lag on climate reporting, concern over attack on peacekeepers in south Lebanon, cuts hit human rights investigations
Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday he was “profoundly saddened” by the death and destruction caused by the recent floods in northern Pakistan. The current death toll stands at over 400.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Gaza: With a suitcase for a school bag, classrooms have become shelters
“Instead of studying in school, we’re living in it,” said Diana, summing up the conditions faced by thousands of children in the Gaza Strip whose lives have been turned upside down by war who now face the prospect of a third year without education.
Published on: September 03, 2025 | Source:Sudan: Hundreds feared dead in Darfur landslide
Humanitarians “will spare no effort” to ensure that aid reaches people affected by a deadly landslide in a remote mountain village in war-torn Sudan, a senior UN official in the country said on Tuesday.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:UN refugee agency urges support to end displacement for millions of Syrians
The international community must support efforts towards peace and stability in Syria and end the displacement of millions – both within and outside the country – who fled years of war and just want to go home.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:WHO sounds alarm as mental health conditions soar past one billion worldwide
More than a billion people worldwide are living with mental health conditions,according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Afghanistan quake: Aid teams still scrambling to reach survivors
In remote eastern Afghanistan, aid workers are continuing to race to assist survivors of Sunday’s devastating earthquake as the death toll continues to climb, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Daily malnutrition deaths continue as Israeli forces push further into Gaza City
Conditions in Gaza are worsening for Palestinians trapped amid spiralling hunger as Israel continues to block aid deliveries amid escalate attacks, according to the latest updates on Tuesday from UN agencies on the ground.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Cooling La Niña could be back, but global temperatures set to rise: WMO
The cooling climate phenomenon known as La Niña could return between now and November, but it won’t stop the trend for warmer global temperatures caused by human activity, UN weather experts said on Tuesday.
Published on: September 02, 2025 | Source:Guterres condemns detention of more UN staff in Yemen
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the arbitrary detention of at least 11 staff members in Yemen on Sunday by the de facto Houthi authorities in areas under their control.
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:Aid effort underway after Afghanistan quake ‘wipes out’ villages
After amagnitude sixearthquakestruck remote areas of eastern Afghanistan overnight reportedly killing at least 800 people and wiping out villages, UN chief António Guterres on Monday pledged to “spare no effort” in helping those affected.
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit: Guterres calls for strengthening multilateralism
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for strengthening multilateralism – and appealed for peace in Gaza, Ukraine and beyond – in remarks to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, China, on Monday.
Published on: September 01, 2025 | Source:UN chief calls for justice and ‘real change’ for people of African descent
On the International Day for People of African Descent, celebrated each year on 31 August, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for justice, dignity and equality for people of African descent around the world.
Published on: August 31, 2025 | Source:‘Our livelihoods have been cut off’, say West Bank farmers ahead of olive harvest
In the occupied West Bank village of Kufr Qaddum, *Yousef stands behind a sealed iron gate, cut off from the olive trees that have sustained his family for generations.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Ukraine: ‘Diplomatic momentum’ at risk amid large-scale Russian strikes
Large-scale attacks by Russia against civilians in Ukraine could see any hopes of a lasting peace deal there rapidly fade, a senior UN official said during an emergency session of the Security Council on Friday.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:‘Our livelihoods have been cut off,’ say West Bank farmers ahead of olive harvest
In the occupied West Bank village of Kufr Qaddum, *Yousef stands behind a sealed iron gate, cut off from the olive trees that have sustained his family for generations.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Push for peace in Ukraine could rapidly fade if large-scale Russian attacks continue
The UN Security Council met in emergency session in New York on Friday afternoon following overnight strikes early on Thursday by Russia on Ukrainian cities including the capital, which left at least 23 dead, including four children. Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča told ambassadors that diplomatic momentum towards a possible peace deal was “at risk of rapidly fading” if large-scale attacks by Moscow...
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Executions surge in Iran, nuclear test threat, Burkina Faso declares top official unwelcome
In Iran, the increase in executions carried out this year indicates that the death penalty is being used as a tool of State intimidation, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Friday.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Teachers are the ‘guardians of our future’, says UN deputy chief
In every corner of the world, educators are making choices that echo across generations – influencing everything from the preservation of forests to the writing of poetry, the building of bridges to the holding of peaceful elections.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Sudan: Guterres calls for ceasefire in El Fasher, deplores ‘relentless’ militia attacks
The UN Secretary-General appealed on Friday for an immediate ceasefire in and around the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher, where hundreds of thousands of civilians have been trapped for over a year.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Despite Taliban ban, over 90 per cent of Afghans support girls’ right to learn
Despite the ongoing ban on girls’ secondary education, more than 90 per cent of Afghan adults support girls’ right to be in class, according to a newalert from the UN’s gender equality agency, UN Women.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:The descent into ‘a massive famine’ in Gaza has begun, relief agencies warn
Amid reports of increased Israeli military operations across Gaza City on Friday, UN aid agencies repeated urgent warnings of ongoing famine and a likely rise in preventable disease, linked to the dire living conditions in the war-shattered enclave.
Published on: August 29, 2025 | Source:Over a billion people living with mental health conditions – services require urgent scale-up
More than 1 billion people are living with mental health disorders, according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO). The new findings published in two reports – World mental health today and Mental Health Atlas 2024 – highlight some areas of progress while exposing significant gaps in addressing mental health conditions worldwide.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:‘The people of Haiti are in a perfect storm of suffering,’ warns UN chief
State authority is crumbling across Haiti while gang violence engulfs the capital Port-au-Prince and beyond, “paralysing daily life and forcing families to flee,”UN Secretary-General António Guterrestold the Security Council on Thursday.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:Ukraine: Toddler among four children killed in Russia’s attacks on Kyiv
Russia’s latest deadly attacks on Ukrainian cities overnight including the capital, Kyiv, left four children dead and dozens injured, UN aid agencies reported on Thursday.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:World News In Brief: Iran sanctions, Yemen floods appeal, new SDG advocates
The United Nations confirmed on Thursday that France, Germany and the United Kingdom have initiated a process that could lead to the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme within the next 30 days.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Haiti ‘shamefully overlooked’, warns Guterres
Haitians are enduring a “perfect storm of suffering” the UN Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterrestold the Security Council on Thursday as gang violence continues to paralyse daily life across the island. Around1.3 million people – half of them children – have fled their homes and six million are relying on humanitarian assistance. Follow our live Meetings Coverage as the latest crisis debate unfolds.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:Sudan: A staggering 30 million are in need, as war grinds on
Humanitarians continue to push for more support for Sudan amid ongoing conflict, rising malnutrition and a cholera outbreak, a senior UN aid coordination official said on Thursday in New York.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:Security Council: UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon extended for a ‘final time’
The UN peacekeeping mission which patrols the so-called Blue Line of separation between Israel and Lebanon received the unanimous support of the Security Council on Thursday to extend through 31 December next year.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:Gaza death and destruction ‘without parallel in recent times’: Guterres
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza, greater humanitarian access and the release of all hostages, as the enclave faces yet another deadly escalation.
Published on: August 28, 2025 | Source:Sudan: ‘Devastating tragedy’ for children in El Fasher after 500 days of siege
After 500 days of siege, the city of El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur has become an epicentre of child suffering, with malnutrition, disease and violence claiming young lives every day, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.
Published on: August 27, 2025 | Source: