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50 years of CITES: Protecting wildlife from trade-driven extinction
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) marks 50 years since it entered into force on Tuesday, celebrating five decades of protecting endangered wildlife from overexploitation through international trade.
Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source:
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โThe margins of the budgetโ: Gender equality in developing countries underfunded by $420 billion annually
Developing countries currently face a staggering $420 billion annual gap in the funding needed to achieve gender equality, UN Women estimates. This gap means that programmes and services for women and girls are chronically underfunded.
Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source:General Assembly approves $5.4 billion UN peacekeeping budget for 2025-2026
The General Assembly on Monday approved a $5.38 billion budget for UN peacekeeping operations for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, down slightly from the previous year, as delegates wrapped up weeks of negotiations amid warnings about persistent funding challenges.
Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source:Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality
Spain and Brazil have launched a joint initiative to promote higher tax contributions from the super-rich worldwide, aimed at tackling soaring inequality by ensuring those with the most pay their fair share.
Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source:Sudan: UN warns of soaring displacement and looming floods
UN humanitarians on Tuesday sounded the alarm over worsening humanitarian conditions in Sudan, as escalating violence continues to displace civilians and the rising risk of severe flooding during the current rainy season.
Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Families deprived of the means for survival, humanitarians warn
The United Nations on Tuesday reported that humanitarian operations in Gaza are facing escalating strain, as ongoing fuel shortages, access restrictions and military activity continue to undermine aid delivery and essential services.
Published on: July 01, 2025 | Source:Suriname certified malaria-free by WHO
Today, Suriname became the first country in the Amazon region to receive malaria-free certification from the World Health Organization (WHO). This historic milestone follows nearly 70 years of commitment by the government and people of Suriname to eliminate the disease across its vast rainforests and diverse communities.โWHO congratulates Suriname on this remarkable achievement,โ said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO...
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:Gaza: โUnbearableโ suffering continues, UN official tells Security Council
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is deepening at an alarming rate, a senior United Nations official warned on Monday, as Israeli military operations and attacks on civilians seeking aid continue to exact a devastating toll on lives and infrastructure.
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:Afghanistan: Surging returns from Iran overwhelm fragile support systems, UN agencies warn
More than 700,000 Afghan migrants have returned from Iran so far this year, including 256,000 in June alone, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday, warning of immense pressures on Afghanistanโs overstretched support systems.
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:Gaza: UN urges Israel to allow fuel into Strip
The crisis in Gaza is worsening, UN humanitarians warned on Monday, as ongoing hostilities and access restrictions drive displaced communities deeper into despair.
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:Human rights can be a โstrong lever for progressโ in climate change, says UN rights chief
The UNโs top rights official on Monday urged the international community to confront the growing human rights implications of climate change.
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:Itโs time to finance our future and โchange courseโ, Guterres tells world leaders in Sevilla
โWeโre here in Sevilla to change course,โ the UN chief told world leaders on Monday, calling on them to grasp a once-in-a-decade opportunity to close a $4 trillion financing gap facing developing countries to meet sustainable development goals โ and build a better world for all.
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:Every hour, 100 people die of loneliness-related causes, UN health agency reports
One in six people are affected by loneliness, with significant implications for health and well-being, according to a new report from the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:Funding shortages threaten relief for millions of Sudanese refugees: WFP
Critical shortfalls in global humanitarian funding now threaten millions of Sudanese refugees fleeing war to seek refuge in neighbouring countries, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday.
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:Report reveals significant rise in civilian casualties and rights violations in Ukraine
Civilian casualties and violations in Ukraine have significantly escalated in recent months, including a sharp rise in often deadly drone attacks, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Monday.
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:After the big development pledges in Sevilla, UN says action starts now
Now the big promises have been formally adopted in the Spanish city of Sevilla to turbocharge financing for sustainable development, how are the ambitious goals going to be met โ and how quickly?
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:LIVE: World leaders in Sevilla launch ambitious push to finance the future
From rising debt and shrinking investment, to the aid funding crisis and struggles to meet ambitious development goals, the global financial system is failing the people it's supposed to serve: fixing that is the challenge facing world leaders gathered in Spain's sweltering southern jewel of Sevilla this week, as the UN's 4th International Conference on Financing for Development gets underway. Follow our live Meetings...
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:Social connection linked to improved health and reduced risk of early death
The World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Connection has released its global report revealing that 1 in 6 people worldwide is affected by loneliness, with significant impacts on health and well-being. Loneliness is linked to an estimated 100 deaths every hourโmore than 871 000 deaths annually. Strong social connections can lead to better health and longer life, the report says.โIn this Report, we pull...
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:DR Congo: New initiative to eliminate HIV in children โa beacon of hopeโ
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched a bold new national initiative aimed at eliminating AIDS among children by 2030 โ a move hailed by the United Nations as โa beacon of hopeโ amid growing global funding constraints.
Published on: June 29, 2025 | Source:Tide of change in Philippines as women revive watersheds and livelihoods
In the coastal town of Sasmuan, Philippines, life flows with the riverโs tide. At dawn, slender boats glide through calm waters as fishing nets are cast beneath the warming sky.
Published on: June 28, 2025 | Source:Faith in finance: Indonesia's innovative path to sustainable development
Indonesia has been putting its faith in innovative approaches to financing to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the internationally agreed targets to end poverty, hunger and inequality, fight climate change and preserve the planet.
Published on: June 28, 2025 | Source:Guterres welcomes peace deal between DR Congo and Rwanda
UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres has welcomed the peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda signed on Friday in the United States capital, Washington, DC.
Published on: June 28, 2025 | Source:โGlobal solidarity benefits us allโ: Spain makes the case for development funding
Funding cuts to international development have cast a pall over a major UN-led international conference set to address the huge challenges faced by countries in the Global South. Despite this sobering backdrop, Eva Granados, Spanish Secretary of State for International Cooperation, insists that global solidarity is still alive, despite indications to the contrary.
Published on: June 28, 2025 | Source:WHO Scientific advisory group issues report on origins of COVID-19
The WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), a panel of 27 independent, international, multidisciplinary experts, today published its report on the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:New UN report charts path out of debt crisis threatening global development
A decade after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), development is facing serious headwinds โ including what UN officials describe as a โsilent crisisโ of surging debt service payments in low-income countries.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Short-range drone attacks deepen crisis on Ukrainian frontlines
Attacks with short-range drones killed at least 395 civilians and injured 2,635 between February 2022 โ the start of Russiaโs full-scale invasion of Ukraine โ and April 2025, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission (HRMMU) has reported.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Sudan: โFighting shows no signs of abating,โ senior UN official tells Security Council
Three years into the conflict in Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) continue to pursue a military solution, violating international law and the rights of civilians in the process.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:DR Congo: Despite efforts towards a political solution, violence still rages in the east
As the Foreign Ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a draft peace agreement in Washington this Friday, tensions and violence continue to grip eastern DRC.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Myanmar human rights crisis deepens as aid collapses, attacks intensify
Myanmar is spiralling deeper into humanitarian catastrophe, the UNโs top human rights official warned on Friday, as escalating military attacks, crippling aid restrictions and collapsing international support push millions toward starvation and despair.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Guterres calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire as humanitarian crisis reaches โhorrific proportionsโ
UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Friday reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, warning that the humanitarian crisis has reached โhorrific proportionsโ and that the world must not let the suffering of Palestinians be overshadowed by other regional conflicts.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Health system crumbles amid growing desperation over food, fuel
The first delivery earlier this week of urgently needed medical goods to enter Gaza in months will provide scant relief to the enclaveโs people, who continue to be shot and killed in their search for food, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Syria: UN commission hails recent action to address past violations
The interim authorities in Syria have taken important steps in recent weeks to address past violations, the Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the country said on Friday in an update to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Lacroix upholds role of UN Peacekeeping in Lebanon and Syria
The head of UN Peacekeeping affirmed the critical role played by the โblue helmetsโ in Lebanon and Syria during a press conference at Headquarters in New York on Friday.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Despite the fall of Assad, the illicit drug trade in Syria is far from over
When Bashar Al-Assad ruled Syria, his regime was widely accused of profiting from the production and trafficking of Captagon, an illicit synthetic drug that is most commonly abused by users in the Middle East.
Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source:UN calls for restraint after deadly Kenya protests
The UN is monitoring the situation in Kenya in the wake of deadly antigovernment protests on Wednesday.
Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source: