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โOur kids cry for foodโ: Most Gaza families survive on one meal a day
Most families in the Gaza Strip are surviving on one meal a day and one-third go entire days without eating as a result of Israelโs continued bombardment of the enclave, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and partners.
Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source:
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Millions remain invisible โ but Asia-Pacific leaders pledge change by 2030
More than a decade after Asian and Pacific nations launched a campaign to ensure every life is counted, millions across the region still remain โinvisibleโ โ born, living, and dying without formal recognition.
Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source:UN rights office sounds the alarm over forced displacement in the West Bank
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are increasingly being subjected to forced displacement and land seizures, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, reported on Thursday.
Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source:Ukraine: Increasing hostilities displace civilians, limit humanitarian access
Deadly hostilities continued along the front-line regions of Ukraine on Wednesday, displacing civilians and damaging civilian infrastructure, the UN has reported.
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:DR Congo: Conflict survivors โhave been through hell,โ says UN aid chief
The conflict-impacted people of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) urgently need much more international assistance than they are getting today, the UNโs top aid official said on Thursday.
Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source:Eighty years on, UN Charter marked by reflection, resolve โ and a run
It wasnโt an average Thursday morning in Manhattan. In the early hours, UN diplomats (and UN News) hit the streets in their sneakers โ from Times Square to East River โ following a route that traced the shape of โUN@80โ.
Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source:Energy access has improved, yet international financial support still needed to boost progress and address disparities
Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2025 finds that almost 92% of the worldโs population now has basic access to electricity. Although this is an improvement since 2022, which saw the number of people without basic access decrease for the first time in a decade, over 666 million people remain without access, indicating that the current rate is insufficient to reach universal access by 2030. Clean cooking access...
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:โFuel for Gaza is a matter of life and death,โ UN warns
The rapid depletion of the remaining fuel stocks in the Gaza Strip is threatening efforts to keep critical lifelines up and running, the UN reported on Wednesday.
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:UN rights mission condemns civilian toll in deadly missile strikes on Ukraine
Dozens of civilians โ including children and school staff โ were killed or wounded in Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities this week, in what UN human rights monitors described as a โforeseeableโ tragedy caused by strikes on populated areas.
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:$1 towards a girlโs education = $3 for the global economy: That's how development works
Helping those with less isnโt charity โ itโs a shared investment in a better future. Yet global development financing is under strain. An upcoming UN conference in Sevilla, Spain, aims to change that by mobilizing large-scale investment for a more just and sustainable world.
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:Sevilla conference on development financing shows optimism for multilateralism
Itโs been 10 years since the Addis Ababa Action Agenda was established to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the worldโs roadmap for ending poverty, protecting the planet and tackling inequalities.
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:Iran: Return to inspections top priority for UN nuclear agency
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Wednesday that his โnumber one priorityโ is for its inspectors to return to Iranโs nuclear sites to evaluate damage caused by recent bombing and to verify stockpiles of highly enriched uranium.
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:โA moral failureโ: Security Council hears about grave violations against children caught in war
When Sila, a young woman from Idlib in Syria, was three years old, she woke up to missiles falling around her, forcing her and her family to flee their home.
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:Energy access has improved, but more funding is needed to address disparities: WHO
Although nearly 92 per cent of the global population now has basic access to electricity, more than 666 million people still live without it, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to urge greater financial support for renewable energy.
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:Responsibility to Protect: An unfulfilled promise, a ray of hope
The UN Secretary-General has warned that the world today is failing to protect civilians from mass atrocity crimes, calling for a renewed global commitment to the Responsibility to Protect โ a principle adopted two decades ago that remains, in his words, โa moral imperativeโ and โan unfulfilled promise.โ
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:UN urges renewed diplomacy on Iran nuclear deal, hails Tehran-Tel Aviv ceasefire as โsignificant achievementโ
A fragile ceasefire brokered by the United States between Iran and Israel appears to be holding, marking a tentative halt to a dangerous regional escalation that included airstrikes, retaliatory missile attacks and mounting civilian casualties.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:Resettlement changed her life. Now sheโs fighting for others to have the same chance
Once a teenager without legal status or access to education in Afghanistan, Madiha Ali Changezi is now speaking out as a living example of what refugee resettlement can achieve.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:โStill reelingโ: Myanmar quakes worsen humanitarian crisis in fractured country
Nearly three months after Myanmarโs strongest earthquake in a century, more than six million people remain in urgent need of assistance, as the disaster compounds a humanitarian crisis driven by years of conflict, political turmoil and mass displacement.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Political Affairs chief hails Iran-Israel ceasefire as โsignificant achievementโ
The Security Council met Tuesday in New York over the future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action put in place in 2015 to prevent Iran from weaponising its ambitious nuclear programme, which has been in effective limbo since the US withdrawal in 2018 and Iranโs rejection of parts of the deal. UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo described the US-brokered ceasefire overnight between Israel and Iran as a โ...
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Tรผrk speaks out on sexual violence, Brazil floods update, Nicaraguan human rights violations
Gender-based violence is rising - especially in conflict โ something which is a โshameless repudiation of the basic rules of warfare,โ according to the UN human rights chiefVolker Tรผrk.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Over 400 Palestinians killed around private aid hubs, UN rights office says
At least 410 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military while trying to fetch from controversial new aid hubs in Gaza โ a likely war crime โ the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:Aftermath of Tripoli clashes puts Libyaโs fragile stability to the test
Libya once again stands at a critical juncture in its political transition, after armed clashes erupted in Tripoli last month, further destabilising the country, the UN Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:What time is it on the Moon? Itโs all relativeโฆ
Telling the time on the Moon is more complicated than you might think, but answering the question is becoming more important amid a resurgent interest in lunar exploration. The UN is helping to ensure the Moon is governed in a coordinated and peaceful way, and agreeing on a time zone is a central element of international discussions.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:Power to the people; funding community-led development in Somalia
A story of grassroots persistence in Somalia could serve as a powerful reminder of the impact of innovative financing mechanisms as the international community meets in Spain to discuss how to fund global sustainable development.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:Guterres urges Iran and Israel to โfully respectโ ceasefire
The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday welcomed the ceasefire announcement between Iran and Israel which was announced on social media overnight by US President Donald Trump.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:Bold new initiative aims to strengthen and improve the UN, senior officials tell Member States
Member States heard on Tuesday how the UN is progressing with a new plan to ensure the world body remains effective, cost-efficient and responsive to the billions of people it serves.
Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source:Tobacco control efforts protect 6.1 billion people โ WHOโs new report
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2025 at the World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin, warning that action is needed to maintain and accelerate progress in tobacco control as rising industry interference challenges tobacco policies and control efforts.The report focuses on the six proven WHO MPOWER tobacco control measures to reduce tobacco use, which...
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Bearing the brunt of war: UNICEF chief meets some of Sudanโs 700,000 child refugees crossing into Chad
Since fighting erupted in Sudan in April 2023, more than two million children have been displaced by the brutal war between rival militaries there.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Human Rights Council hears concerns over displacement, genocide risks and migrant trafficking
On day six of the59th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, the Council heard urgent updates on rising internal displacement driven by organised crime, escalating genocide risks and the trafficking of women in the domestic work sector.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:80 years later, the UN Charter is a โliving miracle,โ Secretary-General says
In front of a multimedia exhibit at United Nations Headquarters entitled โReviving the Spirit of San Francisco,โ Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres welcomed home the UN Charter which was signed in 1945 in the Californian city.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Guterres condemns Iran attack on US airbase in Qatar
UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres is โdeeply alarmedโ by the further escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, his Spokesperson said in a statement on Monday.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:UN80 Initiative: What it is โ and why it matters to the world
In a world grappling with growing crises, deepening inequalities, and eroding trust in global institutions, the United Nations has launched an ambitious effort to strengthen how it serves people everywhere. The UN80 Initiative, unveiled in March by Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres, is a system-wide push to streamline operations, sharpen impact, and reaffirm the UNโs relevance for a rapidly changing world.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Asia is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world
In April 2024, China broke the average temperature record that month. The following month, it was the same - and then again in August. And September. And November.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source:Tobacco control efforts protect three-quarters of the worldโs population, WHO report finds
Tobacco use still claims over seven million lives a year, the World Health Organization warned on Monday, calling for greater efforts to limit its use amid rising interference from the global tobacco industry.
Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source: