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Iran-Israel crisis: UN rights office appeals for urgent de-escalation
As the Iran-Israel crisis continued into a sixth day on Wednesday, the UN deputy human rights chief Nada Al-Nashif called for urgent talks to end the ongoing missile attacks between Tehran and Tel Aviv.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:
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‘Smart grid’ helps accelerate energy transition in Indonesia
Renewable energy plants are being built across Indonesia, but for their electricity to reach consumers, a modernization of the electricity grid is necessary.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Ahead of UN summit, countries finalise landmark ‘Compromiso de Sevilla’
UN Member States have reached agreement on the outcome document for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, to be formally adopted at an upcoming summit in Sevilla, Spain – though without the participation of the United States, which withdrew from the negotiations and announced it will not attend the conference.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Make midwives universally accessible and save millions of lives, WHO urges
Almost 4.5 million maternal, stillborn and newborn deaths were recorded in 2023. What if there was a clear path to saving 83 percent of these people? To saving 3.7 million mothers, unborn children and babies annually?
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:UN rights office ‘horrified’ by deadly violence at Gaza food distribution sites
As the pall of starvation hangs over Gaza, UN agencies have sounded the alarm over deadly violence at food distribution points, where over 400 Palestinians have reportedly been killed in recent weeks while trying to access desperately needed humanitarian aid.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Power of football inspires team effort towards development goals
The power of football to inspire fans to take positive action for a healthier planet and a fairer society is taking centre stage at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan – a world fair focused on building a sustainable global future.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:UN relief chief calls for solidarity, with humanitarians ‘literally under attack’
With the humanitarian sector “under-funded, overstretched, and literally under attack” as crises continue in Gaza, Sudan and beyond, international support is needed more than ever, the UN’s top aid official said on Wednesday in Geneva.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Civilian deaths in conflict are surging, warns UN human rights office
Civilian deaths in conflict surged by 40 per cent last year, according to new data released by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) with already marginalised groups facing disproportionate levels of discrimination.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Human Rights Council hears alarming updates on executions in Iran and global civic space crackdown
On the third day of the 59th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the spotlight turned to reports on rising executions in Iran and the increasing repression of civic space around the world amid a wave of elections.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:More Gazans killed trying to get food, healthcare near to ‘full disaster’
Gaza’s health system is at breaking point, overwhelmed time and again by scores of people killed or injured near aid distribution sites, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:‘Syria simply cannot withstand another wave of instability,’ Security Council hears
A senior UN official has warned against the impact of regional escalation on Syria as the country continues on the path to political transition following the overthrow of the Assad regime last December and nearly 14 years of devastating civil war.
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:Afghan women face near total social, economic and political exclusion
In the past decade, the UN has bemoaned the chronically low level of participation by Afghan women and girls in decision-making bodies and in secondary and higher education.
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:UN condemns deadly Russian strikes on Ukrainian capital as civilian toll mounts
At least 14 civilians were reportedly killed and more than 100 injured in Kyiv overnight into Tuesday, as Russian drone and missile strikes struck multiple Ukrainian cities in one of the heaviest nights of bombing in months.
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:Israeli actions in Palestinian territories constitute war crimes, Human Rights Council hears
The ongoing crises in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Sudan are in the spotlight this week at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva.
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:‘Hate speech is poison in the well of society,’ says Guterres
Hate speech is a warning sign and a driver of violence, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said ahead ofWednesday’s International Day for Countering Hate Speech.
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:WHO calls for global expansion of midwifery models of care
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released new guidance to help countries adopt and expand midwifery models of care - where midwives serve as the main care provider for women and babies throughout pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period.
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:The WHO Hub in Berlin: driving innovation to make the world safer from health threats
Building on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin leverages innovative tools and collaborations for more effective disease surveillance worldwide. Just over three years after its inauguration, the Hub now supports over 150 countries in detecting health threats more effectively and rapidly. The Hub’s latest annual report highlights the growing impact of...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:DR Congo: Human rights violations could amount to war crimes, UN experts say
In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwandan-backed rebels, Congolese troops, and allied militias have all committed human rights abuses, some possibly amounting to war crimes, the UNHigh Commissioner for Human Rights said in Geneva on Monday.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Guterres to launch life-saving campaign strengthening mine action worldwide
The UN Secretary-General is set to launch a global campaign to boost support for disarmament and mine action.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:From Himalayan melt to drowning shores, children lead the climate fight
From the high Himalayas down to sea level, climate change is no longer a distant threat for children in Nepal and the Maldives – it is a daily struggle: landslides tear through mountain villages washing away homes and farms, while rising seas surge over island shorelines, threatening to swallow entire communities.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:UNHCR forced to make deep cuts, despite rising needs worldwide
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced on Monday that it is cutting global staffing costs by around 30 per cent, following a comprehensive review of its activities, spending, staffing and structure, prompted by major funding shortfalls.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Without urgent funding, global hunger hotspots are set to grow, UN warns
Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people have fled to neighbouring South Sudan, seeking refuge from escalating violence that has displaced 12.4 million people and plunged over half the Sudanese population into food insecurity.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Brutal cuts mean brutal choices warns UN relief chief, launching ‘survival appeal’
Facing the most severe funding shortfall in the history of humanitarian aid, UN relief chief Tom Fletcher on Monday announced a “hyper-prioritised” appeal for $29 billion to meet urgent global needs.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Live updates for 16 June
After a weekend of massive strikes and counter-strikes between Tel Aviv and Tehran, the UN's human rights chief, Volker Türk on Monday condemned the violence and echoed wider calls for a negotiated end to the attacks. Meanwhile in Gaza, aid workers report that mobile communications networks continue to be cut in the shattered enclave. We'll be covering these developments and more across the UN system and beyond today,...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:‘Behind each crisis, people are suffering,’ Türk tells Human Rights Council
Eighty years after the United Nations was established to end war, uphold fundamental human rights and promote justice and international law, those founding principles are increasingly under threat, the UN’s human rights chief warned on Monday.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Spain strengthens global health leadership with increased support to WHO
The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today signed a new agreement and contribution of 5.25million to support key WHO initiatives.“Spain has long been a close and steadfast partner to WHO and global health," said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. "We thank Spain for its increased flexible funding of our work, in doing so helping...
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Societies grappling with a ‘silent but growing’ prison crisis
Prisons have become a fragile link in many criminal justice systems, weakened by over-incarceration, overcrowding, poor conditions and chronic neglect – fuelling calls for urgent reform.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Haiti, Sudan war sees exodus to Chad, food trade optimism
Escalating gang violence in Haiti has displaced a record 1.3 million people, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Shaping a better world at Expo 2025 in Japan
How can we build a fairer, more peaceful world while safeguarding the planet? That’s the powerful question at the heart of the United Nations Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Security Council meets in emergency session over Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikes
Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities mark a dangerous new escalation in the Middle East, a top UN official told the Security Council during an emergency session convened on Friday.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Humanitarians must be able to deliver aid in Gaza, UN agencies insist
UN agencies on Friday continue to stress they must be allowed to deliver aid in the Gaza Strip as famine looms and a telecommunications blackout threatens lifesaving operations.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments
Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity as the Third UN Ocean Conference drew to a close. Moments earlier, more than 170 countries had adopted by consensus a sweeping political declaration promising urgent action to protect the ocean.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:DR Congo crisis: Aid teams appeal for support to help displaced communities left with nothing
As diplomatic efforts continue to end fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN development agency (UNDP) issued an appeal on Friday on behalf of people uprooted by the violence to help them rebuild their lives and livelihoods.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Israel-Iran crisis: UN chief urges calm after overnight strikes
Secretary-General António Guterres condemned Israeli strikes in Iran late Thursday evening, urging ‘maximum restraint’ from Member States. The head of the UN-backed atomic watchdog also highlighted the risk of a wider conflict.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ as Air India crash claims lives of over 200 on board
A London-bound Air India jet carrying 242 people crashed moments after take-off from Ahmedabad on Thursday, reportedly killing more than 200 on board, with dozens still unaccounted for.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source: