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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanEvery 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:
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Human rights can be a ‘strong lever for progress’ in climate change, says UN rights chief
The UN’s 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: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: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 Afghanistan’s overstretched support systems.
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:It’s time to finance our future and ‘change course’, Guterres tells world leaders in Sevilla
“We’re here in Sevilla to change course,” 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 – and build a better world for all.
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 hour—more than 871 000 deaths annually. Strong social connections can lead to better health and longer life, the report says.“In this Report, we pull...
Published on: June 30, 2025 | Source:DR Congo: New initiative to eliminate HIV in children ‘a beacon of hope’
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched a bold new national initiative aimed at eliminating AIDS among children by 2030 – a move hailed by the United Nations as “a beacon of hope” 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 river’s tide. At dawn, slender boats glide through calm waters as fishing nets are cast beneath the warming sky.
Published on: June 28, 2025 | Source:Guterres welcomes peace deal between DR Congo and Rwanda
UN Secretary-General António 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: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:‘Global solidarity benefits us all’: 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:Guterres calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire as humanitarian crisis reaches ‘horrific proportions’
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, warning that the humanitarian crisis has reached “horrific proportions” and that the world must not let the suffering of Palestinians be overshadowed by other regional conflicts.
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 “blue helmets” in Lebanon and Syria during a press conference at Headquarters in New York on Friday.
Published on: June 27, 2025 | Source:Sudan: ‘Fighting shows no signs of abating,’ 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: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 – the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine – and April 2025, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission (HRMMU) has reported.
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: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 – including what UN officials describe as a “silent crisis” of surging debt service payments in low-income countries.
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: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 enclave’s 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:Myanmar human rights crisis deepens as aid collapses, attacks intensify
Myanmar is spiralling deeper into humanitarian catastrophe, the UN’s 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: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:Eighty years on, UN Charter marked by reflection, resolve – and a run
It wasn’t an average Thursday morning in Manhattan. In the early hours, UN diplomats (and UN News) hit the streets in their sneakers – from Times Square to East River – following a route that traced the shape of “UN@80”.
Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source:DR Congo: Conflict survivors ‘have been through hell,’ 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 UN’s top aid official said 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:Millions remain invisible – 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 “invisible” – born, living, and dying without formal recognition.
Published on: June 26, 2025 | Source:‘Our kids cry for food’: 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 Israel’s continued bombardment of the enclave, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and partners.
Published on: June 26, 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:Upcoming elections ‘crucial opportunity’ for Central African Republic, UN top official tells Security Council
As the Central African Republic (CAR) prepares for upcoming elections, the country continues to grapple with a fragile security and humanitarian context, the UN Security Council heard on Thursday.
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: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 world’s 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: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 – a principle adopted two decades ago that remains, in his words, “a moral imperative” and “an unfulfilled promise.”
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 “number one priority” is for its inspectors to return to Iran’s nuclear sites to evaluate damage caused by recent bombing and to verify stockpiles of highly enriched uranium.
Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source:$1 towards a girl’s education = $3 for the global economy: That's how development works
Helping those with less isn’t charity – it’s 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: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: