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Half of womenโs organizations in crisis zones risk closure within six months
Womenโs organisations operating in crisis settings are being pushed to the brink by widespread funding cuts. In a report published on Tuesday, UN Women โ the UN agency for gender equality โ warned that 47 per cent of these groups may be forced to close within the next six months.
Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source:
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โStop the 21st century atrocityโ in Gaza, Fletcher urges UN Security Council
No aid has entered Gaza for more than 10 weeks and every single one of the 2.1 million people there faces famine conditions, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said on Tuesday in a briefing to the Security Council in New York.
Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source:GAZA LIVE: โHumanity, the law and reason must prevailโ in Gaza, UN relief chief tells Security Council
The Security Council met in New York to discuss the horror unfolding in Gaza, where humanitarians warn of โa critical risk of famineโ and aid shipments have been blocked by Israel for over 70 days. UN relief chief Tom Fletcher briefed the Security Council, asking ambassadors if they will finally act decisively "to prevent genocide" and ensure respect for international law. He also called on Hamas to release all...
Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source:People in Gaza starving, sick and dying as aid blockade continues
The risk of famine in Gaza is increasing with the deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid, including food, in the ongoing blockade. The entire 2.1 million population of Gaza is facing prolonged food shortages, with nearly half a million people in a catastrophic situation of hunger, acute malnutrition, starvation, illness and death. This is one of the worldโs worst hunger crises, unfolding in real time.Thelatest food...
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:WHO Results Report 2024 shows health progress across regions overcoming critical challenges
The World Health Organization (WHO)Results Report 2024, shows progress on global health goals, even in times of growing financial uncertainties.The report, released ahead of theSeventy-eight World Health Assembly (19โ27 May 2025), presents a mid-term assessment of WHOโs performance in implementing the Programme budget 2024โ2025, providing a snapshot of progress towards the strategic priorities of the Thirteenth General...
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Climate change takes increasingly extreme toll on African countries
Devastating floods in South Sudan in recent months left thousands of herders without their most precious possessions: goats, cows and cattle. The animals are central to peopleโs lives and age-old customs including marriage and cultural traditions. All risk being swept away or scorched by the ravages of climate change.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Guterres hails hostage release, renews ceasefire call
UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres welcomed the release of a hostage held in Gaza on Monday and renewed his call for a permanent ceasefire and greater humanitarian access to the war-torn enclave.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Starvation looms for one in five people, say food security experts
Gazans remain at โcritical risk of famine,โ UN-backedfood security experts warned on Monday, a full 19 months since war began with Israel and 70 days since deliveries stopped of all aid and commercial supplies.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Sudan aid update, child migrant deaths at sea, nursing shortages, invasive pest scourge
The UN expressed deep concern on Monday over the impact of ongoing drone attacks on civilian infrastructure across Sudan.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:UN chief calls for major reforms to cut costs and improve efficiency
Amid financial strain and growing global challenges, UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres is pushing for wide-ranging structural reforms to enhance the world bodyโs effectiveness.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:UN migration agency helping migrants in the US return home voluntarily
The United States has asked the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to assist undocumented migrants who choose to return to their home countries.
Published on: May 12, 2025 | Source:Nursing workforce grows, but inequities threaten global health goals
The global nursing workforce has grown from 27.9million in 2018 to 29.8million in 2023, but wide disparities in the availability of nurses remain across regions and countries, according to the State of the Worldโs Nursing 2025 report, published by the World Health Organization (WHO), International Council of Nurses (ICN) and partners. Inequities in the global nursing workforce leave many of the worldโs population...
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Field of Dreams: Football Breathes Life into Yemenโs Camps
Every summer in Maโrib, Yemen, a place marked by loss and uncertainty, a football tournament offers a rare kind of hope. For hundreds of displaced youth living across more than a dozen sites, itโs a chance to unite, to belong, and to dream.
Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source:Guterres welcomes India-Pakistan ceasefire
Following pronouncements of an end to hostilities between India and Pakistan, neighbouring nuclear powers, the UN Secretary-General, Antรณnio Guterres, said that the organisation stands ready to support efforts aimed at promoting peace and stability in the region.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:โWe can do betterโ for pedestrian and cyclist safety worldwide
A cycling network expanded from 70 kilometres to over 400 kilometres in Fortaleza, Brazil. A project to create a bike lane in every street of Paris. And the longest pedestrian and cycle tunnel in the world, in the Norwegian coastal city of Bergen.
Published on: May 10, 2025 | Source:Haiti: Displaced families grapple with death โfrom the insideโ and out
Shattered by her husbandโs death during the rising tide of gang violence in Haiti last year, Christiana and her six children fled 223 kilometres from their hometown to the city of Mirebalais, where her six-year-old daughter, Leineda, began treatment for malnutrition.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:UNFPA calls on US to reconsider ban on future funding
The United Statesโ decision to halt future funding to the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, will slash critical health services for women and girls worldwide, the agency warned on Friday.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:More than 50 million in West and Central Africa at risk of hunger
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that millions of people in West and Central Africa are facing record hunger as conflict, displacement, economic hardship and repeated extreme weather push the region towards a major crisis.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Gaza: UN agencies reject Israeli plan to use aid as โbaitโ
Israelโs plan to take control of relief assistance in Gaza would put civilian lives in danger and cause mass displacement while using aid as โbaitโ, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Costa Ricaโs refugee lifeline at breaking point amid funding crisis
Costa Ricaโs long-standing commitment to protecting refugees is under threat as severe funding cuts cripple support for surging numbers of Nicaraguan asylum seekers, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: โMassiveโ needs in Sudan, DR Congo aid shortfall, support for Congolese refugees and Angola cholera relief
UN humanitarian teams have completed a mission to the Sudanese town of Tawila to provide life-saving assistance for civilians recently displaced by intensifying violence in North Darfur state.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:UN warns copper shortage risks slowing global energy and technology shift
A looming global copper shortage could stall the worldโs transition to clean energy and digital technologies unless smarter trade and investment strategies are adopted, the UNโs trade and development body, UNCTAD, has warned.
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:WHO and Medicines Patent Pool announce sublicensing agreement for rapid diagnostic test technology
The World Health Organization (WHO) and Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) have today announced a sublicensing agreement between MPP and a Nigerian health technology company โ Codix Bio โ to start development and manufacturing of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) using technology transferred from global in-vitro diagnostics company โ SD Biosensor (SDB). This agreement will contribute to advancing equitable access to vital...
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Safer walking and cycling crucial for road safety and better health
As the 8th UN Global Road Safety Week kicks off around the world under the theme โMake walking and cycling safe,โ the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new toolkit to help governments promote active mobility โ by making it safer.Each year, nearly 1.2million people lose their lives on the roads, more than a quarter of them while walking or cycling. Yet, only 0.2% of the roads worldwide are equipped with...
Published on: May 09, 2025 | Source:Guterres welcomes election of Pope Leo โat a time of great global challengesโ
UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres welcomed the announcement of a new Pope on Thursday.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:UNRWA condemns โstormingโ of schools in East Jerusalem
The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has strongly condemned the forced entry by Israeli security forces into three of its schools in occupied East Jerusalem, describing it as a violation of childrenโs right to education and safety.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: South Sudan urged to avoid slide to war, Tรผrk calls on EU not to weaken landmark law, Ukraine and Mali updates
The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) together with the African Union mission there, and other key bodies collectively known as the Quartet, have raised the alarm over rising violence and political instability in South Sudan.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:โShe cries in her sleepโ: Deeper crisis looms beneath devastation from Myanmar quake
Anestimated 3,800 people have died as a result of the devastating earthquakes that struck Myanmar on 28 March. Six weeks on, the situation in Myanmar remains dire, with whole communities still traumatised and vulnerable.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:UN rights body rules Guatemala failed displaced Mayan Peoples
The UN Human Rights Committee has found that Guatemala did not follow through on promises to resettle and compensate Mayan Peoples who remain forcibly displaced.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:UN Security Council extends South Sudan mission amid rising instability
The Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for another year, as the worldโs youngest nation teeters on the brink of renewed conflict.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Port Sudan: No let-up in drone attacks as UN chief urges peace
Amid reports that renewed drone strikes on a key Sudanese aid hub were thwarted late Wednesday, UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres added his voice to increasingly urgent calls for serious peace negotiations to end more than two years of war in Sudan.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:DPR Korea ploughing ahead with nuclear and ballistic missile programme
A top UN official has warned that the Democratic Peopleโs Republic of Korea (DPRK) is ramping up its nuclear and missile programme in defiance of international law, as it moves into the final year of its military plan.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Absent faces, destroyed homes โ young students paint the pain of Gaza
Students displaced by the war in Gaza have been channeling their anguish into art in psychosocial support sessions provided by the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:DR Congo aid operation reaches Beni with food supplies for thousands
A UN food convoy has successfully delivered vital supplies to support tens of thousands of displaced people affected by escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to humanitarian teams on the ground.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Port Sudan: Aid officials call for greater protection as drone attacks continue
The UN has renewed its call to end the brutal conflict in Sudan after a surge in drone strikes, including in Port Sudan โ the vital hub and lifeline for humanitarian aid.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source: