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Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained
Worrying alerts from United Nations staff in the Gaza Strip who have been fainting from hunger and exhaustion over the past 48 hours have increased fears for people’s survival in the devastated enclave, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
Published on: July 22, 2025 | Source:
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UN’s Guterres declares fossil fuel era fading; presses nations for new climate plans before COP30 summit
UN Secretary‑General António Guterres declared the world has “passed the point of no return” on the shift to renewables and implored governments to file sweeping new climate plans before November’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil, saying the fossil fuel era is nearing its end.
Published on: July 22, 2025 | Source:‘Perfect storm’ of global crises drove years of food price surges: FAO
The chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Máximo Torero Cullen, previewed its annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report in a briefing on Tuesday to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York.
Published on: July 22, 2025 | Source:WHO operations compromised following attacks on warehouse and facility sheltering staff and families in Deir al Balah, Gaza
WHO condemns in the strongest terms the attacks on a building housing WHO staff in Deir al Balah in Gaza, the mistreatment of those sheltering there, and the destruction of its main warehouse. Following intensified hostilities in Deir al Balah after the latest evacuation order issued by Israeli military, the WHO staff residence was attacked three times today. Staff and their families, including children, were exposed...
Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source:Effective partnerships can stop the next pandemic
“There will be another pandemic, and it will not be 100 years from now.”
Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source:Droughts are causing record devastation worldwide, UN-backed report reveals
Worldwide, some of the most widespread and damaging drought events in recorded history have occurred in recent years due to climate change and resource depletion.
Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source:‘Bet on youth’ to realise Africa’s digital potential, UN deputy chief says
Digital innovation and technology remain underfunded and underdeveloped across Africa, according to a report on Africa’s development which was discussed at the General Assembly on Monday.
Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source:Syria: Ongoing violence fuelling mass displacement in Sweida
Ongoing sectarian violence in Sweida, Syria has triggered mass displacement in the area as humanitarians attempt to deliver aid.
Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Guterres condemns killing of people seeking food as humanitarian conditions deteriorate
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is appalled by the accelerating breakdown of humanitarian conditions in Gaza, where the last lifelines keeping people alive are collapsing, his Spokesperson said on Monday.
Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source:Dreams amid the rubble: Gaza’s women speak of homes, loss and hungry children
Badriya collapses from hunger, Khadija dreams of her kitchen and Hiyam longs for her daughters’ laughter in the garden – these are the stories of three women from Gaza who embody the daily struggles of mothers exhausted by war, hunger and displacement as the nearly two-year-long conflict continues.
Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source:Salvaging SDGs still possible, but countries must act now: Guterres
Citing new global agreements on pandemic preparedness, ocean protection and development financing, UN Secretary‑General António Guterres said on Monday that recent “signs of momentum” show multilateralism can still deliver.
Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source:People dying from lack of aid every day in Gaza: WFP official
The hunger crisis in Gaza has reached new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row, a senior official with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday.
Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Houthi-Israel tensions, Sudan cholera cases rise, deadly attacks in Ukraine
As tensions between Houthi rebels in Yemen and Israel escalate, the UN Secretary-General is “deeply concerned” about the renewed airstrikes on Hudaydah Port conducted by Israel this Monday, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York.
Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source:Deadly floods show need for faster, wider warnings, UN agency says
From the Himalayas to rural Texas, deadly floods this month have killed hundreds and exposed dangerous gaps in early warning systems, the UN’s weather agency warned, linking the devastation to rapid urbanization, land-use change and a warming climate that traps more moisture in the atmosphere.
Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source:Terror and chaos for Gaza’s people now entering the ‘death phase’
After another deadly weekend in Gaza in which at least 67 Palestinians were reportedly killed seeking food, UN aid teams on Monday described “mayhem” and starvation in the enclave as the Israeli military pushed into Deir Al-Balah for the first time.
Published on: July 21, 2025 | Source:Doha agreement brings DR Congo government and M23 rebels a step closer to peace
An agreement signed by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Congo River Alliance/March 23 Movement (AFC/M23) has been hailed by the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (MONUSCO) as “an important step towards sustainable peace.”
Published on: July 20, 2025 | Source:Desks become beds as Haitian school shelters people displaced by violence
Gang violence in Haiti has displaced hundreds of thousands of people and many are finding shelter in former schools where belief in the power of education remains strong.
Published on: July 19, 2025 | Source:UN envoy urges Colombia to ‘stay the course’ as peace faces new strains
Colombia has changed profoundly since the 2016 peace deal, but uneven state presence, lingering armed groups and mounting political tensions threaten to erode confidence unless implementation accelerates, the top UN envoy for the country said on Friday.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:UN80 initiative should be ‘inclusive and transparent’, recognises General Assembly
The General Assembly on Friday adopted by consensus a resolution on the Secretary‑General’s UN80 Initiative to strengthen and streamline the United Nations system.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Humanitarians report more deaths, displacement and desperation in Gaza
The continued onslaught and mass deprivation of people in the Gaza Strip is becoming normalised, the UN aid coordination office OCHA warned on Friday.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Mandela’s legacy ‘is now our responsibility’, Guterres says on International Day
In honour of Nelson Mandela International Day on Friday, the United Nations is celebrating with a public service activity, a chamber music concert and a General Assembly meeting, where Secretary-General António Guterres presented the 2025 Mandela Prize.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:As war rages on in Ukraine, organised crime is taking new forms
Almost four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion, criminal groups in Ukraine are adapting their business models amid displacement, rising trafficking risks and an increased demand for synthetic drugs, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a report published on Friday.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Violence in Haiti, rising insecurity in DR Congo, expert panel on nuclear war
The UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA is stressing the need to scale up support for displaced families in Haiti amid ongoing insecurity and violence.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Aid cuts leave refugee agency unable to shelter six in 10 fleeing war in Sudan
Major cuts to aid budgets have already left people fleeing wars in Sudan and beyond without the assistance and protection they need, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR,said on Friday.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:On the road in war-torn Gaza
Mohammed Saad sits with others inside a homemade cart pulled by a car carrying several passengers, waiting to travel to Gaza City in one of the “uncomfortable and extremely expensive” means of transportation used to get around the Strip.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:‘You have to be able to rule your life’: The care revolution in Latin America
Globally, there are 12.5 billion hours of work that the world never pays for because it barely even sees these duties.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Syria crisis: Hundreds killed in ongoing violence, hospitals overwhelmed
Amid violent clashes in southern Syria’s Suweida governorate, a picture of grave human rights abuses and rising humanitarian needs is emerging by the hour, the UN said on Friday.
Published on: July 18, 2025 | Source:Indigenous youth meet trailblazers ahead of Nelson Mandela Day
A group of Indigenous youth from the United States, some as young as seven, visited the United Nations Headquarters in New York this week for the first time.
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:Guterres deplores Israeli strike on Gaza church
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the Israeli strike on Thursday that hit the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip.
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Emergency meeting on rising tensions in Syria
The Security Council met on Thursday afternoon for an emergency session on Syria after deadly violence in the south and a wave of Israeli airstrikes that reportedly hit military sites and key locations in Damascus. Khaled Khiari, a senior UN political affairs official briefed ambassadors, warning that renewed bloodshed could derail prospects for a credible, inclusive political transition and widen regional fault lines....
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:UN rights chief condemns recent killing of scores of civilians in Sudan
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk has deplored deadly attacks in Sudan’s Kordofan region this week, his office said in a statement on Thursday.
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:From crisis to classroom: How the UN supports education in conflict zones
From makeshift furniture in Gaza to metro classrooms in Ukraine and solar-powered tablets in Sudan, the UN is working to bring education to millions of crisis-affected children.
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:UN chief reports progress in Cyprus talks, urges swift implementation of trust measures
Reporting “constructive” discussions on Cyprus, UN Secretary‑General António Guterres announced on Thursday that four previously agreed trust‑building measures have been realized, technical work continues on two others, and the parties have agreed to expand cooperation on youth, environment, culture and civil society.
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:UN sounds alarm over Syria as sectarian clashes and Israeli strikes escalate
A surge in sectarian violence in southern Syria and Israeli airstrikes reaching central Damascus have pushed the war‑scarred country into a volatile juncture, a senior UN official said on Thursday, warning that renewed violence could shatter prospects for peace and fuel wider regional instability.
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Violence spurs displacement in Syria, Israeli military moves in Lebanon, mall fire kills dozens in Iraq
The UN humanitarian office (OCHA) reported mass displacement in Suweida, Syria, after five days of sectarian violence between Bedouin tribal fighters, government forces and Druze militias.
Published on: July 17, 2025 | Source: