AvatarUnited NationsAvatarAvatar10 hours agoWorld News in Brief: Russia vetoes DPR Korea sanctions resolution, children under fire in Sudan, drought plagues MalawiUnited NationsA United States resolution to extend the mandate of an expert panel which monitors sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) …
AvatarUnited NationsAvatarAvatar11 hours agoBold action needed now to address ‘cataclysmic’ situation in HaitiUnited NationsImmediate and bold action is required to tackle the “cataclysmic” situation in Haiti, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report issued on …
AvatarUnited NationsAvatarAvatar11 hours agoHealth system ‘barely surviving’ as OCHA calls for Gaza aid restrictions to endUnited NationsGaza’s health system is ‘barely surviving’ after more than five months of Israeli bombardment, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) …
AvatarUnited NationsAvatarAvatar15 hours agoGaza: World court issues fresh measures for Israel as crisis deepensUnited NationsThe International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday issued new provisional measures for Israel as the humanitarian situation in bombarded and …
AvatarUnited NationsAvatarAvatar15 hours agoNew $1.4 billion plan to support South Sudanese refugeesUnited NationsThe UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners on Thursday appealed for $1.4 billion this year to support more than two million South Sudanese refugees …
AvatarUnited NationsAvatarAvatar12 hours agoRussia: Rights experts condemn continued imprisonment of Evan GershkovichUnited NationsRussia must immediately release American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained without evidence for a year, two UN human rights experts …
AvatarUnited NationsAvatarAvatar1 day agoFirst Person: ‘We had to avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets’ in DarfurUnited NationsA former UN staff member who worked for a decade in Sudan’s Darfur region for the African Union-United Nations mission, UNAMID, has told UN News how …
AvatarUnited NationsAvatarAvatar1 day agoStories from the UN Archive: A seminal moment for youth climate actionUnited Nations“What you do makes me cry at night,” 13-year-old Severn Cullis-Suzuki told the 1992 Earth Summit in Brazil in a message that resonates today as the …
AvatarUnited NationsAvatarAvatar1 day agoWorld News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in SomaliaUnited NationsThe UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine said on Wednesday that she was “shocked and appalled by the horrifying reports” of civilians, including …
AvatarUnited NationsAvatarAvatar1 day agoGaza war: ‘Direct hits’ on more than 200 schools since Israeli bombing beganUnited NationsThe intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza in response to Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel has included “direct hits” on 212 schools in the enclave, …
AvatarUnited NationsAvatarAvatar1 day agoDR Congo mission chief says humanitarian disaster ‘unfolding before our very eyes’United NationsInsecurity in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has worsened since the end of recent elections, UN Special Representative …
AvatarUnited NationsAvatarAvatar1 day agoWith 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to wasteUnited NationsWhile a third of humanity faces food insecurity, an equivalent of one billion meals go to waste every day, a new report by the UN environment agency …