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FAO urges collective action for food security, climate and development challenges in Africa
Security Council Meets on Situation in Democratic Republic of Congo
New wealth of top 1% surges by over $52.4 trillion since 2015 – enough to end poverty 22 times over, as Oxfam…
Tobacco control efforts protect 6.1 billion people – WHO’s new report
A new special tribunal will investigate Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Will it be effective?
Making Waves: Olympic swimmer Bobson Mansaray brings his passion to the Bega Valley
Peace in Yemen ‘So Much More’ Than Threat Containment, Special Envoy Tells Security Council, Urging Support for Its People
PWDA Highlights From Day 3 At COSP18
UN Ocean Conference: Youth must drive transformation for aquatic foods to feed billions more people, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu says
Security Council to Vote on Resolution on Gaza
Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 21 May 2025
From a motorbike in war-torn Uganda to a doctor’s hat in Stockholm City Hall
As Criminal Court Prosecutor Accelerates Work, Libya Must Be Prepared to Carry Out Credible, Effective Proceedings at National Level, Delegate Tells Security Council
Yemen’s People ‘Need Aid, but They also Need Peace’, Says Under-Secretary-General, Urging Security Council Act to Ensure Respect for International Humanitarian Law
Security Council Extends Mandate of UN Mission in South Sudan for One Year, Adopting Resolution 2779 (2025) by Vote of 12 in…
Attacks Targeting Constitutional, Legal Order of Bosnia and Herzegovina Threat to Country’s Peace, Stability, Senior Official Warns Security Council
‘You Are Undermining Your Own Stability’ High Commissioner for Refugees Tells Security Council, Warning against Retrenching from Aid, Multilateralism
WHO issues new recommendations to end the rise in “medicalized” female genital mutilation and support survivors
Situation in Syria ‘Extremely Fragile’, UN Envoy Tells Security Council, Stressing Rule of Law, New Social Contract, Fair Elections Are Yet to Materialize
Eight Years On, Significant Obstacles Remain to Implementing Colombia’s Historic Peace Accord, Special Representative Tells Security Council, Warning of Resurging Violence
Ongoing Military Build-Up, Economic Crisis in Libya Reignite Concern over Potential Eruption of Violence in Capital, Special Representative Tells Security Council
Israel’s Actions ‘Threaten Syria’s Fragile Political Transition’, Senior Official Tells Security Council, Calling on All States to Respect Country’s Sovereignty
Worldwide rally for maternal and newborn health marks World Health Day 2025
Statement of the forty-first meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee
In “Era of Savage Cuts’, UN Aid Chief Urges Security Council to Provide Security, Resources for Saving as Many Survivors Possible of…
Ceasefire Monitoring ‘Can No Longer Be Just about Being Present’, Senior Official Tells Security Council, Noting New Capabilities for Real-Time Observation
Carinity Prison Chaplaincy Rewarding Sacrifice
Amid Record High Killing of Humanitarian Workers, Speakers Implore Security Council to Ensure Accountability for Attacks on Personnel in Conflict Zones
Motherland African Festival Rocks Liverpool
Amid Appalling Civilian Death Toll in Syria, Caretaker Authorities Must Signal ‘Era of Impunity’ Is Over, Special Envoy Tells Security Council
Security Council Examines Ways to Strengthen United Nations Peacekeeping against New Threats
How we revealed the life story of PG Tips chimp – written in her bones
Security Council Speakers Warn of ‘Gazafication’ of West Bank, Urge Israel to End Illegal Settlements, Occupation
Security Council Hears Renewed Ceasefire Appeals, as Israel Vows to Fight until Last Hostage Freed
Resumed Hostilities, Blocked Aid Destroying Ceasefire Gains in Gaza, Security Council Hears
Security Council Extends Mandate of United Nations Mission in Afghanistan, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2777 (2025)
Third meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024
Sexual Violence Used as Weapon of War in Sudan, Humanitarians Warn, Demanding Security Council Action
Amid Evolving Political Reality, Security Council Speakers Urge Breakthrough on Syria’s Chemical Weapons Compliance
With Yemen Poised for Renewed Conflict, Insufficient Aid and Environmental Crisis, Security Council Hears Political Process, Humanitarian Funding Urgently Needed
Amid ‘Hellscape’, Uptick in Violence in North Darfur, Senior Humanitarian Official Urges Security Council to Take Immediate Action to Protect Civilians in Sudan
Security Council Strongly Condemns Ongoing Offensives by M23 Rebel Movement in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2772 (2025)
Signs of ‘Historic Progress’ towards Peace Emerge, Central African Republic’s Delegate Tells Security Council, Requesting Donor Support for 2025 Elections
In Day-Long Security Council Debate, Speakers Offer Divergent Views on ‘New’ Global Order, Stress Need to Update Global Governance
Use Upcoming Tenth Anniversary of Minsk Accord’s Signing to Renew Diplomatic Efforts towards De-escalation in Ukraine, Assistant Secretary-General Urges Security Council
Security Council Renews Sudan Sanctions Panel, Adopting Resolution 2772 (2025) by 13 Votes in Favour, 2 Abstentions
WHO and Anesvad Foundation to extend collaboration on skin NTDs in sub-Saharan Africa
Briefing Security Council on Goma Attack, Senior UN Official in Democratic Republic of Congo Urges De-escalation to Avert ‘Third Congo War’