Latest U.N. News

UN experts condemn destruction of judicial infrastructure, call for protection of justice operators: Israel/Gaza
Türk urges all States to act over crises in Gaza, West Bank
UN Committee urges end to ethnic violence and hate speech, calls for immediate ceasefire: Sudan
Israel and Iran must de-escalate conflict to protect human rights, warn UN experts
Have New Zealanders really been ‘misled’ about AUKUS, or is involvement now a foregone conclusion?
UN expert on the right to healthy environment to visit the Maldives
Türk conducts official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
One year on, Türk warns of further escalation: Sudan conflict
UN experts deplore use of purported AI to commit ‘domicide’ in Gaza, call for reparative approach to rebuilding: Gaza
UKRAINE: March the most dangerous month for children since last July
Australian Prime Minister Radio interview – ABC Radio National
A year of suffering for Sudanese women and girls
UN torture prevention body to visit Albania
Challenging harmful masculinities and engaging men and boys in sexual and reproductive health
Hobart joins Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Youth Climate Action Fund
The politics of recognition: Australia and the question of Palestinian statehood
Navigating an unstable global environment
UN expert on freedom of peaceful assembly and association to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina
UN Committee against Torture to review Austria, Honduras, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia and Finland
Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to hold its third session (16-19 April)
As conflict enters its second year, UN Fact-Finding Mission says warring parties must halt fighting, protect civilians, allow free flow of aid: Sudan
UN experts alarmed by lack of protection for minority girls from forced religious conversions and forced marriage: Pakistan
More than 250 humanitarian and human rights organisations call to stop arms transfers to Israel, Palestinian armed groups
Israel accused of using AI to target thousands in Gaza, as killer algorithms outpace international law
Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds announces Hobart joins Bloomberg Philanthropi
Australian Prime Minister Television interview – Today Show
Time is running out for international action to protect civilians and prevent atrocity crimes in Rafah, as UN Security Council resolution is ignored
Missed opportunity but NZ will surely one day recognise the right to a sustainable environment
Former NZ PM Helen Clark: ‘Raise issues, never give up.’
UN expert on rights of people with albinism to visit Lesotho
UN torture prevention body to revisit Honduras
Pacific and Gaza focus of UN talks
Massive investment is needed in sustainable infrastructure to build climate change resilience
CIFAL Victoria Promoting Understanding of the Landscape of SDGs Impact
World must act to halt Gaza catastrophe – Peters
Four nations combine in maritime first
Facing enormous pressure at home and abroad, how much longer can Israel continue its war in Gaza?
Gazan doctors forced to choose which children to save
Wyndham’s Young Person Of Month 8 April
Australia-Japan-Philippines-United States Maritime Cooperative Activity
ANU Chancellor Julie Bishop appointed UN special envoy            
UN expert on situation of human rights defenders to visit Brazil
UN expert urges Chile to prioritise cultural rights
Nukes in space: a bad idea in the 1960s – an even worse one now
Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk ahead of the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to review Mexico, San Marino, Albania, Qatar and Moldova
UN expert on international solidarity to visit Denmark and Greenland
Vital need to ensure humanitarian aid and protect humanitarian workers: Occupied Palestinian Territory/Israel