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The disability royal commission laid bare violence, abuse and neglect. Three years on, what’s changed?
‘Lives hang in the balance’: Rich countries must fill woefully inadequate climate funds at Pre-COP
UN expert concerned about legal proceedings and threats against Dora Moutot: France
UN expert on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions to visit The Gambia
Mangrove restoration is becoming big business, but benefits don’t always reach local people
Checkpoints in the occupied West Bank choking Palestinian life, warns UN expert
World Forest Week: FAO urges greater investment and action for the world’s dryland forests
Mozambique needs integrated human rights vision for climate resilience and international cooperation to avoid fossil fuel lock-in, says UN expert
First UN International Coffee Day celebrates the people behind every cup
FAO Food Price Index rises in September amid weather concerns and transport disruptions
Middle East escalation could leave 11.7 million more women and girls facing food insecurity by end-2026
Middle East escalation threatens food security for an additional 11.7 million women and girls by the end of 2026
In a year of record-breaking heat, Australia and Pacific leaders meet to sharpen climate goals
Press Conference by Security Council President on Work Programme for October
For rural women in Liberia, digital and economic empowerment go hand-in-hand
UN Child Rights Committee publishes findings on Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Uganda and Tanzania
UN Decade of Healthy Ageing midpoint report finds progress, calls for greater investment
Senior leaders learn how to future-proof businesses and economies through UNITAR-Oxford programme
UN expert urges Malaysian Government to stop repatriation of Myanmar nationals, deplores Myanmar military’s latest airstrikes targeting civilians
Children’s Week Free Family Fun
We need better care policies. But where do we start?
Women searchers for disappeared persons face brutal violence while world endeavours to recognise them, warn UN experts: Mexico
UN experts call for immediate release of lawyers Mazari-Hazir and Chattha: Pakistan
UN experts warn of racialised treatment in migration
Double success as Griffith leaps 24 places in World Rankings and secures Australia’s top nursing program
Commitments Must Yield Tangible Progress in Democratic Republic of Congo, Special Representative Tells Security Council
Türk deplores deadly strikes at busy Rakhine market: Myanmar
Reducing food loss and waste to protect forests and transform agrifood systems
Colombia – Türk welcomes landmark restorative justice steps involving former FARC leaders and army officers
Sales, Production, and Export Results for August 2026
FAO Committee on Forestry: Director-General urges better integration of forests into food security and development policies
Colombia landmark restorative justice steps
Human Rights Experts: US migration externalization scheme mires over 35 other states, triggering cascade of human rights violations including torture
AI companies could learn safety lessons from the history of nuclear weapons
UN experts call for stronger protection for child victims of sexual violence and protective parents: France
FAO report: Restoring forests and landscapes is critical to meeting global food security and development goals
Free And Open Seas Matter To South Australia
Türk alarmed by civilian impact of hostilities, urges de-escalation: Ethiopia
World leaders renew commitment to protect the world from future pandemics
UN Human Rights updates list of companies involved in Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory
Governments, civil society, and private sector call for coordinated action to end technology-facilitated violence against women and girls
UN Special Rapporteur on cultural rights to visit Zimbabwe
A century after the Slavery Convention, millions still await freedom
UN Women launches the Digital, Innovation and AI Hub dedicated exclusively to gender equality
UN Special Rapporteur on racism to visit Canada
Health as a tool for peace and conflict resolution highlighted in new declaration
Special Rapporteur on the right to housing to visit Ghana
Sudan: FAO launches nationwide livestock vaccination campaign to protect food security and livelihoods amid conflict