Latest United Nations News

National Children’s Commissioner condemns new Victorian bail laws as a backward step for rights and wellbeing of children
AFPA Celebrates United Nations International Day Of Forests, 21 March 2025
Separated by decades, connected by Korea
Alliance of NSW organisations calls for Inquiry into a Human Rights Act for NSW
Latvia joins the OECD Development Assistance Committee
Multicultural Communities Council Of South Australia
New Youth Advisory Council on International Climate Change appointed
As the rescued astronauts return, space law is still in orbit over who’s responsible when missions go wrong
Laws governing space are 50 years old. New ones are needed to prevent it becoming a ‘wild west’
Why Canada must treat its food system as a matter of national defence
NZ has no dedicated database to track losses from weather disasters – without it, we’re planning in the dark
Security Council Extends Mandate of United Nations Mission in Afghanistan, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2777 (2025)
FAO urges bold and urgent action to safeguard plant health as global body convenes in Rome
Third meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024
The spread of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza calls for stepped up action, FAO says
UNDP and UNITAR launch Initiative to Strengthen Capacities for Sound Management of PCBs and uPOPs in The Gambia
Harmony Week highlights humanity’s best after severe weather events 
ACU, UN to collaborate on International Day for Judicial Wellbeing
Statement on US Government intervention in Australia-US research collaboration
Australian Human Rights Commission observes International Day to Combat Islamophobia
Civil society and youth leaders engage with United Nations experts to push forward for gender equality
Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attack in Pakistan
Adverse climatic conditions drive coffee prices to highest level in years
Government tramples on the rights of disabled migrant children
UN Commission approves WHO recommendations to place psychoactive substances under international control
Ugbaad symbolizes hope: Somalia looks to boost climate resilient agriculture with new project
Working together to bring change – Generation Equality partnerships are poised to push for progress for ALL women and girls 
Frank, in-depth discussion as Belgium and WHO map ahead priorities for collaboration
Lexus Presents the World Premiere of the New “RZ”
Premiere of New Toyota C-HR+, bZ4X, and Lexus RZ in Europe
UNITAR Prosperity Alliance Chengdu Centre Launched to Advance Sustainable Development
Australian Chief Plant Protection Officer (ACPPO) key activities March to May 2025
Why conspiracy theories and misinformation spread in the long wait for Cyclone Alfred
After mass killings in Syria, can a fragmented country stay united?
SYRIA: More than 180 children killed or injured by explosive remnants of war in three months as thousands return home
Health-care workers should not be a target. In Gaza, their detention and death affect the entire population
Taliban Must Uphold International Obligations, Restore Women’s ‘Non-negotiable’ Rights, Security Council Told
Quantum technologies are changing our world – what does NZ need to be part of the next revolution?
New SDG indicator on Minimum Dietary Diversity adopted by UN Statistical Commission
Autonomous Bougainville Government, Bougainville Copper Limited and Rio Tinto hold first roundtable to address Panguna Mine Legacy
Deputy Prime Minister to visit the United States
IJM Welcomes Thailand Modern Slavery Conference 2025
Harlem Globetrotters named FAO Global Goodwill Ambassadors
NZ’s glaciers have already lost nearly a third of their ice – as more vanishes, landscapes and lives change
Labor is promising a national food security strategy – but there’s no mention of Australians who are going hungry
International Women’s Day 2025: What does it mean to women and girls with disability?
Many pregnancy-related complications going undetected and untreated – WHO
Three stories of women at AV this International Women’s Day