Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register UN News for InfoPages here.
UN News - Latest News [Page 100]
Youth Digital Engagement Crucial For Achieving SDGs: Guterres
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 8:53 am | UN News
As the world celebrates International Youth Day on Monday, the UN chief is emphasising the importance of empowerment and equality for young people to reach the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). More >>
UN Rights Experts Call For An End To Post-Election Repression In Venezuela
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 8:17 am | UN News
The Venezuelan Government must immediately end escalating repression that has come in the wake of the disputed presidential election last month, a UN Human Rights Council-appointed body investigating alleged rights abuses there said on Monday. More >>
UN Migration Agency Steps Up Support To Families Affected By Deadly Yemen Floods
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 8:10 am | UN News
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is ramping up emergency operations in Yemen to support thousands of families affected by relentless rains and catastrophic flooding that has wreaked havoc across the country. More >>
Youth Jobless Rate Falls To 15-year Low, Says UN Labour Agency
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 7:50 am | UN News
The number of young people unemployed globally is at a 15-year low but countries in Asia, the Pacific region and Arab States - and women in particular - “are not seeing the benefits” of this post-COVID economic recovery, the UN labour agency ... More >>
Gaza: Clean Water Crisis Adds To New Displacement Misery, Say Aid Teams
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 7:35 am | UN News
Amid further evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military in Gaza, UN humanitarians issued a fresh warning on Monday over the dire sanitary emergency there and the urgent need for a mass polio vaccination campaign in the embattled enclave. More >>
‘Protect Civilians’ Amid Clashes In Famine-stricken El Fasher, Sudan: UN Chief
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 4:30 am | UN News
Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep alarm at the evolving situation in El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan, where fierce fighting in the famine-stricken area has been reported, his deputy spokesperson said late Sunday. More >>
First Person: Stitching Together A Future Following Deadly Siege
Monday, 12 August 2024, 12:33 pm | UN News
A woman who fled her home following a terrorist attack on a city on the Filipino island of Mindanao in 2017 is pinning her future on sewing and selling bags as part of a close-knit women’s cooperative, supported by the UN Development Programme ... More >>
Indigenous Day Celebrates ‘Guardians Of The Environment’
Monday, 12 August 2024, 8:24 am | UN News
As countries celebrate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Friday, the theme of " Protecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact” is in the spotlight at the United Nations. More >>
UN Rights Chief ‘Shocked And Appalled’ By Israeli Minister’s Comment On Starving Gazans To Death
Monday, 12 August 2024, 8:16 am | UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Friday for the Israeli authorities to monitor senior officials whose public statements on the Gaza conflict may promote war crimes. More >>
Sudan’s Displaced Millions Face Escalating Hardship Amid War And Floods
Monday, 12 August 2024, 8:11 am | UN News
Millions of displaced people in Sudan, already suffering from the devastating impact of a nearly 16-month-long war, are now grappling with worsening conditions due to heavy seasonal rains and flooding, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ... More >>
Five Things To Know About This Year’s Indigenous Peoples Day
Sunday, 11 August 2024, 7:51 pm | UN News
The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is marked annually on 9 August. This year’s theme is Protecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation and initial contact. More >>
‘Another Day Of Horror’: UN Rights Office Condemns Israeli Strikes At Gazan School
Sunday, 11 August 2024, 5:48 am | UN News
The UN Human Rights Office condemned on Saturday the increasing frequency of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) strikes on schools, where hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced Palestinians have sought shelter, with the latest attacks killing dozens ... More >>
World News In Brief: Ukraine Attacks Condemned, New Cybercrime Treaty, ‘Alarmingly High’ Executions In Iran
Saturday, 10 August 2024, 6:28 pm | UN News
The outgoing UN senior humanitarian official in Ukraine condemned a deadly Russian attack on Friday that killed and injured dozens in the eastern town of Kostiantynivka, in the Donetsk region. More >>
Evacuation Orders This Week Affect Thousands In North And South Gaza
Saturday, 10 August 2024, 5:04 pm | UN News
At least 60,000 Palestinians have moved towards western Khan Younis in Gaza in the past 72 hours following three evacuation orders this week, the UN and humanitarian partners reported on Friday. More >>
UNICEF Warns Against Escalating Violence In The Middle East
Friday, 9 August 2024, 11:44 am | UN News
The recent surge in violence and attacks in the Middle East is taking a shocking toll on young lives in the region, a senior official with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday in an appeal for de-escalation. More >>
WHO On Alert As Mpox Cases Surge To Unprecedented Levels In Africa
Friday, 9 August 2024, 11:41 am | UN News
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday raised the response to the mpox outbreak in over a dozen African countries to the highest level, mobilizing efforts across the agency. More >>
Gaza: Thousands On The Run Again Following New Evacuation Order
Friday, 9 August 2024, 11:36 am | UN News
Thousands of people in Gaza have been fleeing west toward Al Mawasi after the Israel military issued a new evacuation order on Thursday, UN humanitarian partners on the ground have reported. More >>
UN Rights Chief ‘Deeply Troubled’ By Dissolution Of Thailand’s Move Forward Party
Friday, 9 August 2024, 10:56 am | UN News
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Thursday that a decision of the Constitutional Court in Thailand to dissolve the country’s largest political party was deeply troubling and that it undermined democratic processes and restricted ... More >>
Upcoming Elections In Cameroon Mark A ‘Key Opportunity’ To Commit To Human Rights: UN Human Rights Chief
Friday, 9 August 2024, 10:50 am | UN News
Despite obstacles, Cameroon maintains immense potential to foster social change and promote civic engagement in their upcoming 2025 and 2026 elections, stressed the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday at the end of a two-day ... More >>
UN Counter-Terrorism Chief Highlights Da’esh Surge, Calling For Global Action
Friday, 9 August 2024, 10:41 am | UN News
Islamic State (ISIL/Da’esh) and its affiliates have expanded their activities and finances in several parts of Africa, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, resulting in a major spike in attacks and civilian fatalities, a senior UN counter-terrorism official ... More >>
