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‘We Won’t Stop’: Afghan Women Keep Businesses Alive Despite Sweeping Rights Abuses
Saturday, 20 December 2025, 8:16 pm | UN News
In Afghanistan, where sweeping restrictions have pushed most women out of public life, thousands are refusing to give up on work. More >>
What Do Singing And Hiking Have To Do With Human Rights?
Saturday, 20 December 2025, 8:14 pm | UN News
From a walk in the woods, to spending time with family in the comfort of home, human rights are a lot more than sentences on paper. More >>
UN Seeks $1 Billion For ‘First-Responder Fund’ In Emergencies
Saturday, 20 December 2025, 8:12 pm | UN News
Countries rallied at UN Headquarters to shore up a key humanitarian fund that provides timely assistance for millions worldwide when conflict and climate-related disasters strike. More >>
Global Atrocity Risks Rising, Warns New UN Adviser On Genocide Prevention
Saturday, 20 December 2025, 8:10 pm | UN News
The world is witnessing an alarming erosion of respect for international law, with conflicts increasingly targeting civilians and heightening the risk of atrocity crimes, warns the UN’s newly appointed Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. More >>
A Fragile Peace, A Harsh Winter: Gaza’s Families Struggle To Rebuild
Saturday, 20 December 2025, 7:11 pm | UN News
Nearly two months after the latest ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on 10 October, a fragile calm has brought much-needed relief to families who have endured unimaginable suffering and repeated displacement. More >>
Israeli Raids And Settler Attacks Deepen Humanitarian Crisis In West Bank
Saturday, 20 December 2025, 6:53 pm | UN News
A spike in Israeli military raids and settler violence across the occupied West Bank is driving new displacement, shutting schools and disrupting essential services for tens of thousands of Palestinian. More >>
Syria: Effort To Buttress Human Rights Since Assad’s Fall, ‘Only The Beginning Of What Needs To Be Done’
Saturday, 20 December 2025, 6:51 pm | UN News
Summary executions and other violations continue in Syria nearly a year after the fall of the Assad regime. More >>
‘The System Has Failed’: Giles Duley’s Mission To Reframe Disability In War
Saturday, 20 December 2025, 6:46 pm | UN News
The first UN Global Advocate for Persons with Disabilities in Conflict and Peacebuilding Situations, Giles Duley, said he felt he had failed in his core mission. More importantly, he added, the system itself has failed. More >>
Amid Sudan’s Unimaginable Crisis, Its People Endure With Hope
Saturday, 20 December 2025, 6:41 pm | UN News
Fighting erupted between rival militaries in April 2023 following a breakdown in the transition to civilian rule, following the overthrow of longtime former President Omar al-Bashir four years earlier. The army of Sudan’s military government has ... More >>
Sudan: Kordofan Cannot Become ‘Another El Fasher,’ Türk Warns
Saturday, 20 December 2025, 5:49 pm | UN News
The violence has also triggered mass displacement, with over 45,000 people fleeing to safety within or outside the region. More >>
Food Insecurity Triples, Mozambique Aid Boost, Uganda Elections Alert
Saturday, 20 December 2025, 5:40 pm | UN News
Around 80 per cent of people facing acute food insecurity live in rural areas, relying on farming, herding, fishing or forestry. More >>
Syria’s Humanitarian Needs Remain High Despite Reduced Violence, UN Warns
Friday, 19 December 2025, 8:35 am | UN News
Humanitarian needs in Syria remain immense despite a year of reduced violence and political change, with millions still displaced, basic services strained and funding shortfalls threatening aid operations, senior UN officials said on Thursday. More >>
Ex-UN Chief Ban Warns Security Council Risks Irrelevance Without Reform
Tuesday, 16 December 2025, 9:19 am | UN News
Gathered around the Security Council’s iconic horseshoe table, ambassadors were challenged to look backwards–when, despite deep rivalry & distrust, the body chose leaders capable of steering the world away from catastrophe towards active cooperation. More >>
Dialogue Is ‘Not Naïve – It’s Necessary’ As Global Divisions Deepen, UN Riyadh Forum Hears
Monday, 15 December 2025, 6:02 pm | UN News
The 11th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations opened in Riyadh on Sunday with a blunt message for a world riven by distrust: dialogue is not a luxury – it’s a survival strategy. More >>
Guterres Condemns Deadly Attack On Hannukah Celebration In Sydney
Monday, 15 December 2025, 8:38 am | UN News
My heart is with the Jewish community worldwide on this first day of Hannukah, a festival celebrating the miracle of peace and light vanquishing darkness, António Guterrese wrote. More >>
Venezuela’s National Guard Linked To Killings, Torture And Repression, UN Probe Finds
Friday, 12 December 2025, 1:42 pm | UN News
Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) has been implicated in a decade-long pattern of killings, arbitrary detentions, torture and sexual violence targeting protesters and opponents of President Nicolás Maduro, according to a new report. More >>
Hurricane Melissa: WFP Calls For Greater Investment In Preparedness, Building Resilience
Friday, 12 December 2025, 11:58 am | UN News
More than a month after Hurricane Melissa slammed the Caribbean, devastated communities still require assistance, the regional director for the World Food Programme (WFP) told journalists at UN Headquarters on Thursday. More >>
Syria: Hope Emerges Amid Ongoing Human Rights Challenges
Friday, 12 December 2025, 11:17 am | UN News
For the first time in the country’s history, Syrians are preparing to publicly mark Human Rights Day next week, signalling a “new chapter” in their engagement with the authorities, and a cautiously optimistic moment for millions seeking change. More >>
Global Campaign Reveals How Human Rights ‘Are The Basis Of Our Existence’
Thursday, 11 December 2025, 9:27 am | UN News
To commemorate this year’s Human Rights Day, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, invited members of the public to write in their most cherished values and everyday essentials. More >>
Five Climate Trailblazers: UNEP’S 2025 Champions Of The Earth
Thursday, 11 December 2025, 9:24 am | UN News
Global temperatures rises are projected to surpass 1.5°C (2.7°F) within the next decade, underscoring the urgency of the climate crisis. More >>
