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Cold, Displaced And In Darkness, Ukrainian Civilians Brace For Another Winter Of War
Wednesday, 3 December 2025, 1:57 pm | UN News
As Ukraine enters its fourth winter under full-scale invasion, millions of civilians face renewed hardship from relentless attacks, widespread power outages and freezing temperatures that are straining an already exhausted population. More >>
UN Chief Warns Unpaid Dues Near $1.6 Billion, As Budget Cuts Deepen
Wednesday, 3 December 2025, 11:24 am | UN News
With nearly $1.6 billion in unpaid dues, the UN Secretary-General warned on Monday that chronic late payments are hampering the world body’s ability to function, even as sweeping cuts move forward through the General Assembly’s main budget committee. More >>
‘Every Step A Struggle:’ Nigerian Woman With Disabilities Leads Push For Dignity And Inclusion
Tuesday, 2 December 2025, 1:06 pm | UN News
A woman living with disabilities in a camp for displaced people in Nigeria is demonstrating why it is essential that people like her are included in society and how dignity can be protected even in the harshest places. More >>
Gaza: UN Reports Expanded Winterisation Efforts As Cold Weather Intensifies
Tuesday, 2 December 2025, 9:59 am | UN News
The UN says humanitarian partners in Gaza are scaling up winterisation efforts as cold weather and heavy rain continue to impact displaced Palestinians. More >>
WHO Backs Wider Use Of Weight-Loss Medicines, Calling Obesity A Chronic Disease
Tuesday, 2 December 2025, 9:45 am | UN News
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its first guideline on the use of a new class of weight-loss medicines, marking a significant shift in global health policy as obesity rates continue to rise. More >>
Landmine Casualties Hit Four-Year High As Treaty Setbacks Deepen
Tuesday, 2 December 2025, 9:27 am | UN News
Civilian deaths and injuries from landmines and explosive remnants of war have risen to their highest level in four years, according to the Landmine Monitor 2025 report launched in Geneva on Monday. More >>
World News In Brief: Children Hit By HIV Funding Gaps, Risks To Pakistan’s Courts, Minority Exclusion
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 8:06 pm | UN News
Children and adolescents living with HIV continue to be left behind in access to early diagnosis, life-saving treatment and care, as shrinking funding threatens to reverse decades of progress. More >>
UN Warns Myanmar’s Planned Elections Will Deepen Repression And Instability
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 8:04 pm | UN News
Myanmar’s planned late-December elections are unfolding in what UN rights officials describe as an atmosphere of fear, violence and deep political repression. More >>
Global Measles Cases Surge As 30 Million Children Miss Vaccines, UN Health Agency Warns
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 8:02 pm | UN News
Measles deaths have dropped by 88 per cent since 2000 – yet an estimated 95,000 people, mostly children, still died from the virus last year, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday. More >>
UN Rights Office Condemns ‘Apparent Summary Execution’ Of Two Men In The West Bank
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 8:00 pm | UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR said on Friday that it was “appalled” by the “brazen killing” of two Palestinian men by Israeli border police in the West Bank, describing it as “an apparent summary execution.” More >>
Sudan: UN’s Gradual Move Back To Khartoum ‘An Important Step’
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 6:14 pm | UN News
The UN Country Team in Sudan met in Khartoum on Monday – the first time it has convened in the capital sinceconflicterupted in April 2023. More >>
UN Rights Chief: AI Misuse And Corporate Influence Present ‘Clear And Present’ Challenge
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 6:12 pm | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, says major companies and fast-moving technologies are creating new challenges for tackling rights abuses – and that governments and businesses need to step up. More >>
Peacebuilding Fund Hits $1 Billion Milestone Amid Funding Gap
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 6:10 pm | UN News
The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund on Wednesday announced a major milestone, with the approval of more than $1 billion in support to global peacebuilding and conflict-prevention initiatives since 2020. More >>
Global HIV Response Facing Worst Setback In Decades, UNAIDS Warns
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 6:08 pm | UN News
The global response to HIV is facing its most serious setback in decades, UNAIDS warned on Tuesday, as abrupt funding cuts and a deteriorating human rights environment disrupt prevention and treatment services across dozens of countries. More >>
Nigeria: Hundreds Abducted In The North As Insurgent Attacks Rise
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 6:04 pm | UN News
Authorities in Nigeria are being urged to investigate the wave of abductions in the West African country, where attacks by insurgent groups are increasing. More >>
Violence Against Women: UN Sheds Light On Global Femicide Crisis, Digital Abuse
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 5:59 pm | UN News
For three years, thousands of angry messages poured into American actress Azie Tesfai’s phone from a man she’d never seen nor met. More >>
Africa And Europe Can Shape A Fairer Global System
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 5:57 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General says the world is shifting fast towards a multipolar system – where power is spread across several regions instead of concentrated in one or two. More >>
Gaza Facing Worst Economic Collapse Ever Recorded, UN Trade Agency Warns
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 5:54 pm | UN News
The OPT is now in its deepest economic crisis ever recorded, with Gaza suffering an “unprecedented and catastrophic” collapse, according to a new report from the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) presented in Geneva. More >>
Mass Displacement, Trafficking Fears Deepen Crisis In Sudan’s El Fasher
Friday, 28 November 2025, 11:50 am | UN News
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s El Fasher remains dire as mass displacement accelerates and aid access stays restricted, amid warnings of widespread trafficking, sexual violence and the recruitment of children. More >>
Over 600 Million Children Exposed To Violence At Home, UNICEF Warns
Wednesday, 26 November 2025, 3:06 pm | UN News
More than one in four children globally – around 610 million – live with mothers who have experienced physical, emotional or sexual abuse by an intimate partner in the past year, making violence a part of their everyday lives, according to new data. More >>
