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UN Chief Urges World Leaders To Drive Down Global Warming

Tuesday, 11 November 2025, 5:51 pm | UN News

As world leaders gather in Brazil for the COP30 climate summit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday called for urgent action to drive down global temperatures and keep the 1.5°C goal within reach. More >>

Gazans Continue Heading Home As ‘Fragile Ceasefire’ Holds

Tuesday, 11 November 2025, 9:27 am | UN News

A month into the ceasefire in Gaza, families continue to slowly head back to their former homes and communities wherever access is allowed, the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on Monday. More >>

Sudan War And Political Uncertainty Block Progress On Abyei Peace Talks

Monday, 10 November 2025, 10:02 am | UN News

The UN is ready to support Sudan and South Sudan in resuming talks on the disputed Abyei border region, the Security Council heard on Wednesday. More >>

Mind Over Machine: UN Urges Ethical Guardrails For Brain Tech Revolution

Monday, 10 November 2025, 9:29 am | UN News

As wearable devices begin to tap into our mental states, UN experts warn that without ethical safeguards, the right to freedom of thought could be the latest casualty of unchecked innovation. More >>

World’s Forests At Serious Risk From Warming Planet, Fires And Pests

Monday, 10 November 2025, 9:25 am | UN News

Decades of progress in protecting the planet’s carbon dioxide-busting forests are at risk as the climate crisis continues to accelerate, UN forestry experts said on Wednesday. More >>

Potential Gaza Stabilization Force Must Have Security Council Approval: Guterres

Monday, 10 November 2025, 8:58 am | UN News

Any transition in Gaza must uphold unity with the West Bank and a two-State solution between Israelis and Palestinians, the UN Secretary-General said in Doha on Tuesday. More >>

New Brazil-Led Fund Aims To Put Forest Protection At The Heart Of Climate Action

Friday, 7 November 2025, 3:53 pm | UN News

Tropical forests, vital allies in the fight against climate breakdown, are vanishing at an alarming rate. On Thursday, in a bid to help reverse this trend, Brazil launched a new initiative at a summit of world leaders in Belém, gateway to the Amazon More >>

Genocide Prevention Expert Raises Alarm Over Alleged Sudan Atrocity Crimes

Friday, 7 November 2025, 1:52 pm | UN News

The UN Special Adviser on genocide prevention has raised concerns over widespread allegations of war crimes committed in Sudan’s El Fasher last month, and plans to meet his African Union counterpart on Friday to discuss a coordinated response. More >>

Nearly A Third Of Jamaica’s Annual Wealth Wiped Out By Hurricane Meliss

Friday, 7 November 2025, 1:42 pm | UN News

Around 1.5 million Jamaicans have been impacted by Hurricane Melissa – the worst climate disaster in the Caribbean nation’s history, said the top UN development official in the region on Thursday. More >>

Catch-Up Immunisation Campaign ‘A Lifeline’ For Gaza’s Children

Thursday, 6 November 2025, 9:32 am | UN News

A campaign for routine immunisation, nutrition, and growth monitoring will be launched in the Gaza Strip this week with the goal of reaching 44,000 children cut off from essential life-saving services due to the devastating conflict. More >>

Doha Social Summit: Path To Fairer Societies Begins In The Classroom

Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 3:46 pm | UN News

Education took centre stage on the opening day of the Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha, where leaders, educators and youth advocates underscored that learning is the foundation of inclusive and resilient societies. More >>

Doha: World Summit Opens With Pledge To Speed Social Progress

Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 2:48 pm | UN News

The Second World Summit for Social Development opened in Doha on Tuesday with the adoption of Doha Political Declaration – a consensus pledge to accelerate action on poverty eradication, decent work & social inclusion & to put the SDGs back on ... More >>

Nearly 6 Million People In The Caribbean Impacted By Hurricane Melissa

Tuesday, 4 November 2025, 11:33 am | UN News

Some six million people have been affected by the category five hurricane which swept across the Caribbean last week, prompting UN agencies to scale up relief operations to safeguard livelihoods and reduce further losses. More >>

Surviving The Next Pandemic Could Depend On Where You Live

Tuesday, 4 November 2025, 9:56 am | UN News

A new global report warns that inequality is increasing the world’s vulnerability to pandemics, making them more deadly, more costly and longer lasting – and where you live, could determine how badly impacted you are. More >>

FAO Warns Of ‘Silent Crisis’ As Land Degradation Threatens Billions

Tuesday, 4 November 2025, 8:36 am | UN News

Roughly 1.7 billion people are living in areas where crop yields are failing due to human-induced land degradation – “a pervasive and silent crisis that is undermining agricultural productivity and threatening ecosystem health worldwide.” More >>

Gender Equality’s Not Just A Goal – It’s A Foundation For Lasting Peace

Monday, 3 November 2025, 5:30 pm | UN News

Twenty-five years ago, the international community agreed a new approach to women’s inclusion in peace processes in what came to be known as the Women, Peace and Security Agenda (WPS), outlined in the landmark Security Council resolution 1325. More >>