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Trapped Behind Bars: Reforming Haiti’s Broken Detention System
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 1:00 pm | UN News
Fifty-two prisoners have died in Haiti’s overcrowded prisons between July and September this year in conditions that have been described by the United Nations as “inhuman and degrading.” More >>
Stakes Rise For South Sudan: What’s Happening, And Why It Matters
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 12:54 pm | UN News
South Sudan is entering a period of rising instability marked by political polarisation, renewed armed clashes, and severe humanitarian strain, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Tuesday. More >>
Illicit Weapons Fuelling Conflicts Worldwide, Officials Warn
Tuesday, 11 November 2025, 6:17 pm | UN News
The world is facing a cross-border “chain of violence” driven by small arms and light weapons, UN disarmament and law enforcement officials told the Security Council on Monday. More >>
Battlefields To Wastelands: UN Warns Conflicts Are Destroying Ecosystems Worldwide
Tuesday, 11 November 2025, 6:01 pm | UN News
From Gaza to Ukraine and beyond, conflict has caused widespread death and destruction, but it has also devastated natural resources such as water systems, farmland and forests. More >>
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 >>
