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From Vulnerability To Action: Asia-Pacific Leaders Urge Global Responsibility
Monday, 30 September 2024, 10:16 am | UN News
At the UN General Assembly on Friday, leaders from Asia and the Pacific underscored a dire reality: climate change is a clear and present danger for everyone on the Planet, but their countries and peoples will likely suffer the most. More >>
WHO Reports 71 Per Cent Rise In Cholera Deaths Last Year
Monday, 30 September 2024, 6:11 am | UN News
The number of deaths caused by cholera is on the rise, according to global cholera statistics for 2023 published by the World Health Organization (WHO). More >>
AI-powered Art Puts ‘Digital Environmentalism’ On Display At UN Headquarters
Monday, 30 September 2024, 6:08 am | UN News
A groundbreaking art installation at UN Headquarters by renowned media artist Refik Anadol leverages artificial intelligence to raise awareness of the beauty and fragility of the world’s coral reefs, and the urgent need to address the climate crisis. More >>
Ukraine: UN Official Deplores Deadly Double Attack On Hospital
Monday, 30 September 2024, 6:05 am | UN News
The top UN aid official in Ukraine has condemned Russian attacks in the northeastern city of Sumy on Saturday which damaged a hospital and killed and injured several people. More >>
Lebanon Crisis: Guterres Urges Parties To ‘Step Back From The Brink’
Monday, 30 September 2024, 6:03 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed grave concern on Saturday over the dramatic escalation of events in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, in the past 24 hours. More >>
Attempt To Defeat Russia A ‘Suicidal Escapade’, Lavrov Warns Ukraine And The West
Monday, 30 September 2024, 6:02 am | UN News
Ukraine’s hope of defeating Russia on the battlefield is senseless given that Moscow holds nuclear weapons and any effort by the NATO alliance to keep aiding Kyiv will prove to be a “suicidal escapade”, Russia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs told ... More >>
Violations Of UN Charter And International Law Now ‘Facts Of Life’, Cuban Foreign Minister Says
Monday, 30 September 2024, 6:00 am | UN News
The Foreign Minister of Cuba expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people, and highlighted global challenges such as wealth inequality, climate financing and debt relief, in his speech to the UN General Assembly on Saturday. More >>
Saudi Arabia Promotes ‘Appeasement And Development’ In The Middle East And Beyond
Monday, 30 September 2024, 5:58 am | UN News
The Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia highlighted the country’s work to support peace efforts in the region and beyond in his address to the UN General Assembly on Saturday. More >>
Sudan: UN Chief Alarmed At Full-Scale Assault On El Fasher
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 6:52 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General is gravely alarmed by reports of a full-scale assault on El Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, his Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric said on Saturday. More >>
Lebanon Escalation: Have We Learned Nothing From Gaza, UN Humanitarians Ask
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 6:13 am | UN News
As Lebanon mourns the victims of a wave of Israeli airstrikes believed to have left hundreds dead, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday against a return to the “dark days of 2006” when full-scale war broke out, calling for an urgent de-escalation ... More >>
Guterres To World Leaders: Stay Committed To UN Development Goals
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 5:22 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for finance, climate action and peace to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline. More >>
‘If We Act Together,’ We Can Overcome Global Challenges – UN Assembly President
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 5:17 am | UN News
In a powerful address to the UN General Assembly, the 193-member body’s President, Philémon Yang said the annual high-level debate “remains one of the world’s most inclusive, represented, representative and authoritative platforms for global ... More >>
Island Nations Unite At UN: ‘Empty Pledges’ Will Not Save Future Generations
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 4:34 am | UN News
As wars and crises dominate global headlines, leaders from small island developing States used the UN General Assembly platform to sound the alarm on climate change – their most pressing existential threat – warning that it is obliterating economies ... More >>
Governments Urged To ‘Stop Gambling With Humanity’s Future’ And Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 4:23 am | UN News
World leaders, senior government officials and civil society representatives joined forces at UN Headquarters on Thursday to reaffirm commitment to nuclear disarmament as a global priority. More >>
Calls By African Leaders For Equitable Representation On UN Security Council Gain Momentum
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 3:51 am | UN News
The call for a more inclusive and representative Security Council resonated loud and clear at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, as African leaders demanded global powers address the longstanding inequity in the Council’s composition. More >>
Invisible Killer: What Is Antimicrobial Resistance?
Friday, 27 September 2024, 11:05 pm | UN News
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an invisible killer, which is directly responsible for 1.3 million deaths and a contributing factor to five million other fatalities every year. More >>
Nepal’s Prime Minister Highlights Climate Crisis, Global Inequality At UNGA
Friday, 27 September 2024, 10:52 pm | UN News
The world is at a historic watershed moment, Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, with the contrasts between rich and poor, harmony and hatred, and economic development and environmental destruction ... More >>
Lebanon Crisis: 90,000 Displaced In Last 72 Hours, Warns Refugee Agency
Friday, 27 September 2024, 12:56 pm | UN News
Latest data from Lebanon’s interior ministry indicates that 70,100 internally displaced people are now registered inside 533 government-run centres. Some 500,000 people have been displaced following months of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, ... More >>
‘We Have Failed The People Of Gaza,’ Guterres Tells Ministers
Friday, 27 September 2024, 11:55 am | UN News
The UN agency that supports Palestine refugees, UNRWA, is the only “outpost of hope” left in the hellscape that is Gaza, the UN Secretary-General told a high-level ministerial meeting on Thursday in New York. More >>
‘Hell Is Breaking Loose In Lebanon’, Guterres Warns Security Council
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 11:11 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the Security Council on Wednesday “to work in lock-step” to end the escalating violence between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants across the Blue Line in Southern Lebanon. More >>
