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New How-To Guide Speeds Global Race For Renewable Energy
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:56 pm | UN News
Governments, industry and other key players can now deploy a new action-oriented toolkit to ensure the global energy transition unfolds with equity, justice and sustainability as demand for minerals for renewables is poised to almost triple by 2030, according ... More >>
Summit Of The Future Aims To Make The UN More Effective
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:47 pm | UN News
Negotiations continue ahead of the Summit of the Future at UN Headquarters this month, where world leaders will enhance cooperation to tackle critical challenges facing the international community and address gaps in global governance. More >>
Gaza: Six UNRWA Staff Killed In Strikes On School Sheltering Displaced People
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:41 pm | UN News
Six staff members with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, were killed in Gaza on Wednesday when two Israeli airstrikes hit a school-turned-shelter and its surroundings. More >>
Viet Nam Mobilises Massive Response As Typhoon Yagi Leaves A Trail Of Catastrophe
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:36 pm | UN News
A massive disaster response has been launched in Viet Nam following widespread damage inflicted by Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit the South China Sea in almost three decades, the UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) ... More >>
Over 5,000 Civilians Killed Since Myanmar Military Coup
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:10 pm | UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, issued its latest report on Myanmar on Tuesday, detailing a range of serious violations that continue to underscore the deepening crisis and lack of rule of law throughout the country. More >>
Nigeria: UN Agencies Assist Families Affected By Floods
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:06 pm | UN News
UN agencies and their humanitarian partners are providing life-saving relief to families in Nigeria who lost their homes during recent flooding. More >>
UN Rights Expert Calls For Immediate Release Of All Israeli Hostages
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 4:02 pm | UN News
The UN independent human rights expert on protection from torture on Tuesday reiterated the urgent need for all Israeli hostages held in Gaza to be unconditionally released. More >>
Top UN Official Appeals For Calm Following Wave Of Pager Explosions In Lebanon
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 3:58 pm | UN News
The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, has called for calm following attacks across the country on Tuesday which killed at least nine people, including children, and left thousands injured - many critically. More >>
UNAIDS: Rising Debt In Sub-Saharan Africa Costing Lives
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 3:42 pm | UN News
The report details how this debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending AIDS in Sub-Saharan African countries, which account for a significant majority of people living with HIV globally – 25.9 million people of the nearly 40 million ... More >>
Security Council: Middle East Envoy Warns Against Escalation, Highlights Continued Israeli Settlement Activity
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 3:37 pm | UN News
The UN envoy supporting peace efforts between Israelis and Palestinians voiced grave concern over the growing risk of widescale regional escalation during a briefing to the Security Council in New York on Wednesday. More >>
‘Irrefutable’ Need For Global Regulation Of AI: UN Experts
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 3:31 pm | UN News
The imperative for global regulation of the booming artificial intelligence field, or AI, is “irrefutable”, a new report from a UN expert group said on Thursday, adding that development and use of such a technology “cannot be left to the whims ... More >>
UN Chief Strongly Condemns Mali Terrorist Attack
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 3:28 pm | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for accountability following a “despicable” terrorist attack in Mali this week, his Spokesperson said on Thursday. More >>
Showing Resolve Amid Crisis: Guterres Highlights UN Impact In Annual Report
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 3:25 pm | UN News
In a time marked by escalating global crises – from rising poverty to the worsening climate emergency – the United Nations remains steadfast in its resolve to foster peace, advance sustainable development, and alleviate human suffering. More >>
Middle East: Regional Crisis Risks Engulfing Syria, UN Envoy Warns
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 3:04 pm | UN News
The escalating regional tensions are drawing Syria deeper into conflict, the UN Special Envoy for the country warned on Tuesday, citing recent Israeli airstrikes, Hezbollah rocket fire and the widespread explosions of wireless devices in Lebanon, which included ... More >>
Lebanon: WHO Appeals For More Support For Civilians As Crises Intensify
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 2:59 pm | UN News
The international community must come to the aid of Lebanon in the face of back-to-back crises and spillover from the war in Gaza, the World Health Organization (WHO) representative in the country said on Friday, as reports emerged of more Israeli airstrikes in the ... More >>
‘Fear Of War’ Causing Speech Problems In Gaza
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 2:48 pm | UN News
The fear and anxiety caused by the ongoing war in Gaza is causing a range of speech problems including stuttering amongst young children, according to a therapist interviewed by the United Nations. More >>
Youth Lead The Way Ahead Of UN Summit Of The Future
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 2:44 pm | UN News
Young people took centre stage at UN Headquarters on Friday in the lead-up to the Summit of the Future – an unprecedented opportunity for world leaders to address current and emerging global challenges, and reform outdated international institutions. More >>
Sudan: UN Urges Immediate Action To Stop Fighting In El Fasher
Thursday, 19 September 2024, 9:47 am | UN News
A sharp escalation in fighting in Sudan’s El Fasher, along with ongoing clashes between rival military factions across the country, is heightening the risk of atrocities, including violence against women, and worsening the already dire humanitarian crisis, ... More >>
World News In Brief: Yemen Detainee Appeal, Typhoon Yagi Impacts, Ease Asylum Seekers’ Plight, Cash Boost For Mpox Fight
Thursday, 19 September 2024, 9:01 am | UN News
Regional directors from six UN agencies and three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) called on Wednesday for the immediate and unconditional release of scores of colleagues who have been arbitrarily detained in Yemen for 100 days. More >>
‘Create A Future Fit For Our Grandchildren’, Guterres Urges, Ahead Of Gamechanger Summit
Thursday, 19 September 2024, 8:26 am | UN News
Countries must use a once-in-a-generation UN summit to address current and emerging global challenges and reform outdated international institutions, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday in New York. More >>
