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High-Level Week Opens With Celebration Of Women’s Empowerment
Tuesday, 23 September 2025, 7:09 am | UN News
Only the fifth woman to preside over the UN General Assembly in its 80-year history has praised the courage of those “who fought for every phrase, every word in the Beijing Declaration,” marking the 30th Anniversary of the pivotal international ... More >>
UN Chief Sounds Alarm Over Worsening Crisis In Sudan’s El Fasher
Monday, 22 September 2025, 8:46 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Saturday voiced grave alarm at the rapidly deteriorating situation in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, warning of mounting risks to civilians trapped in the besieged city. More >>
UN ‘High Seas’ Treaty Clears Ratification Threshold, To Enter Into Force In January
Monday, 22 September 2025, 8:42 am | UN News
A landmark UN treaty to safeguard marine biodiversity on the high seas has now met the required 60 ratifications for entry into force, clearing the way for it to take effect in January 2026. More >>
Sudan Crisis: Surge In Summary Executions By All Warring Parties
Saturday, 20 September 2025, 3:34 pm | UN News
At least 75 people have been killed, according to news reports, in a drone strike on a mosque during morning prayers in El Fasher city, in the west of the war-torn country. More >>
Afghanistan Quake: Rescuers Dodge Dangers, Women And GirlsFace Disaster, Warns UN
Saturday, 20 September 2025, 3:29 pm | UN News
Women and girls still reeling from Afghanistan's deadly earthquake face even greater suffering rebuilding their lives and livelihoods – with little help to hand, gender equality agency UN Women said on Friday. More >>
UN Security Council Rejects Bid To Continue Iran Sanctions Relief
Saturday, 20 September 2025, 3:20 pm | UN News
A proposal to continue sanctions relief for Iran under the 2015 nuclear deal was rejected in the UN Security Council on Friday in a vote that revealed deep divisions over the so-called “snapback” process. More >>
UNICEF Aid Trucks Robbed At Gunpoint In Gaza City
Saturday, 20 September 2025, 3:15 pm | UN News
Humanitarian aid in Gaza must be protected, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, following the theft of therapeutic food critical for saving thousands of young lives from malnutrition as famine spreads. More >>
Israeli Air Strikes In South Lebanon Violate UN Resolution
Saturday, 20 September 2025, 3:11 pm | UN News
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Friday called on the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to refrain from further strikes and fully withdraw from Lebanese territory after Israeli strikes endangered peacekeepers and civilians overnight. More >>
UN Backs Abbas Video Address After US Visa Refusal
Saturday, 20 September 2025, 3:05 pm | UN News
The UN General Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution allowing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to address next week’s high-level debate by pre-recorded video after the United States refused to issue visas for Palestine’s delegation. More >>
‘Tidal Wave Of Emotion’ Secures Win For Young Turkish Writer In UN Competition
Saturday, 20 September 2025, 3:02 pm | UN News
Fifteen-year-old Reyyan Demiriz from Türkiye has been awarded first prize in a UN young writers’ competition which garnered a staggering 1.6 million entries from 65 different countries. More >>
Gazans Flee ‘Death And Devastation’ With No Transportation Or Means Of Shelter
Saturday, 20 September 2025, 2:56 pm | UN News
In the face of escalating Israeli military operations, thousands of Palestinian families continue to flee the northern Gaza Strip amid dire humanitarian conditions and transportation shortages. More >>
UN Presses Ahead With Mission For A Better World Despite Global Headwinds
Friday, 19 September 2025, 2:27 pm | UN News
During a year of escalating global turmoil – from widening wars and economic hardship to the relentless advance of the climate crisis – the United Nations has held its ground, working to promote peace, drive sustainable development, and ease human suffering. More >>
‘No End’ Expected To Floods And Storms As Global Heating Continues
Friday, 19 September 2025, 2:22 pm | UN News
The world’s water resources face growing pressure from climate change while emergencies involving the life-giving resource are increasingly impacting lives and livelihoods, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday. More >>
Fragile Progress In Syria, At Risk From Exclusion And Foreign Interference, UN Warns
Friday, 19 September 2025, 1:13 pm | UN News
Syria’s tentative steps towards recovery could quickly unravel without inclusive politics, sustained aid and respect for national sovereignty, top UN officials cautioned the Security Council on Thursday. More >>
Sudan: UN Relief Chief Welcomes Progress Towards Three-Month Truce
Friday, 19 September 2025, 11:34 am | UN News
The UN relief chief Tom Fletcher has highlighted recent diplomatic progress made towards a three-month pause to the brutal fighting in Sudan between rival militaries. More >>
Security Council: US Votes Against Resolution On Gaza Ceasefire
Friday, 19 September 2025, 11:29 am | UN News
The United States once again vetoed a UN resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, following a vote in the Security Council on Thursday. More >>
Gaza City Lifelines Collapsing, UN Aid Agency Warns
Friday, 19 September 2025, 8:23 am | UN News
The last remaining lifelines for civilians in Gaza City are collapsing as Israel ramps up military operations, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Thursday. More >>
Afghanistan: Ban On Secondary Education For Girls Marks Four Long Years
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 2:05 pm | UN News
For millions of girls in Afghanistan, it has been four long years since the ban on secondary education came into force, one of many rights abuses rolled out by the de facto authorities since they regained control of Kabul. More >>
UN Hails Colombia’s First Convictions Under Transitional Justice Measures As ‘Crucial Milestone’
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 9:29 am | UN News
The UN has welcomed Colombia’s first convictions under its transitional justice tribunal, calling sentences handed down to former rebel commanders “a crucial milestone on the path to accountability,” in the words of human rights chief Volker Türk. More >>
Afghanistan Faces ‘Perfect Storm’ Of Crises, UN Warns
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 8:32 am | UN News
Afghanistan is confronting “a perfect storm” of overlapping crises, the UN’s outgoing envoy warned the Security Council on Wednesday, as an Afghan women’s rights advocate told the body that Taliban policies amount to “gender apartheid” which ... More >>
