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Venezuela, Poland amongst new Human Rights Council members

Friday, 18 October 2019, 8:59 am | UN News

14 new members were elected to the Human Rights Council on Thursday, following a secret ballot held in the General Assembly Hall in New York. More >>

Obesity rates soar due to dramatic global diet shift

Thursday, 17 October 2019, 9:39 am | UN News

Eating food high in starch, sugar, fats and salt; combined with a sedentary lifestyle, is a recipe for soaring global obesity rates, even in countries where many still suffer from hunger. On World Food Day , which falls on Wednesday, the UN’s food ... More >>

Turkey’s Syria offensive could spark another catastrophe

Saturday, 12 October 2019, 11:53 am | UN News

Airstrikes and a ground offensive by Turkey in northern Syria against Kurdish forces have left civilians dead and forced tens of thousands to flee, UN agencies said on Friday, amid fears of another “humanitarian catastrophe” in the war-torn country. More >>

Day of the Girl Child spotlights 25 years of progress

Saturday, 12 October 2019, 11:53 am | UN News

The world’s one billion young girls, are being celebrated on Friday as an “unscripted and unstoppable” force for change, with 11 October designated each year the International Day of the Girl Child. More >>

Climate emergency: City mayors are 'world first responders'

Saturday, 12 October 2019, 11:52 am | UN News

City bosses are “the world’s first responders to the climate emergency” UN chief António Guterres declared on Friday, at an international mayors’ summit in Copenhagen. More >>

De-escalation of Turkish military operation in Syria needed

Friday, 11 October 2019, 10:29 am | UN News

A de-escalation of renewed conflict in northern Syria is “absolutely essential,” the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday. His comments follow the launch of airstrikes and a ground offensive by Turkey on Wednesday just days ... More >>

German synagogue shooting more tragic anti-semitism

Thursday, 10 October 2019, 8:45 am | UN News

The killing of two people outside a synagogue in Germany on Wednesday has been characterized by the UN Secretary-General as “another tragic demonstration of anti-Semitism.” More >>

Support 'winds of change' in DR Congo

Thursday, 10 October 2019, 8:35 am | UN News

Recent positive trends could help transform the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) into a stable country, the head of the UN operation there told the Security Council on Wednesday. More >>

‘at least 60 civilians’ killed after US military airstrikes

Thursday, 10 October 2019, 8:34 am | UN News

“Multiple” airstrikes by the US military on alleged methamphetamine drug labs in a remote area of western Afghanistan earlier this year, killed or injured dozens of civilians who should not have been treated as military targets, the UN said on ... More >>

Work and reforms of the UN ‘at risk'

Wednesday, 9 October 2019, 9:43 am | UN News

The United Nations is facing a severe shortage of cash, and unless more Governments pay their annual dues, “our work and our reforms are at risk”, the UN chief António Guterres told Member States on Tuesday. More >>

Nationalism threatens efforts to tackle statelessness

Tuesday, 8 October 2019, 8:30 am | UN News

Hate speech and misguided nationalism present a serious threat to efforts to tackle statelessness, despite growing public awareness of the problem, UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi said on Monday. More >>

Turning waste into wealth

Tuesday, 8 October 2019, 8:30 am | UN News

Waste can have a devastating effect on public health, the environment, and the climate, but cutting-edge innovation and technology can provide improved, cheaper solutions to the challenge, and help cities and communities to see waste as a business opportunity. ... More >>

WHO chief underscores need to address climate change

Thursday, 3 October 2019, 9:12 am | UN News

The top UN health official has called for the world to rally around The Bahamas as the country continues to emerge from the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian one month ago. More >>

WHO and UNICEF in campaign to protect 1.6 million in Sudan

Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 8:25 am | UN News

UN agencies are working with the authorities in Sudan to protect more than one million people from cholera, an infectious disease which can kill within hours if left untreated. More >>

Athens urged to fast track asylum seekers amid island crisis

Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 8:24 am | UN News

A spike in the number of refugees reaching Greek island reception centres is likely to worsen the situation in already “dangerously overcrowded” facilities there, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday. More >>

Strict alcohol laws cut intake more than 40% in Russia

Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 8:23 am | UN News

Strict laws put in place by the Russian authorities since 2003 have resulted in a significant drop in alcohol-related deaths nationwide, a report from the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Tuesday. More >>

Constitutional Committee breakthrough offers ‘sign of hope’

Tuesday, 1 October 2019, 10:40 am | UN News

There is a “sign of hope for the long-suffering Syrian people” as a Syrian-led, Syrian-owned, credible and inclusive Constitutional Committee is set to start deliberations next month, the United Nations Special Envoy for the country told the Security Council ... More >>