Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register UN News for InfoPages here.
UN News - Latest News [Page 257]
UN rights chief appalled by US border detention conditions
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 9:28 am | UN News
Conditions in which migrants and refugees are being held in the United States are appalling, said the UN human rights chief on Monday, underscoring that children should never be held in immigration detention, or separated from their families. More >>
With Caribbean island life under threat, UN pushes unity
Thursday, 4 July 2019, 3:11 pm | UN News
To counter global challenges that are a particular threat to vulnerable island nations like those in the Caribbean, it’s vital to “face the headwinds together”, especially in the face of the destruction being wrought by climate change, the UN chief told ... More >>
Libya detention centre attack could amount to a war crime
Thursday, 4 July 2019, 8:23 am | UN News
A missile attack on a detention centre in Tripoli that killed scores of migrants and refugees “deserves more than condemnation”, UN agencies said on Wednesday, as both the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the head of the UN mission ... More >>
DR Congo: UN food agency triples aid in strife-hit Ituri
Wednesday, 3 July 2019, 9:05 am | UN News
Food aid is being tripled for troubled Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to respond to what the World Food Programme (WFP) has described as the world’s second largest hunger crisis in the world, after Yemen. More >>
New UN-Syrian Action Plan signals an 'important day'
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 8:27 am | UN News
The top UN official charged with representing the interests of children caught up in armed conflict, has signed a landmark new agreement on child protection with the Force Commander of a main Syrian opposition military alliance, it was announced on ... More >>
1.4 million refugees set to need urgent resettlement in 2020
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 8:24 am | UN News
More than 1.4 million displaced people in over 60 refugee hosting countries will need resettlement next year, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Monday , while also supporting a call for far greater protection for vulnerable LGBTI individuals ... More >>
UN chief welcomes possibility of talks between US and Korea
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 8:22 am | UN News
As the clicking of cameras and flash of lightbulbs captured on Sunday the first sitting United States President to set foot inside North Korea, Secretary-General António Guterres offered his full support to a potentially reset relationship that may render ... More >>
One migrant child reported dead or missing every day
Saturday, 29 June 2019, 11:59 am | UN News
Around 1,600 children were reported dead or missing between 2014 and 2018 – an average of almost one every day – but many more go unrecorded, a new UN report revealed on Friday. More >>
Ebola fight ongoing amid evidence of massacres in DR Congo
Saturday, 29 June 2019, 11:57 am | UN News
The vital work of tracing people infected with deadly Ebola virus disease in north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is progressing, despite evidence of “several” massacres in the affected area earlier this month, the UN said on Friday. More >>
UN chief appeals to G20 leaders for stronger commitments
Saturday, 29 June 2019, 11:55 am | UN News
The annual G20 summit of leaders from the largest and fastest-growing economies, got underway on Friday in Osaka, Japan, against a backdrop of what UN Secretary-General António Guterres described as “a moment of high political tension”. More >>
Syria’s Idlib ‘on the brink’ of a nightmare
Friday, 28 June 2019, 8:37 am | UN News
The heads of 11 global humanitarian organizations warned on Thursday that the embattled rebel-held province of Idlib in Syria, stands on the brink of disaster, with three million civilian lives at risk, including one million children. More >>
After Rio Grande tragedy, UNICEF chief highlights US border
Friday, 28 June 2019, 8:30 am | UN News
The shocking image of a drowned Central American migrant and his infant daughter on the banks of the river dividing Mexico and the United States, continues to evoke strong reactions, the latest from the head of the UN Children’s Fund. More >>
Tackle ‘tsunami of hatred’ across the world urges Guterres
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 9:28 am | UN News
The “multi-headed monster” of intolerance, has created a visible and violent “tsunami of hatred” that is gathering speed across the world, said Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday. More >>
Two-thirds of global drug deaths now from opioids: UN report
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 9:27 am | UN News
Opioids, which include both heroin and legal pain relievers, were responsible for around two-thirds of drug-related deaths in 2017, a new UN report revealed on Wednesday. The number for global opioid users contained within the World Drug Report , some ... More >>
New UN report on families in a puts women first
Wednesday, 26 June 2019, 8:49 am | UN News
While women’s rights have advanced over the decades, gender inequalities and other fundamental human rights violations within families persist, according to a flagship study released on Tuesday, from the UN’s gender empowerment agency. More >>
Security Council urges ‘maximum restraint’ around Gulf
Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 10:14 am | UN News
There is a need for “genuine regional dialogue” to address rising tensions in the Gulf, Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations said on Monday, calling on Secretary-General António Guterres “to play a role” in bringing countries to the table. More >>
Assassinations in Ethiopia amidst ‘coup’ attempt condemned
Monday, 24 June 2019, 8:31 am | UN News
The assassination of the chief of staff of the Ethiopian army and killing of a regional governor in what the Government has described as a regional coup attempt, has been condemned by the UN Secretary-General. More >>
Guterres calls on world youth to keep leading on climate
Monday, 24 June 2019, 8:23 am | UN News
Older generations have “failed to respond properly” to the climate emergency said the UN chief on Sunday, while the young are “stepping up to the challenge” and taking the lead to slow the destructive pace of global warming. More >>
UN begins ‘last resort’ partial withdrawal of aid
Saturday, 22 June 2019, 12:44 pm | UN News
The World Food Programme (WFP), the UN’s emergency food relief agency, confirmed on Friday in a statement that it has started a "partial suspension" of aid to areas of Yemen controlled by Houthi opposition forces, including the capital, ... More >>
Guterres hails historic Convention banning violence at work
Saturday, 22 June 2019, 12:43 pm | UN News
A landmark international agreement banning violence and harassment in the workplace has been applauded by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, after it was adopted on Friday at the International Labour Organization’s Centenary Conference in Geneva. More >>
