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Gaza: Families Deprived Of The Means For Survival, Humanitarians Warn

Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 8:41 am | UN News

The United Nations on Tuesday reported that humanitarian operations in Gaza are facing escalating strain, as ongoing fuel shortages, access restrictions and military activity continue to undermine aid delivery and essential services. More >>

Sudan: UN Warns Of Soaring Displacement And Looming Floods

Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 8:19 am | UN News

UN humanitarians on Tuesday sounded the alarm over worsening humanitarian conditions in Sudan, as escalating violence continues to displace civilians and the rising risk of severe flooding during the current rainy season. More >>

Iran Crisis: UN Stays And Delivers

Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 7:43 am | UN News

A clearer picture of needs across Iran is beginning to emerge after the conflict this month with Israel, which left hundreds dead, several hospitals hit and a spike in Afghan refugees returning home, the UN’s top official in Tehran said on Tuesday. More >>

‘The Margins Of The Budget’: Gender Equality In Developing Countries Underfunded By $420 Billion Annually

Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 7:27 am | UN News

Developing countries currently face a staggering $420 billion annual gap in the funding needed to achieve gender equality, UN Women estimates. This gap means that programmes and services for women and girls are chronically underfunded. More >>

50 Years Of CITES: Shielding Wildlife From Trade-Driven Extinction

Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 7:23 am | UN News

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) marks 50 years since it entered into force on Tuesday, celebrating five decades of protecting endangered wildlife from overexploitation through international trade. More >>

Spain And Brazil Push Global Action To Tax The Super-Rich And Curb Inequality

Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 7:15 am | UN News

Spain and Brazil have launched a joint initiative to promote a higher tax take from the super-rich worldwide, aiming to tackle soaring inequality by ensuring those with the most, pay their fair share. More >>

Northern Hemisphere Heatwave Underscores Value Of Early-Warning Alerts

Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 7:00 am | UN News

The blistering early-summer heatwave that’s brought life-threatening temperatures across much of the northern hemisphere is a worrying sign of things to come, UN weather experts said on Tuesday. More >>

It’s Time To Finance Our Future And ‘Change Course’, Guterres Tells World Leaders In Sevilla

Tuesday, 1 July 2025, 11:12 am | UN News

“We’re here in Sevilla to change course,” the UN chief told world leaders on Monday, calling on them to grasp a once-in-a-decade opportunity to close a $4 trillion financing gap facing developing countries to meet sustainable development goals – ... More >>

Funding Shortages Threaten Relief For Millions Of Sudanese Refugees: WFP

Tuesday, 1 July 2025, 8:34 am | UN News

Critical shortfalls in global humanitarian funding now threaten millions of Sudanese refugees fleeing war to seek refuge in neighbouring countries, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday. More >>

Afghanistan: Surging Returns From Iran Overwhelm Fragile Support Systems, UN Agencies Warn

Tuesday, 1 July 2025, 8:06 am | UN News

More than 700,000 Afghan migrants have returned from Iran so far this year, including 256,000 in June alone, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday, warning of immense pressures on Afghanistan’s overstretched support ... More >>

Human Rights Can Be A ‘Strong Lever For Progress’ In Climate Change, Says UN Rights Chief

Tuesday, 1 July 2025, 7:18 am | UN News

The UN’s top rights official on Monday urged the international community to confront the growing human rights implications of climate change. More >>

Syria: UN Commission Hails Recent Action To Address Past Violations

Monday, 30 June 2025, 9:58 pm | UN News

The interim authorities in Syria have taken important steps in recent weeks to address past violations, the Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the country said on Friday in an update to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. More >>

Sudan: ‘Fighting Shows No Signs Of Abating,’ Senior UN Official Tells Security Council

Monday, 30 June 2025, 9:57 pm | UN News

Three years into the conflict in Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) continue to pursue a military solution, violating international law and the rights of civilians in the process. More >>

Lacroix Upholds Role Of UN Peacekeeping In Lebanon And Syria

Monday, 30 June 2025, 9:55 pm | UN News

The head of UN Peacekeeping affirmed the critical role played by the “blue helmets” in Lebanon and Syria during a press conference at Headquarters in New York on Friday. More >>

DR Congo: Despite Efforts Towards A Political Solution, Violence Still Rages In The East

Monday, 30 June 2025, 9:54 pm | UN News

As the Foreign Ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a draft peace agreement in Washington this Friday, tensions and violence continue to grip eastern DRC. More >>

New UN Report Charts Path Out Of Debt Crisis Threatening Global Development

Monday, 30 June 2025, 9:53 pm | UN News

A decade after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), development is facing serious headwinds – including what UN officials describe as a “silent crisis” of surging debt service payments in low-income countries. More >>

Myanmar Human Rights Crisis Deepens As Aid Collapses, Attacks Intensify

Monday, 30 June 2025, 9:51 pm | UN News

Myanmar is spiralling deeper into humanitarian catastrophe, the UN’s top human rights official warned on Friday, as escalating military attacks, crippling aid restrictions and collapsing international support push millions toward starvation and despair. More >>

‘Global Solidarity Benefits Us All’: Spain Makes The Case For Development Funding

Monday, 30 June 2025, 9:50 pm | UN News

Funding cuts to international development have cast a pall over a major UN-led international conference set to address the huge challenges faced by countries in the Global South. More >>

Gaza: Health System Crumbles Amid Growing Desperation Over Food, Fuel

Monday, 30 June 2025, 9:47 pm | UN News

The first delivery earlier this week of urgently needed medical goods to enter Gaza in months will provide scant relief to the enclave’s people, who continue to be shot and killed in their search for food, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) ... More >>

Tide Of Change In Philippines As Women Revive Watersheds And Livelihoods

Monday, 30 June 2025, 9:46 pm | UN News

In the coastal town of Sasmuan, Philippines, life flows with the river’s tide. At dawn, slender boats glide through calm waters as fishing nets are cast beneath the warming sky. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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