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UN Chief ‘Gravely Alarmed’ By US Bombing Of Iranian Nuclear Sites
Sunday, 22 June 2025, 4:07 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres described the United States’ bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran as a “dangerous escalation” on Saturday following eight days of deadly strikes and counter strikes between Tehran and Tel Aviv. More >>
‘We Are At A Point Of No Return’: Grave Violations Against Children Surge For Third Year
Friday, 20 June 2025, 11:42 am | UN News
Last year, 41,370 grave violations against children were documented and verified by the United Nations, according to the Secretary-General's annual report on children in armed conflict, released on Thursday. More >>
Monitoring Iran And Promoting Peaceful Nuclear Use – The IAEA's Role Explained
Friday, 20 June 2025, 9:43 am | UN News
Just days before Israel launched a bombing campaign against Iran, the UN watchdog agency monitoring Iran’s nuclear activities warned that the country was in violation of its non-proliferation commitments. More >>
Gaza: As Last Fuel Supplies Run Out, Aid Teams Warn Of Catastrophe
Friday, 20 June 2025, 9:38 am | UN News
More than 100 days into Israel’s complete fuel blockade in Gaza, UN agencies still in the shattered enclave warned on Thursday that vital services are only “hours away” from shutting down. More >>
World News In Brief: Global Investment Plunges, Hurricane Season In Haiti, Rising Cholera And Hunger In South Sudan
Friday, 20 June 2025, 8:53 am | UN News
Global investment fell a full 11 per cent to $1.5 trillion last year – it’s a huge blow for developing nations, the UN trade agency, UNCTAD, said on Thursday. More >>
World Refugee Day: Telling Their Stories
Friday, 20 June 2025, 8:45 am | UN News
Of the 122 million people globally displaced by persecution, violence or human rights violations, 42.7 million are refugees who have fled across borders, according to new data from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). More >>
Development Is ‘The First Line Of Defense Against Conflict,’ Guterres Tells Security Council
Friday, 20 June 2025, 8:13 am | UN News
Of the 700 million people worldwide living in extreme poverty, 40 per cent live in conflict-affected or fragile settings and this is on track to worsen, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday. More >>
Ahead Of UN Summit, Countries Finalise Landmark ‘Compromiso De Sevilla’
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 12:00 pm | UN News
UN Member States have reached agreement on the outcome document for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, to be formally adopted at an upcoming summit in Sevilla, Spain – though without the participation of the United States. More >>
More Gazans Killed Trying To Get Food, Healthcare Near To ‘Full Disaster’
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 10:50 am | UN News
Gaza’s health system is at breaking point, overwhelmed time and again by scores of people killed or injured near aid distribution sites, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. More >>
Iran-Israel Crisis: UN Rights Office Appeals For Urgent De-Escalation
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 10:06 am | UN News
As the Iran-Israel crisis continued into a sixth day on Wednesday, the UN deputy human rights chief Nada Al-Nashif called for urgent talks to end the ongoing missile attacks between Tehran and Tel-Aviv. More >>
Human Rights Council Hears Alarming Updates On Executions In Iran And Global Civic Space Crackdown
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 9:41 am | UN News
On the third day of the 59th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the spotlight turned to reports on rising executions in Iran and the increasing repression of civic space around the world amid a wave of elections. More >>
Guterres Renews Call For Israel-Iran Ceasefire
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 8:37 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday he remains “profoundly alarmed” by the ongoing military escalation between Israel and Iran, as the sides continued to trade airstrikes. More >>
Power Of Football Inspires Team Effort Towards Development Goals
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 7:55 am | UN News
The power of football to inspire fans to take positive action for a healthier planet and a fairer society is taking centre stage at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan – a world fair focused on building a sustainable global future. More >>
Make Midwives Universally Accessible And Save Millions Of Lives, WHO Urges
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 7:28 am | UN News
Almost 4.5 million maternal, stillborn and newborn deaths were recorded in 2023. What if there was a clear path to saving 83 percent of these people? To saving 3.7 million mothers, unborn children and babies annually? More >>
UN Relief Chief Calls For Solidarity, With Humanitarians ‘Literally Under Attack’
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 7:02 am | UN News
With the humanitarian sector “under-funded, overstretched, and literally under attack” as crises continue in Gaza, Sudan and beyond, international support is needed more than ever, the UN’s top aid official said on Wednesday in Geneva. More >>
UN Rights Office ‘Horrified’ By Deadly Violence At Gaza Food Distribution Sites
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 6:57 am | UN News
As the pall of starvation hangs over Gaza, UN agencies have sounded the alarm over deadly violence at food distribution points, where over 400 Palestinians have reportedly been killed in recent weeks while trying to access desperately needed humanitarian ... More >>
Israeli Actions In Palestinian Territories Constitute War Crimes, Human Rights Council Hears
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 11:13 am | UN News
The ongoing crises in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Sudan are in the spotlight this week at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva. More >>
‘Syria Simply Cannot Withstand Another Wave Of Instability,’ Security Council Hears
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 8:00 am | UN News
A senior UN official has warned against the impact of regional escalation on Syria as the country continues on the path to political transition following the overthrow of the Assad regime last December and nearly 14 years of devastating civil war. More >>
Afghan Women Face Near Total Social, Economic And Political Exclusion
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 7:49 am | UN News
In the past decade, the UN has bemoaned the chronically low level of participation by Afghan women and girls in decision-making bodies and in secondary and higher education. More >>
From Himalayan Melt To Drowning Shores, Children Lead The Climate Fight
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 9:46 am | UN News
From the high Himalayas down to sea level, climate change is no longer a distant threat for children in Nepal and the Maldives – it is a daily struggle: landslides tear through mountain villages washing away homes and farms, while rising seas surge ... More >>
