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WHO Warns Of A Health Financing Emergency
Monday, 23 June 2025, 8:38 am | UN News
The world is facing a health financing emergency, according to Dr. Kalipso Chalkidou, Director for Health Financing and Economics for the World Health Organization (WHO). More >>
Ukraine: Security Council Hears Of Escalating Attacks, Diplomatic Developments
Monday, 23 June 2025, 8:18 am | UN News
The UN Security Council met on Friday to discuss the situation in Ukraine, where intensified fighting continues, affecting new areas and prompting further displacement. More >>
‘A Fire No One Can Control’: UN Warns Of Spiralling Iran-Israel War
Monday, 23 June 2025, 7:54 am | UN News
The world stands on the edge of catastrophe, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday, as Israel’s military campaign inside Iran intensifies and strikes on nuclear facilities threaten to trigger a catastrophe. More >>
Why Is The Manosphere On The Rise? UN Women Sounds The Alarm Over Online Misogyny
Sunday, 22 June 2025, 6:29 pm | UN News
A growing network of online communities known collectively as the “manosphere” is emerging as a serious threat to gender equality, as toxic digital spaces increasingly influence real-world attitudes, behaviours, and policies, the UN agency dedicated ... More >>
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 >>
