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Germany’s Annalena Baerbock Elected President Of The 80th General Assembly
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 8:01 am | UN News
Former German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock was elected President of the General Assembly’s 80th session on Monday. Her appointment comes as the regional group that includes Western Europe takes its turn at the helm of the world body. More >>
Frontline Ukrainian Families Face Perilous Task Of Farming Mined Fields
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 7:33 am | UN News
As Ukrainian and Russian delegations meet for a second round of preliminary peace talks in Turkïye on Monday, rural communities faced their own challenge: finding something to eat. More >>
Gaza: Guterres Urges Probe Into Killings At Food Distribution Sites
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 7:28 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General has called for an investigation into the killing and injury of Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza on Sunday. More >>
Helpless In The Face Of Hunger: Gaza Families Pray For Deliverance – Or Death
Monday, 2 June 2025, 7:28 am | UN News
“I stood helpless in the face of my son's hunger. I cried a lot and told him to drink from our little water to satisfy his hunger,” said Zeenat, a young Palestinian woman speaking to UN News from the battered Gaza Strip. More >>
Lifting Of Israeli Blockade ‘the Only Way To Avert Mass Starvation’ In Gaza: UNRWA Chief
Monday, 2 June 2025, 7:25 am | UN News
Amid disputed reports of Israeli forces firing on civilians near a new privatised aid distribution point in southern Gaza, the head of the Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, said on Sunday that lifting the months-long aid blockade of the enclave is ... More >>
‘Justice Is Long Overdue’: Guterres Calls For Reparations For Enslavement And Colonialism
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:38 pm | UN News
Secretary-General António Guterres renewed his calls for Member states and the United Nations to work towards justice and reparations for Africans and the diaspora in a speech in New York on Friday. More >>
Education Suffers Amid DR Congo Violence, WHO Greenlights RSV Vaccines, More Hurricanes Ahead For Haiti
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:36 pm | UN News
In Ituri, a province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), intensifying conflict, intercommunal violence and mass displacement are forcing hundreds of thousands of children out of school. More >>
Flavoured Nicotine Products Driving Youth Addiction, WHO Warns
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 6:46 am | UN News
For most nicotine users today, their first experience with the drug is a flavoured product – making it easier, and more appealing, to try. More >>
Gaza Is The ‘Hungriest Place On Earth’, As Israel Continues Stranglehold On Aid
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 6:43 am | UN News
Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained by the Israeli authorities, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said on Friday. More >>
‘We Are The Present’: Tajik Climate Activist Urges Leaders To Include Youth Voices In Dialogue
Friday, 30 May 2025, 7:17 am | UN News
A young activist from Tajikistan is speaking up to show that her generation can be part of the solution to combat climate change. More >>
UN Honours Service And Sacrifice Of Its Peacekeepers
Friday, 30 May 2025, 7:06 am | UN News
The United Nations is honouring staff serving at its field missions through several events to mark the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on Thursday. More >>
Real Cost Of Disasters Is 10 Times Higher Than Previously Thought, Says UN
Friday, 30 May 2025, 7:01 am | UN News
As countries face increasingly steep bills from natural hazards, the true cost of disasters is actually 10 times higher than previously estimated, with far-reaching effects across healthcare, housing, education and employment. More >>
Pandemics To Pollution: WHO Assembly Delivers Landmark Health Decisions
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 10:37 am | UN News
The 78th World Health Assembly concluded Tuesday in Geneva, marking several major milestones in global health. Delegates adopted the world’s first pandemic agreement and approved a significant boost in core funding for the World Health Organization ... More >>
Yemen: UN Warns Against Houthi-Israel Escalation, Calls For Dialogue
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 10:16 am | UN News
The United Nations has called for restraint following another wave of escalation between Houthi rebels in Yemen and Israeli forces. More >>
Real Cost Of Disasters Is 10 Times Higher Than Previously Thought, Says UN
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 9:53 am | UN News
As countries face increasingly steep bills from natural hazards, the true cost of disasters is actually 10 times higher than previously estimated, with far-reaching effects across healthcare, housing, education and employment. More >>
Sudan War Exacerbates Risk Of Cholera And Malaria: UNICEF
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 9:33 am | UN News
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned of an escalating public health crisis in Sudan, as conflict and mass displacement continue to drive a surge in disease, particularly cholera and malaria. More >>
UN Aims To Transform Urgency Into Action At Nice Ocean Conference
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 8:32 am | UN News
Countries are uniting in the French city of Nice next month to save the marine environment. More >>
Gaza: UN Agencies Call For Aid ‘Surge’ As Israeli Distribution Plan Begins
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 8:18 am | UN News
As a controversial United States and Israel-backed aid distribution plan gets underway in Gaza, the UN called on Tuesday for an “immediate surge” of its own pre-positioned supplies to help prevent starvation. More >>
UN Awards 2025 Mandela Prize To Brenda Reynolds And Kennedy Odede
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 7:32 am | UN News
An Indigenous social worker from Canada and a social entrepreneur from Kenya are the laureates of the 2025 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize, the United Nations announced on Wednesday. More >>
‘My Husband Died In My Arms’: Russian Drone Attacks On Ukrainians Amount To Crimes Against Humanity, UN Report
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 7:25 am | UN News
Russian drone attacks against civilians in the Kherson region of Ukraine constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes, independent UN human rights investigators concluded in a report published on Wednesday. More >>
