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‘We Are Women Like You’: UN Honours Peacekeepers For Work In Gender Empowerment
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 6:23 am | UN News
In early summer 2024, Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme of Ghana ventured into sector North of Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan where she was deployed as a military gender advocate with the UN Interim Security Force in ... More >>
Gaza: Top UN Envoy Calls On Israel To End Devastating Strikes, Starvation Of Civilians
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 6:09 am | UN News
Gaza’s population is being “starved and denied the very basics,” while the region stands at a dangerous crossroads, the UN’s Middle East peace envoy warned the Security Council Wednesday, urging immediate action to halt the violence, restore ... More >>
UN Aid Teams Plead For Access Amid Reports Gazans Shot Collecting Food
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 6:02 am | UN News
In Gaza, dozens of Palestinians have been reportedly injured and shot trying to collect aid from the new US and Israeli-backed aid distribution facility operating independently of the UN. More >>
Sanctions Relief For Syria Offers ‘Powerful Message Of Hope,’ Says UN Migration Agency
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 5:35 am | UN News
The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has welcomed recent decisions by the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union to ease sanctions against Syria. More >>
INTERVIEW: Time’s Being Wasted On Politics Of Aid While Deaths Mount In Gaza, Warns Senior Official
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 8:30 pm | UN News
The UN already has a proven system to deliver assistance to people in Gaza and will not take part in any plan that does not uphold universally established humanitarian principles, a spokesperson for aid coordination office OCHA affirmed on Friday. More >>
New Judge Elected To The International Court Of Justice
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 11:22 am | UN News
A seasoned diplomat and legal scholar from Jordan was elected on Tuesday to serve as a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations’ principal judicial body. More >>
Exponential Rise In Synthetic Drug Production And Trafficking In The Golden Triangle
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 11:19 am | UN News
The Golden Triangle – the remote, jungle-covered border region where Thailand, Myanmar, and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic meet – has seen an exponential surge in the illicit manufacture and trafficking of synthetic drugs. More >>
Aid Teams Highlight Growing Anxiety In Gaza After Food Is Looted
Tuesday, 27 May 2025, 10:50 am | UN News
Long-awaited food supplies have been looted in Gaza overnight while being transported to desperate communities in the war-torn enclave, UN aid teams reported on Friday. More >>
Diplomats Prepare Ground For June Conference On Two-State Solution For Israel And Palestine
Tuesday, 27 May 2025, 10:46 am | UN News
Diplomats convened at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday to lay the groundwork for a crucial international conference in June, aimed at advancing global efforts towards achieving a two-State solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. More >>
UN Warns Of ‘Catastrophic’ Human Rights Crisis In Myanmar As Violence And Economic Collapse Deepen
Tuesday, 27 May 2025, 10:09 am | UN News
Myanmar’s spiralling human rights crisis – fuelled by relentless military violence, systemic impunity and economic collapse – has left civilians caught in the crossfire of an increasingly brutal conflict, according to a new report by the UN human rights ... More >>
Escalating Violence Drives Food Crisis Across Eastern DR Congo, Warns WFP
Tuesday, 27 May 2025, 8:25 am | UN News
As violence intensifies in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Food Programme (WFP) warned Friday that food insecurity is worsening both within the country and in neighbouring States, where 140,000 Congolese have fled since January. More >>
UN Rights Chief Calls On South Sudan’s Warring Parties To End Renewed Fighting
Tuesday, 27 May 2025, 8:20 am | UN News
The UN on Friday warned of further deterioration in the human rights situation in South Sudan amid an uptick in hostilities, arbitrary arrests and hate speech since February. More >>
Guterres Calls On Israel To Accept UN’s ‘Detailed, Principled’ Aid Plan For Gaza
Tuesday, 27 May 2025, 8:15 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Friday outlined a five-stage plan to provide lifesaving aid to the stricken population of Gaza, making clear the organization will not take part in any scheme that fails to respect international law or basic humanitarian ... More >>
What’s Your Poison? Alcohol Linked To Higher Risk Of Pancreatic Cancer
Tuesday, 27 May 2025, 7:19 am | UN News
Alcoholic drinks, especially beer and spirits, may raise the risk of pancreatic cancer, a new UN study has found. More >>
UN Rights Chief Calls For End To Daily Killings In Ukraine After Deadly Weekend Attacks
Tuesday, 27 May 2025, 7:02 am | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for an immediate end to the daily killings and destruction in Ukraine, following a weekend of deadly attacks that left at least 14 civilians – including three children – dead and dozens ... More >>
Thousands Flee Homes In Mozambique As Conflict And Disasters Fuel Worsening Crisis
Monday, 26 May 2025, 7:36 am | UN News
More than 25,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in northern Mozambique in recent weeks, as conflict and a series of disasters fuel a worsening humanitarian crisis – one that risks deepening as vital relief operations face a severe funding ... More >>
UN Rights Mission Deplores Deadly Russian Strikes In Ukraine
Monday, 26 May 2025, 7:13 am | UN News
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has deplored a deadly wave of Russian missile and drone strikes that reportedly killed at least 13 civilians and injured 65 others, warning that the attack underscores the grave risks of using ... More >>
‘A Silent Crisis’: Obstetric Fistula Affects 500,000 Women, Yet It’s Fully Treatable
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 5:36 pm | UN News
Five days – that is how long it took Dah, a 14-year-old prospective mother from Côte d’Ivoire, to give birth. The child was stillborn and she developed obstetric fistula. More >>
Syrians Face Staggering Needs Amid Insecurity And Healthcare Crisis
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 5:34 pm | UN News
Millions of people in Syria continue to face mortal danger from unexploded munitions, disease and malnutrition and more international support is urgently required, senior UN aid officials said on Friday. More >>
Civilians ‘Trapped And Terrorised’: UN Sounds Alarm Over Collapse Of Critical Protections
Friday, 23 May 2025, 9:51 am | UN News
With more than 36,000 civilian deaths recorded in conflict zones in 2024 and sexual violence surging, senior UN officials warn that the international framework designed to protect civilians is collapsing. More >>
