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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 >>
‘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 >>
