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World Health Assembly Opens Amid High-Stakes Pandemic Treaty Vote, Global Funding Crisis
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 10:35 am | UN News
The 78th World Health Assembly opened on Monday with a broad appeal to global solidarity, as delegates from around the world gather in Geneva to confront mounting health, climate, and financial challenges – and finalise a global treaty to head off the ... More >>
International Criminal Court: Deputies Take Over Amid Prosecutor Misconduct Probe
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 10:32 am | UN News
The Deputy Prosecutors of the International Criminal Court have assumed leadership of the Office of the Prosecutor following Karim Khan’s decision to take a leave of absence amid an ongoing UN investigation into allegations of misconduct against ... More >>
Pandemic Heroes Stepped Up In 2020 – Now They’re Asking World Leaders To Do The Same
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 10:29 am | UN News
As world leaders meet in Geneva to negotiate a new UN-brokered agreement on pandemic preparedness, we revisit frontline doctors, community advocates, youth volunteer & a journalist who lived through the storm of COVID-19. Their voices are just a few ... More >>
‘On Thin Ice’: UN Chief Sounds Alarm Over Rapid Himalayan Glacier Melt
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 10:21 am | UN News
The United Nations Secretary-General warned on Friday that Himalayan glaciers are “caving in,” urging immediate action to address the climate crisis, especially in the world’s most fragile ecosystems. More >>
UN Relief Chief Welcomes Limited Gaza Aid Resumption – But It’s A ‘Drop In The Ocean’
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 9:42 am | UN News
The UN humanitarian affairs chief has welcomed Israel’s decision to allow limited aid to cross into Gaza after 11 weeks of complete blockade – but significantly more is needed “starting tomorrow morning”. More >>
UN Faces Deepening Financial Crisis, Urges Members To Pay Up
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 9:29 am | UN News
The United Nations is facing a worsening cash crisis that threatens its ability to carry out vital work, Member States warned this week, as the General Assembly’s Fifth Committee met to discuss the world body’s financial health. More >>
Home-Bound Syrians Find Few Of The Basics Needed To Survive
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 9:04 am | UN News
Syrians trying to rebuild their lives in their war-torn country urgently need the support of the rest of the world to help them start again, UN aid agencies insist. More >>
At Arab League Summit, Guterres Reiterates Call For Gaza Ceasefire
Monday, 19 May 2025, 10:58 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General renewed his call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and upheld the need for a two-State solution between Israelis and Palestinians in a speech on Saturday to the League of Arab States Summit in Baghdad. More >>
In Baghdad, Guterres Affirms UN Will Never Forget Staff Killed In Canal Hotel Attack
Monday, 19 May 2025, 9:34 am | UN News
The United Nations will never forget the staff members killed in the 19 August 2003 attack on its headquarters in Iraq, the Secretary-General said in the capital on Sunday. More >>
Civilians Killed In Drone Strike In Eastern Ukraine: UN Rights Monitors
Monday, 19 May 2025, 7:52 am | UN News
A drone strike in eastern Ukraine on Saturday could possibly be the deadliest in recent weeks, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country, HRMMU, has said. More >>
UN Humanitarian Chief Demands Resumption Of Aid In Gaza
Monday, 19 May 2025, 7:35 am | UN News
Humanitarians demand access to the Gaza Strip and already have a plan in place to deliver life-saving assistance to civilians, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said in a strong call issued late on Friday evening. More >>
Journalists Being Forgotten On The Frontline, Warns Injured War Reporter
Monday, 19 May 2025, 7:32 am | UN News
A war reporter from Lebanon who lost a limb in the line of duty is calling for an end to impunity for attacks against journalists. More >>
‘We Are Still Waiting For Our Loved Ones’: Families Of The Abducted Speak Out
Friday, 16 May 2025, 10:02 am | UN News
Two families – one still waiting for answers 75 years after a father was taken during the Korean War, the other pleading for a son’s return from captivity in Gaza – shared their testimonies before the UN Security Council on Thursday. More >>
Gaza: New Displacement Orders Force Thousands To Flee As Famine Looms
Friday, 16 May 2025, 9:35 am | UN News
Intensified hostilities continue in the Gaza Strip, bringing further death, displacement and destruction as the weeks-long aid blockade grinds on, the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) said on Thursday. More >>
A Historic Course Correction: How The World’s Shipping Sector Is Setting Sail For Net Zero
Friday, 16 May 2025, 8:18 am | UN News
Long overlooked as a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, the shipping industry is now at the forefront of a unique display of international cooperation. The shift signals that even the world’s largest transport sector can be steered ... More >>
‘The World Is Failing Its Health Checkup,’ Says WHO
Friday, 16 May 2025, 7:20 am | UN News
In just two years, between 2019 and 2021, life expectancy worldwide fell by 1.8 years – the largest fall in recent history according to the World Health Organization (WHO), in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. More >>
Over 60 Per Cent Of The Arab World Still Outside The Banking System
Friday, 16 May 2025, 7:17 am | UN News
Between 2016 and 2024, the number of Egyptians with a bank account – which experts say is essential for financial inclusion - tripled, from 17.1 million to over 51 million. More >>
Libya’s Fragile Peace Tested Again As New Clashes Roil Tripoli
Friday, 16 May 2025, 7:05 am | UN News
A fragile calm has settled over Tripoli after a sudden surge of violence this week left parts of the city in ruins, claimed civilian lives, and heightened concerns about the stability of Libya’s already fragile political and security situation. More >>
8 Million Teens In World's Wealthiest Countries Functionally Illiterate: UNICEF
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 10:18 am | UN News
Children in many of the world’s wealthiest countries saw marked declines in their academic performance, mental wellbeing, and physical health as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report published by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ... More >>
‘Politically Unacceptable, Morally Repugnant’: UN Chief Calls For Global Ban On 'Killer Robots'
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 9:31 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for a global ban on lethal autonomous weapon systems – machines capable of taking human lives without human oversight – describing them as “politically unacceptable” and “morally ... More >>
