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UN Warns Copper Shortage Risks Slowing Global Energy And Technology Shift

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 8:52 pm | UN News

A looming global copper shortage could stall the world’s transition to clean energy and digital technologies unless smarter trade and investment strategies are adopted, the UN’s trade and development body, UNCTAD, has warned. More >>

‘Massive’ Needs In Sudan, DR Congo Aid Shortfall, Support For Congolese Refugees And Angola Cholera Relief

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 8:50 pm | UN News

UN humanitarian teams have completed a mission to the Sudanese town of Tawila to provide life-saving assistance for civilians recently displaced by intensifying violence in North Darfur state. More >>

More Than 50 Million In West And Central Africa At Risk Of Hunger

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 8:48 pm | UN News

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that millions of people in West and Central Africa are facing record hunger as conflict, displacement, economic hardship and repeated extreme weather push the region towards a major crisis. More >>

Costa Rica’s Refugee Lifeline At Breaking Point Amid Funding Crisis

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 8:47 pm | UN News

Costa Rica’s long-standing commitment to protecting refugees is under threat as severe funding cuts cripple support for surging numbers of Nicaraguan asylum seekers, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday. More >>

Gaza: UN Agencies Reject Israeli Plan To Use Aid As ‘Bait’

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 8:36 pm | UN News

Israel’s plan to take control of relief assistance in Gaza would put civilian lives in danger and cause mass displacement while using aid as “bait”, UN humanitarians said on Friday. More >>

World News In Brief: Sudan Aid Update, Child Migrant Deaths At Sea, Nursing Shortages, Invasive Pest Scourge

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 9:35 am | UN News

The UN expressed deep concern on Monday over the impact of ongoing drone attacks on civilian infrastructure across Sudan. More >>

UN Chief Calls For Major Reforms To Cut Costs And Improve Efficiency

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 8:32 am | UN News

Amid financial strain and growing global challenges, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is pushing for wide-ranging structural reforms to enhance the world body’s effectiveness. More >>

Gaza: Guterres Hails Hostage Release, Renews Ceasefire Call

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 7:58 am | UN News

UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the release of a hostage held in in Gaza on Monday and renewed his call for a permanent ceasefire and greater humanitarian access to the war-torn enclave. More >>

UN Migration Agency Helping Migrants In The US Return Home Voluntarily

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 7:40 am | UN News

The United States has asked the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to assist undocumented migrants who choose to return to their home countries. More >>

Gaza: Starvation Looms For One In Five People, Say Food Security Experts

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 7:30 am | UN News

Gazans remain at “critical risk of famine”, UN-backed food security experts warned on Monday, a full 19 months since war began with Israel and 70 days since deliveries stopped of all aid and commercial supplies. More >>

Climate Change Takes Increasingly Extreme Toll On African Countries

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 7:15 am | UN News

Devastating floods in South Sudan in recent months left thousands of herders without their most precious possessions: goats, cows and cattle. The animals are central to people’s lives and age-old customs including marriage and cultural traditions. More >>

‘She Cries In Her Sleep’: Deeper Crisis Looms Beneath Devastation From Myanmar Quake

Friday, 9 May 2025, 3:52 pm | UN News

An estimated 3,800 people have died as a result of the devastating earthquakes that struck Myanmar on 28 March. Six weeks on, the situation in Myanmar remains dire, with whole communities still traumatised and vulnerable. More >>

UN Security Council Extends South Sudan Mission Amid Rising Instability

Friday, 9 May 2025, 10:03 am | UN News

The Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for another year, as the world’s youngest nation teeters on the brink of renewed conflict. More >>

Guterres Welcomes Election Of Pope Leo ‘At A Time Of Great Global Challenges’

Friday, 9 May 2025, 9:02 am | UN News

UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the announcement of a new Pope on Thursday. More >>

UN Rights Body Rules Guatemala Failed Displaced Mayan Peoples

Friday, 9 May 2025, 7:41 am | UN News

The UN Human Rights Committee has found that Guatemala did not follow through on promises to resettle and compensate Mayan Peoples who remain forcibly displaced. More >>

UNRWA Condemns ‘Storming’ Of Schools In East Jerusalem

Friday, 9 May 2025, 7:31 am | UN News

The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has strongly condemned the forced entry by Israeli security forces into three of its schools in occupied East Jerusalem, describing it as a violation of children’s right to education and safety. More >>

Port Sudan: Aid Officials Call For Greater Protection As Drone Attacks Continue

Thursday, 8 May 2025, 8:27 am | UN News

The UN has renewed its call to end the brutal conflict in Sudan after a surge in drone strikes, including in Port Sudan — the vital hub and lifeline for humanitarian aid. More >>

New Horror In Gaza As Double Strike On School Shelter Kills 30

Thursday, 8 May 2025, 8:16 am | UN News

Grim details emerged on Wednesday of Israeli airstrikes on a UN-run school in Gaza sheltering 2,000 displaced people, which reportedly killed 30 Palestinians sheltering there. More >>

Absent Faces, Destroyed Homes – Young Students Paint The Pain Of Gaza

Thursday, 8 May 2025, 8:10 am | UN News

Students displaced by the war in Gaza have been channeling their anguish into art in psychosocial support sessions provided by the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA. More >>

UN Secretary-General Urges Military Restraint From India, Pakistan

Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 11:00 am | UN News

The UN chief has expressed deep concern over Indian military operations across the Line of Control and the international border with Pakistan. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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