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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 >>
UN Aid Office Denounces Attacks On Gaza Hospital
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 8:58 am | UN News
The UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, underlined the need to protect civilians and healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip in a renewed appeal on Wednesday. More >>
In Berlin, Broad Backing For UN Peacekeeping As Global Threats Mount
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 8:29 am | UN News
More than 130 countries and international partners threw their weight behind UN peacekeeping at a high-level ministerial summit in Berlin on Wednesday, pledging military, tech and political support. More >>
US-Houthi Ceasefire ‘A Welcome Opportunity’ To Advance Peace Efforts In Yemen
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 7:40 am | UN News
The ceasefire between the United States and Houthi rebels in Yemen provides an opportunity to revitalize the peace process in the Middle Eastern country, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday. More >>
Sudan Refugees, Aid For Syrian Returnees, MERS Alert In Saudi Arabia, Venezuela Urged To End Secret Detentions
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 7:28 am | UN News
More than 40,000 Sudanese have fled to eastern Chad in the past month to escape intensifying violence in Darfur. More >>
‘Stop The 21st Century Atrocity’ In Gaza, Fletcher Urges UN Security Council
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 10:02 am | UN News
No aid has entered Gaza for more than 10 weeks and every single one of the 2.1 million people there faces famine conditions, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said on Tuesday in a briefing to the Security Council in New York. More >>
Half Of Women’s Organisations In Crisis Zones Risk Closure Within Six Months
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 8:35 am | UN News
Women’s organisations operating in crisis settings are being pushed to the brink by widespread funding cuts. In a report published on Tuesday, UN Women – the UN agency for gender equality – warned that 47 per cent of these groups may be forced ... More >>
UN Aviation Council Finds Russia Responsible For Downing Of Malaysia Airlines Flight
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 8:28 am | UN News
A UN body has found that Russia was responsible for the 17 July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine that killed all 298 people on board. More >>
