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Gaza Aid Worker Killings: One Humanitarian Still Missing In Mass Grave
Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 11:46 am | UN News
UN humanitarians and partners on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the killing of 15 colleagues on duty in southern Gaza by Israeli forces whose remains were recovered on Sunday from a shallow grave after a week-long rescue operation, noting that one ... More >>
Guterres Calls For Greater Equality And Inclusion As World Marks Autism Awareness Day
Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 11:42 am | UN News
Although people with autism are making enormous contributions to societies across the globe, they still face significant challenges. More >>
UN-Backed Forum Seeks To Boost Resilience Of World’s Least Developed Countries
Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 11:34 am | UN News
Policymakers, researchers, the private sector and other stakeholders are meeting in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, over the next three days to chart a path toward sustainable development and resilience for the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs). More >>
Interview: Urgent Aid Needed As Survivors Of Myanmar Quake Struggle Amid Long-Running Crisis
Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 10:05 am | UN News
As Myanmar reels from a devastating earthquake, the humanitarian situation is growing increasingly dire – entire communities have been reduced to rubble, infrastructure is shattered and tens of thousands remain in urgent need of aid. More >>
Myanmar Earthquake Tragedy ‘Compounds Already Dire Crisis’
Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 8:50 am | UN News
Entire communities in central Myanmar have been devastated and the full scale of the earthquake disaster “remains unclear”, the UN’s top humanitarian coordinator in the country said on Monday. More >>
Gaza: UN Relief Chief Demands ‘Answers And Justice’ Following Killings Of First Responders
Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 8:17 am | UN News
The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher on Monday called for “justice and answers” after Israeli forces killed eight Palestinian medics, six civil defence first responders and a UN staff member in an attack in southern Gaza. More >>
Tariffs: Job Protectors Or Trade Killers?
Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:51 pm | UN News
The word “tariff” has been catapulted to the headlines over the last few months, as major economies impose or threaten them on other nations. But tariffs are not just a blunt weapon to be used in geopolitical brinkmanship: they can, if used effectively, ... More >>
Extreme Weather Impacts Cascading ‘From The Andes To The Amazon’
Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:48 pm | UN News
Extreme weather and climate impacts had a damaging toll on Latin America and the Caribbean last year, resulting in dying glaciers, record-breaking hurricanes, debilitating drought and deadly floods, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a ... More >>
47 Million Health Workers And Advocates Call For Cleaner Air To Curb Pollution Deaths
Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:47 pm | UN News
Over 50 countries, cities, & organizations pledged new commitments to tackle air pollution, protect public health, and help halve its deadly impacts by 2040 – a goal backed by a petition from 47 million health professionals, patients & advocates ... More >>
Looking Beyond GDP To Reach The Sustainable Development Goals
Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:45 pm | UN News
Countries should consider looking beyond Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, as the key measure of economic growth to achieve the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UN policymakers have suggested. More >>
Tens Of Millions Risk Starvation As Funding Cuts Deepen Crises In DR Congo: WHO, WFP
Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:43 pm | UN News
Sharply declining aid could force tens of millions across the globe who rely on food aid into extreme hunger and starvation, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. More >>
Haiti Reaches ‘Yet Another Crisis Point’ As Gangs Tighten Their Grip
Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:41 pm | UN News
The UN human rights chief sounded the alarm on Friday over the rapidly deteriorating situation in Haiti, calling it a “catastrophe” fuelled by gang violence, widespread impunity and a political process that is hanging by a thread. More >>
Gaza: Acts Of War Bear Hallmarks Of Atrocity Crimes, Warn UN Humanitarians
Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:40 pm | UN News
Lifesaving supplies in Gaza continue to run dangerously low, nearly four weeks into the total aid blockade and deadly bombardment of the enclave by Israel, UN humanitarians said on Friday. More >>
Armed Groups Install ‘Parallel Administration’ In DR Congo, Security Council Hears
Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:39 pm | UN News
Armed groups affiliated with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have continued to expand their control in North and South Kivu – setting their sights on more territorial gains. More >>
Myanmar Earthquake: Search And Rescue Efforts Continue In Race Against Time
Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:02 pm | UN News
The human toll of the earthquake which devastated central Myanmar continues to rise, UN humanitarians warned on Sunday, putting more pressure on nearly 20 million people who were already in need of aid. More >>
UN Chief Strongly Condemns Killing Of Kenyan Peacekeeper In Central African Republic
Sunday, 30 March 2025, 8:51 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Saturday strongly condemned an attack on peacekeepers serving with UN mission MINUSCA in the Central African Republic which left one Kenyan ‘blue helmet’ dead. More >>
Myanmar Quake: More Than 1,600 Reported Killed, As UN Aid Operation Supports Rescue Efforts
Sunday, 30 March 2025, 8:49 pm | UN News
Latest news reports indicate that over 1,600 have been killed in Myanmar with thousands injured following two powerful earthquakes on Friday which have left hundreds trapped under rubble. More >>
UN Teams Ramp Up Response To Deadly Quake In Myanmar And Thailand
Saturday, 29 March 2025, 5:26 am | UN News
Amid reports of hundreds dead or missing following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake with its epicentre in central Myanmar, UN teams in the region are “responding fast”, said UN relief chief Tom Fletcher on Friday. More >>
Sudan: Rights Chief Deplores Deadly Army Strikes On North Darfur Market
Friday, 28 March 2025, 12:08 pm | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has again called for greater protection of civilians in war-torn Sudan following deadly army airstrikes in North Darfur earlier this week. More >>
Biological Weapons ‘must Not Only Be Unthinkable But Also Impossible’
Friday, 28 March 2025, 11:48 am | UN News
The world came together 50 years ago to ban biological weapons and in today’s volatile geopolitical climate we can ill-afford to let this moral safeguard “erode”, the UN’s High Representative for Disarmament Affairs said on Wednesday. More >>
