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Sudan War: Displacement Figures Fall For First Time
Friday, 28 March 2025, 10:04 am | UN News
For the first time in nearly two years of brutal conflict between rival militaries, the number of Sudanese internally displaced has fallen, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Thursday. More >>
UN Rights Body Sounds The Alarm Over South Sudan Crisis
Friday, 28 March 2025, 9:57 am | UN News
The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan issued an alert on Thursday over the rapidly escalating crisis in the country, calling for urgent coordinated action to protect civilians and preserve the 2018 peace deal that ended five years of civil ... More >>
Is Climate Science The Next Power Source For Renewable Energy?
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 11:32 am | UN News
As solar, wind, and hydropower expand, scientists say integrating climate data and forecasting is key to making renewable systems stronger. More >>
‘Renewables Are Renewing Economies’, UN Chief Tells Top Climate Forum
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 10:42 am | UN News
Ministers from 40 countries met on Wednesday at the first major climate forum of 2025 to discuss progress in renewable energy generation and the rising toll of inaction over rising temperatures. More >>
Pact For The Future: Countries Urged To Translate Pledges Into Action
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 10:04 am | UN News
UN Member States met on Wednesday for the first of three key meetings to advance a global agreement that pledges concrete actions to achieve a safer, more peaceful, sustainable and inclusive world for generations to come. More >>
Deadly Impacts Of Childhood Stunting Can Be Prevented, WFP Insists
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 9:49 am | UN News
Childhood stunting from malnutrition is a global but preventable problem if adequate investment can be found, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday, amid chronic funding shortages that threaten essential feeding programmes. More >>
Yemen: Ten Years Of War, A Lifetime Of Loss
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 8:58 am | UN News
Marking a decade of war in Yemen, Othman Belbeisi, Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa at the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM), highlights the resilience of its people, the deepening humanitarian crisis, and the urgent need ... More >>
Migrant Deaths In Asia Hit Record High In 2024, UN Data Reveals
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 11:33 am | UN News
The year 2024 marked the deadliest on record for migrants in Asia, with at least 2,514 lives lost along the region’s perilous migration routes, according to new data from the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM). More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Liz Throssell On Widespread Detentions In Türkiye
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 9:49 am | UN News
Over 1,000 people have been detained during the protests, among them at least nine media workers. More >>
Yemen: One In Two Children Severely Malnourished After 10 Years Of War
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 9:32 am | UN News
In Yemen, a decade of conflict has proved catastrophic for the country’s children living under the threat of airstrikes and staggeringly high malnutrition rates, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. More >>
Crimes Of The Transatlantic Slave Trade ‘Unacknowledged, Unspoken And Unaddressed’
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 9:20 am | UN News
The transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago but its legacy is ever present, the UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday, marking the International Day of Remembrance for its victims. More >>
Aid Operations Stretched To The Limit In Burundi By Ongoing DR Congo Crisis
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 9:02 am | UN News
With thousands fleeing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) across the border into Burundi, aid operations are stretched to the limit, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. More >>
South Sudan On The Brink Of Civil War, Top UN Official Warns
Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 10:01 am | UN News
South Sudan is teetering on the brink of a return to full-scale civil war as violence escalates and political tensions deepen, the head of the UN Mission in the country (UNMISS) warned on Monday. More >>
‘Don’t Cut The Aid’: Insecurity Worsens For Stateless Rohingya, Says UNHCR’s Grandi
Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 9:57 am | UN News
The plight of Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya is intensifying almost eight years since hundreds of thousands fled persecution and sought shelter in Bangladesh, the UN said on Monday, in an appeal for $934.5 million to help them. More >>
‘Racism Requires Ignorance’: How Art And Culture Can Help End Racial Discrimination
Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 8:52 am | UN News
Despite significant progress over the years, the fight against racism and racial discrimination remains as urgent as ever. More >>
UNAIDS Chief Warns Of ‘Real Surge’ In Deaths Without US Funding
Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 8:45 am | UN News
Amid continuing uncertainty about the impact of deep US funding cuts to humanitarian work worldwide, the head of the UN agency coordinating the fight against HIV-AIDS warned that an additional 6.3 million people will die in the next four years, unless ... More >>
Running To Bomb Shelters, Nothing New For Ukraine’s Schoolchildren
Monday, 24 March 2025, 9:22 am | UN News
Classes cut short by air raid sirens have become a routine part of school life for many Ukrainian youngsters in the three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, a new UN report published on Friday details. More >>
Children, Refugees Pay Hefty Price Of Global Aid Funding Crisis
Monday, 24 March 2025, 9:15 am | UN News
Children, refugees and displaced people worldwide are paying the price for the deep-seated funding crisis that has engulfed the international aid sector, made worse by pronounced cuts in Washington, the UN children’s and refugee agencies said on Friday. More >>
End Of Eternal Ice: Many Glaciers Will Not Survive This Century, Climate Scientists Say
Friday, 21 March 2025, 1:34 pm | UN News
Glaciers in many regions will not survive the 21st century if they keep melting at the current rate, potentially jeopardising hundreds of millions of people living downstream, UN climate experts said on the first World Day for Glaciers. More >>
Sudan: Civilians Targeted As Hostilities Intensify In The Capital
Friday, 21 March 2025, 11:00 am | UN News
Dozens of civilians, including local humanitarian volunteers, have been killed by artillery shelling and aerial bombardment in the eastern part of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) reported on Thursday. More >>
