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UN Chief Hails Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Treaty Breakthrough
Friday, 14 March 2025, 9:31 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General warmly welcomed the presidential signing of the State Border Treaty by Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on Thursday following decades-long negotiations. More >>
Conflict, Hunger, Poverty Impede Children's Early Development: Türk
Friday, 14 March 2025, 9:08 am | UN News
Governments everywhere are “letting children down instead of lifting them up” as conflict, hunger, poverty and climate change hold back child development, UN rights chief Volker Türk told Member States in Geneva on Thursday. More >>
UN Launches Gender Equality Plan: ‘We’re At A Turning Point’
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 10:02 pm | UN News
The UN launched a bold new action agenda to boost rights and achieve gender equality at a high-level event on the sidelines of the ongoing Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) session at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday. More >>
Guterres Prioritises UN Reform To Ensure Taxpayers’ Money Reaches Those In Need
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 10:01 pm | UN News
The United Nations is prioritising reform to ensure it remains effective, cost-efficient and responsive to the people it serves, Secretary-General António Guterres announced Wednesday, as part of a continued push to modernize the Organization. More >>
Gaza Aid ‘Unravelling’, Funding Cuts In Ukraine, Concern Over Syria Aid Access, Duterte In ICC Custody
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 9:51 pm | UN News
Following 11 days of an Israeli aid blockade in Gaza, “crucial progress” made during the first six weeks of the ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hamas militants “continues to unravel”, said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Wednesday. More >>
In The Face Of ‘Unprecedented Pressure’, EU Calls For Primacy Of International Law And Partnership
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 9:42 pm | UN News
The European Union remains committed to upholding international law and defending the United Nations Charter amid growing security threats, the bloc’s top diplomat told the Security Council on Tuesday. More >>
Bangladesh: Rohingya Children’s Acute Hunger Surges Amid Funding Cuts
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 9:37 pm | UN News
In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements, child malnutrition has surged and cuts to aid funding risk creating a humanitarian “catastrophe”, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday. More >>
Human Rights Council: Significant Increase In Child Victims Of Trafficking
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 6:50 pm | UN News
Children make up almost four in 10 victims of trafficking worldwide, but the true number of youngsters caught up in the illegal practice is likely much higher, a senior UN official warned on Wednesday. More >>
Humanitarian System At Breaking Point As Funding Cuts Force Life-Or-Death Choices
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 9:33 am | UN News
The UN’s top relief official warned on Wednesday that the global humanitarian system has reached breaking point, with funding cuts forcing life-or-death decisions over which aid programmes to sustain and which to shut down. More >>
‘Furious Kickback Against Equality’ Must End, UN Chief Tells Women Activists
Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 11:12 am | UN News
At a time of growing backlash against women’s rights, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a stark call to action on Tuesday to civil society representatives gathered for a town hall meeting – part of the ongoing Commission on the Status ... More >>
WHO Injects Fresh Support Into DR Congo Vaccination Drive
Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 11:05 am | UN News
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has stepped up efforts to improve vaccination coverage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by providing vital logistical support, including boats and motorcycles to reach remote communities along the Congo ... More >>
Afghanistan: Top UN Envoy Calls For ‘A Moment Of Realism’, As Taliban’s Isolation Grows
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 11:27 am | UN News
The top UN envoy for Afghanistan on Monday underscored the need for realistic engagement with the country as humanitarian and human rights crises deepen amid growing international isolation. More >>
World’s Largest Conference On Women Calls For Equality Amid Gender Backlash
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 8:56 am | UN News
Gender equality is a critical goal at a time when the demand for rights faces a global backlash, top UN officials told thousands of diplomats, business and civil society delegates gathered at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday for the world’s largest ... More >>
Syria: Children Among The Dead Amid Reports Of Mass Killings And Looting
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 8:48 am | UN News
Children are feared to be among more than 1,000 people reportedly killed in fierce fighting over the weekend in Syria’s coastal northwest, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. More >>
Explainer: The Commission On The Status Of Women And Why It Matters
Monday, 10 March 2025, 10:40 pm | UN News
Ever since former US First Lady and human rights champion Eleanor Roosevelt inspired the first UN sub-commission on the status of women in the 1940s, thousands of women around the world meet at UN Headquarters in New York every March to take the pulse ... More >>
Syria: Up To One Million People Plan To Return Home In Desperation
Monday, 10 March 2025, 10:29 pm | UN News
Up to one million desperate Syrians living in camps and displacement sites across the country’s northwest intend to return home within the next year – sparking deep concerns of a new humanitarian crisis. More >>
Post-Assad Syria Faces Critical Test Over Eliminating Chemical Weapons
Monday, 10 March 2025, 10:27 pm | UN News
The fall of the Assad regime has created a historic opportunity to rid Syria of chemical weapons and ensure long-term compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), the UN’s top disarmament official told the Security Council on Friday. More >>
DR Congo Crisis Leaves Mothers With Newborns Fleeing To Burundi
Monday, 10 March 2025, 10:25 pm | UN News
The aid response in Burundi to the crisis in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “is literally buckling”, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Friday, as it relayed dramatic testimonies from people forced to flee the unchecked ... More >>
Scores Killed In ‘Abhorrent Attack’ On UN Helicopter In South Sudan
Monday, 10 March 2025, 10:22 pm | UN News
A UN helicopter attempting to evacuate wounded South Sudanese soldiers in the north of the country was attacked on Friday, killing a crew member and injuring two others. More >>
Occupied Palestinian Territory: Israeli Operations Continue To Have Dire Consequences
Monday, 10 March 2025, 10:21 pm | UN News
Humanitarian agencies warned on Friday that ongoing Israeli military operations in the northern West Bank are exacerbating an already dire situation for displaced Palestinians. More >>
