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Guterres Calls For Full Gaza Ceasefire, Rejecting ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 10:58 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to continue pushing for a full ceasefire and the release of all hostages in Gaza, and “to avoid any form of ethnic cleansing” in the enclave, in a speech in New York on Wednesday. More >>
Explainer: How Family Planning Saves Lives
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 9:40 am | UN News
Sakina Sani was married off when she was 12 years old amid conflict and food shortages in northern Nigeria. She became pregnant at 15 but miscarried and then had two children in rapid succession. More >>
Clock Ticking On South Sudan’s Transition, Security Council Hears
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 9:02 am | UN News
As South Sudan enters a so-called “extended transitional period” this month, the UN’s top envoy to the country has warned that the clock is ticking to accomplish the commitments under a key 2018 peace accord, ahead of a new deadline set for February ... More >>
Gaza: More Than A Million Receive Food Aid Since The Start Of The Ceasefire
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 8:58 am | UN News
Over one million people in the Gaza Strip have received food assistance since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect nearly three weeks ago, UN aid coordination office OCHA said in an update on Wednesday. More >>
Why Have UN Peacekeepers Been In DR Congo For 65 Years?
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10:29 pm | UN News
Regional conflicts, murderous militias, the exploitation of natural resources, innocent civilians forced to flee their homes; these recent developments in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are just the latest in the central African nation’s troubled ... More >>
Stories From The UN Archive: Marian Anderson Broke Barriers With Music And Diplomacy
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10:27 pm | UN News
Marian Anderson, one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th century, once performed in the UN's gilded General Assembly Hall in New York and also represented her country, the United States, as a delegate. More >>
Sudan: UN Chief Condemns Reported Executions As Starvation Risks Rise
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10:23 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General expressed deep alarm on Monday over reports of summary executions of civilians in the Sudanese city of Khartoum North, allegedly carried out by fighters and militias allied with the forces of the military Government. More >>
DR Congo: UN Call To Reopen Goma Airport ‘Lifeline’, As Crisis Deepens
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10:21 pm | UN News
The UN’s top humanitarian official in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday called for Goma airport to be urgently reopened, warning its continued closure is paralyzing relief operations. More >>
Deadly Attacks In Eastern Aleppo Highlight Syria’s Vulnerability
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10:19 pm | UN News
The United Nations on Tuesday condemned a deadly car bomb attack in the Syrian city of Manbij that killed 20 people, mostly women, and left many others critically injured. More >>
World News: ‘Ruthless Assault On Human Life’ In Sudan, Gaza Ceasefire Must Hold Says Relief Chief, World Cancer Day
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10:02 pm | UN News
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan has again urged warring parties to stop targeting civilians. More >>
Hospitals Overwhelmed In DR Congo, Food Running Out: Goma Faces ‘Devastation’
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 10:00 pm | UN News
After days of intense fighting, the humanitarian situation in Goma, capital of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has reached alarming levels – with humanitarian needs now massive and response capacities severely strained. More >>
UNRWA Delivers Bulk Of Aid In Gaza, As Destruction Mounts In West Bank
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 9:49 pm | UN News
Some 30,000 residents from Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank have fled their homes after large swathes of it were destroyed in a series of controlled detonations by the Israeli security forces (ISF), the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) ... More >>
WHO asks US to reconsider withdrawal, gender parity remains distant goal, call for rethink on Nordic alcohol law change
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 9:34 pm | UN News
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday he would “welcome constructive dialogue” with the United States Government over the decision made by President Donald Trump to withdraw. More >>
Eastern DR Congo crisis increasing risk of mpox transmission, WHO chief warns
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 9:31 pm | UN News
The worsening security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced many mpox patients to flee treatment centres, increasing the risk of transmission, the UN health agency (WHO) warned on Monday. More >>
West Bank Violence Undermining Gaza Ceasefire: UNRWA
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 9:28 pm | UN News
Escalating hostilities in the occupied West Bank are putting the fragile ceasefire in Gaza at risk, the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, warned in a statement on Monday. More >>
Relief Chief In Israel And Palestine: ‘We Must Be Practical, Innovative And Persistent’
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 6:13 pm | UN News
The top UN aid official arrived in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory on Monday for a week-long visit, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, has reported. More >>
Haiti: ‘I Was Deported To A Country I Never Lived In’
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 9:26 am | UN News
Migrants who have been deported from the Dominican Republic to Haiti – the two Caribbean nations that share the island of Hispaniola – have been talking to the UN about the challenges of returning to a crisis-ridden country they barely know. More >>
Diplomacy Key To Ending Crisis In Eastern DR Congo: UN Peacekeeping Chief
Saturday, 1 February 2025, 6:23 pm | UN News
The head of UN Peace Operations has underscored the need for continued diplomatic efforts to end the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and avert the potential for wider conflict. More >>
UNRWA ‘Continues To Deliver’ As Israeli Ban Comes Into Effect
Friday, 31 January 2025, 9:52 pm | UN News
UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA on Thursday upheld its commitment to support millions across the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) as Israel’s order for it to cease operations went into effect. More >>
Syria: Hostilities And Aid Challenges Persist Across Devastated Country
Friday, 31 January 2025, 9:50 pm | UN News
Humanitarians warned on Thursday that Syria continues to face major security and aid challenges in the northeast and beyond, in the uncertain aftermath of the overthrow of the Assad regime. More >>
