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Four Years After The Coup, Myanmar Remains On The Brink
Thursday, 30 January 2025, 9:07 am | UN News
Four years after the military coup which plunged Myanmar into turmoil, the country is facing an unprecedented “polycrisis,” marked by economic collapse, intensifying conflict, complex climate hazards and deepening poverty, according to a new report ... More >>
DR Congo Crisis: ‘The Violence Must End Now’, UN Security Council Told
Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 11:32 am | UN News
The UN Security Council convened its second emergency meeting in three days on Tuesday to address the escalating crisis in Goma – the regional capital of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More >>
Israel UNRWA Ban Will Undermine Gaza Ceasefire, Security Council Hears
Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 10:38 am | UN News
The implementation of new laws banning the UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA – set to take effect on Thursday – will heighten instability and deepen despair in the occupied Palestinian territory, the Security Council has heard. More >>
World News In Brief - 28 January
Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 9:44 am | UN News
At least one girl and three boys were killed, and three boys injured, during an attack on the Saudi Hospital in the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher, North Darfur, on Friday. More >>
Darfur: ICC Prosecutor Urges Immediate Action To Address Atrocities
Tuesday, 28 January 2025, 5:03 pm | UN News
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday called on the UN Security Council to act decisively to address the worsening atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region. More >>
Guterres Calls On US To Exempt Development And Humanitarian Funds From Aid ‘Pause’
Tuesday, 28 January 2025, 12:53 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Monday called on the US Government to consider “additional exemptions” to a directive which pauses nearly all foreign aid for 90 days. More >>
Syria: Rights Probe Reveals Systematic Torture And Detention Of Assad Regime
Tuesday, 28 January 2025, 9:06 am | UN News
A report from UN human rights investigators for Syria released on Monday has laid bare the systematic use of arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearances by the deposed Assad regime. More >>
What’s UNDOF? Why UN Peacekeepers Patrol The Israel-Syria Border
Monday, 27 January 2025, 11:34 am | UN News
More than 1,100 UN peacekeepers are currently deployed in the Golan, a demilitarised zone along the Israel-Syria border at what is a tense and dangerous time in the history of the region. But, why are the Blue Helmets there? More >>
UN Officials Call For Ceasefire Compliance After 15 People Killed In Lebanon
Monday, 27 January 2025, 10:23 am | UN News
Top UN officials in Lebanon are calling for compliance with the ongoing ceasefire after reports that Israeli forces killed 15 people, including a Lebanese soldier, along the buffer zone with Israel, which Israel was due to withdraw from on Sunday ... More >>
Global Education Must Integrate AI, Centred On Humanity
Sunday, 26 January 2025, 6:49 pm | UN News
Marking the International Day of Education, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasized learning as a basic human right and foundation for individual and societal growth. More >>
DR Congo Emergency: Fears That Regional Capital Goma Faces Attack
Sunday, 26 January 2025, 6:47 pm | UN News
Intensifying hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo involving the non-state armed group M23 have caused further mass displacement in the mineral-rich region, with fears that the regional capital Goma could come under attack, UN agencies ... More >>
World News In Brief: More UN Staffers Detained In Yemen, Education Hit By Climate Crisis, Nigeria Aid Plan
Saturday, 25 January 2025, 3:52 pm | UN News
The UN has suspended all official movements by its teams into and out of Houthi-held areas of Yemen, after more UN staffers were detained on Thursday. More >>
Guterres Voices Alarm Over M23 Rebel Offensive In DR Congo, ‘Devastating Toll’ On Civilians
Friday, 24 January 2025, 12:00 pm | UN News
The UN chief on Thursday expressed alarm over a renewed offensive by M23 rebels in recent days in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which is taking a “devastating toll” on civilians. More >>
Colombia: Catatumbo Killings Highlight Fragility Of Peace Process
Friday, 24 January 2025, 11:15 am | UN News
The recent deadly violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo region has highlighted the ongoing challenges in consolidating peace, eight years after the signing of the 2016 Final Peace Agreement, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday. More >>
Lebanon: Food Insecurity Deepens Following Conflict, New Report Reveals
Friday, 24 January 2025, 10:58 am | UN News
Nearly a third of Lebanon’s population is facing acute food insecurity following the escalation of hostilities in late 2024, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis released on Wednesday. More >>
At Davos, Guterres Slams Backsliding On Climate Commitments
Friday, 24 January 2025, 10:48 am | UN News
The world’s political & business elite present in Davos faced an uncompromising address from UN chief António Guterres as he rounded on a lack of multilateral collaboration in an “increasingly rudderless world” at risk from two existential dangers:climate ... More >>
Release Of Ship’s Crew, ‘A Step In The Right Direction’: UN Yemen Envoy
Friday, 24 January 2025, 10:41 am | UN News
The UN Special Envoy for Yemen and the head of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on Wednesday welcomed the release of the crew of a commercial ship held by Houthi rebels for more than a year. More >>
‘We Must Be There For Them Now’ Says UN Relief Chief, Highlighting Plight Of Gaza’s Children
Friday, 24 January 2025, 10:35 am | UN News
In a rare moment of cautious optimism, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher addressed the Security Council on the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza on Thursday, emphasizing the plight of children who have borne the brunt of the conflict. More >>
In Syria, Top UN Envoy Highlights International Backing For Political Transition
Friday, 24 January 2025, 10:20 am | UN News
The UN Special Envoy for Syria on Wednesday emphasised the strong international consensus that is emerging in support of the country’s political transition since the fall of the Assad regime last month. More >>
Myanmar Crisis: Civilians Killed In Airstrikes As Rohingya Risk Dangerous Journeys
Friday, 24 January 2025, 10:12 am | UN News
The security situation in Myanmar continues to remain highly volatile, with intensified airstrikes across multiple regions leading to dozens of civilian casualties, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Wednesday. More >>
