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WHO Research Shows COVID Vaccines Still Crucial In Preventing Severe Illness
Friday, 2 January 2026, 12:22 pm | UN News
Up-to-date vaccination remains the most effective way to prevent severe COVID-19 illness, new research from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows, even as the pandemic has officially ended. More >>
UN Chief Condemns Israeli Amendments Targeting UNRWA Operations
Friday, 2 January 2026, 12:15 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General has condemned amendments adopted by Israel’s Knesset to a law aimed at ceasing the operations of the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees (UNRWA), saying the measures must be immediately repealed. More >>
New Year Dawns Amid Rubble And Resolve In Gaza
Friday, 2 January 2026, 11:30 am | UN News
As 2026 begins, residents of the Gaza Strip are confronting life in displacement camps and among the ruins of destroyed neighbourhoods – facing deep uncertainty after months of war and devastation. More >>
Health Advances Marked 2025 As Wars And Funding Cuts Strained Systems
Thursday, 1 January 2026, 4:07 pm | UN News
The UN health agency says the mixed picture of progress and pressure in 2025 underscores both what is possible through evidence-based cooperation and what is at risk if momentum and financing are not sustained. More >>
Results Expected On 5 January After Landmark Elections In Central African Republic
Thursday, 1 January 2026, 9:13 am | UN News
Voting proceeded largely as planned in the Central African Republic’s first-ever combined presidential, legislative, regional and municipal elections, and ballot counting is now complete, the UN peacekeeping mission (MINUSCA) said. More >>
Ukraine: Attacks Disrupt Heating As Temperatures Plunge
Thursday, 1 January 2026, 8:41 am | UN News
Recent attacks across Ukraine have killed civilians, damaged critical infrastructure and cut heating and power supplies for millions, UN humanitarians report, as temperatures drop below freezing. More >>
General Assembly Approves $3.45 Billion UN Regular Budget For 2026
Wednesday, 31 December 2025, 2:18 pm | UN News
The General Assembly has approved a $3.45 billion regular budget for the United Nations for 2026, following weeks of intensive negotiations and one of the Organization’s most important reform initiatives, UN80. More >>
UN Renews Ceasefire Push In Sudan
Wednesday, 31 December 2025, 12:26 pm | UN News
The UN has urged Sudan’s warring parties to pursue compromise and an immediate ceasefire, even as drone attacks, displacement and the killing of peacekeepers underscore the growing risks to civilians and humanitarians. More >>
UN Peacekeeper Injured In Gunfire Near ‘Blue Line’ In South Lebanon
Wednesday, 31 December 2025, 12:23 pm | UN News
One United Nations peacekeeper was injured on Friday after heavy machine gunfire from Israel Defense Forces (IDF) positions south of the Blue Line, following a nearby grenade explosion, impacted close to a UN patrol in southern Lebanon. More >>
UN, US Sign $2 Billion Humanitarian Funding Agreement For 17 Crisis-Hit Countries
Wednesday, 31 December 2025, 12:18 pm | UN News
UN, US formalised an agreement under which the US committed $2 bn in humanitarian assistance for global relief programmes, a move UN’s top relief official hailed as a landmark commitment to saving lives amid escalating humanitarian needs worldwide More >>
Gaza Battered By Heavy Rains As Humanitarian Response Continues
Wednesday, 31 December 2025, 12:14 pm | UN News
Severe weather conditions have led to further casualties and heightened health risks in Gaza over the past 24 hours, the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) reported on Monday. More >>
Afghanistan To Remain Major Crisis In 2026, UN, Partners Warn
Wednesday, 31 December 2025, 10:17 am | UN News
Afghanistan is expected to remain one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises in 2026, UN agencies and humanitarian partners warned on Tuesday, launching a $1.7 billion appeal to assist nearly 18 million people in urgent need. More >>
Sexual Violence Against Children ‘Entrenched, Systemic And Widespread’ Across DR Congo, UNICEF Warns
Wednesday, 31 December 2025, 10:02 am | UN News
Sexual violence against children has become entrenched, systemic and increasingly widespread across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with new data showing a sharp rise in cases since 2022, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). More >>
Sudan: UN Warns Of Unprecedented Child Hunger In Darfur As Fighting Fuels Refugee Exodus
Wednesday, 31 December 2025, 9:29 am | UN News
Sudan’s deepening war is driving unprecedented levels of hunger, child malnutrition and displacement, UN agencies report, as new data from Darfur and a renewed refugee influx into Chad underscore the rapidly deteriorating situation. More >>
UN Chief Urges World Leaders To ‘Get Priorities Straight’ As New Year Message Calls For Peace Over War
Tuesday, 30 December 2025, 8:09 am | UN News
As the world enters 2026 amid mounting crises, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a stark but hopeful New Year appeal, urging global leaders to shift resources away from destruction and towards development, peace and people. More >>
Sudan Civil War: Health System ‘On The Verge Of Collapse’
Monday, 29 December 2025, 2:06 pm | UN News
The war in Sudan has been tearing the country apart for almost 1,000 days, putting the country’s health system under intolerable pressure. The WHO is reporting widespread disease outbreaks, severe shortages, malnutrition and rising deaths. More >>
Syria: Guterres Deplores Deadly Mosque Blast In Homs
Monday, 29 December 2025, 2:02 pm | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres “unequivocally condemns” the deadly terrorist attack on a mosque in Homs, Syria during Friday prayers, his spokesperson said in a statement. More >>
Sri Lanka Cyclone: More Than A Million Still Need Aid Weeks After Ditwah Floods
Monday, 29 December 2025, 2:00 pm | UN News
Nearly a month after Cyclone Ditwah tore across Sri Lanka, more than a million people – including over half a million children – remain in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, as floods, landslides and renewed rainfall continue to compound. More >>
How Climate Change Is Threatening Human Rights
Monday, 29 December 2025, 1:51 pm | UN News
With rising effects of climate change across the globe, the world has started recognising that climate change is not just an ecological collapse, but also a human rights crisis. More >>
Felipe Paullier, The Youngest Ever Senior UN Official, Charged With Giving A Voice To Young People Around The World
Monday, 29 December 2025, 1:46 pm | UN News
A paediatrician by training, Felipe Paullier has long been an advocate for youth. Formerly Director of the Uruguayan Government's Youth Institute, he was appointed to run the UN Youth Office in 2023, the youngest senior appointment in UN history. More >>
