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‘Violence Will Only Defer A Problem’: UN Assembly President On Trust, AI And Lessons From The Rohingya Crisis
Monday, 21 September 2026, 7:55 am | UN News
Khalilur Rahman took the gavel as President of the UN General Assembly's 81st session amid what he calls a crisis of confidence in the organization he has served – in one capacity or another – for 35 years. More >>
Who Should Set The Rules For AI? The UN Is Pushing For A Safer Digital Future
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 3:38 pm | UN News
Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing rapidly, raising questions about how societies and governments can capture its benefits while managing risks that often extend beyond national borders. More >>
AI, Climate And Conflicts Top Guterres’s Agenda Ahead Of General Assembly
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 3:35 pm | UN News
Ahead of the UN General Assembly’s high-level week, Secretary-General António Guterres said the world had entered “an era of deep uncertainty” and urged governments to embrace international cooperation to address global threats. More >>
The World Comes To New York: What’s At Stake At UN General Assembly High-Level Week
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 3:32 pm | UN News
Each September, New York becomes the centre of global diplomacy as presidents, prime ministers, ministers and diplomats from around the world gather at United Nations Headquarters. More >>
Gaza Remains Recovery Points To Possible War Crimes, Says UN Rights Chief
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 3:18 pm | UN News
Bodies are still being pulled from the rubble of Gaza, three years after Israeli bombardment flattened entire neighbourhoods – most of them women and children. More >>
Back To School In Haiti: ‘Madame, Can You Stop What The Gangs Are Doing To Us?’
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 7:10 am | UN News
When UNICEF’s Representative in Haiti Geetanjali Narayan stepped into a classroom in Port-au-Prince at the start of the new school year, she asked the children a simple question: What did they most need from the UN children’s agency? More >>
World Fears Major War More Than Any Other Global Risk, UN Survey Finds
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 7:04 am | UN News
Two years ago, the idea of a large-scale war breaking out felt like a distant hypothetical to the experts who help chart the world’s dangers. Today it tops their list of fears, according to a new UN Global Risk Report. More >>
Countries Must Increase AI Regulation To Avoid ‘Existential Risks’: Türk
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 12:01 pm | UN News
Voluntary self-regulation by companies developing frontier AI is “nowhere near sufficient” to address existing harms and prevent advanced autonomous AI models from circumventing human safeguards, UN human rights chief Volker Türk wrote on ... More >>
Ebola Response In Eastern DR Congo Must Include Food Aid, WFP Says
Wednesday, 9 September 2026, 8:24 am | UN News
As Ebola sweeps across the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ensuring families meet their basic food needs is crucial to halt the spread of the deadly disease. More >>
West Bank: UN Rights Report Warns Of Forcible Displacement From Three Refugee Camps
Monday, 7 September 2026, 3:35 pm | UN News
Israeli security forces forcibly displaced the entire population of three Palestine refugee camps in the occupied West Bank in January and February last year – and continue to prevent their return, in violation of international law. More >>
UN Tells The World: Stop Making Africa Look Small
Monday, 7 September 2026, 8:59 am | UN News
The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to encourage governments, schools and tech companies worldwide to stop using maps that make Africa look far smaller than it really is. More >>
‘Fight For Humanity’: Avoiding A Climate Catastrophe Means Acting Now
Thursday, 3 September 2026, 2:47 pm | UN News
Record heat waves, deadly flooding and extreme weather reflect an ever-warming planet poised to soon breach safe temperature limits, according to a UN report released, but doubling down on climate action now could avoid a climate catastrophe. More >>
Rising Seas, Rising Stakes: What Increasing Sea-levels Mean To Humanity
Monday, 31 August 2026, 8:02 am | UN News
The ocean is rising faster now than at any point in recorded history. The impacts are already being felt and the threats are growing. More >>
As Wars Spread, The Global Food System Unravels
Wednesday, 26 August 2026, 7:06 am | UN News
A family with 4 children abandoned its farm in Somalia after armed groups arrived & demanded payments for the right to continue cultivating the land. They walked roughly 100 kilometers to a displacement camp. One of the children died along the way. More >>
Global Food Supply Has Become ‘Collateral Damage’ In Conflicts: Secretary-General
Tuesday, 25 August 2026, 10:55 am | UN News
The disruption of maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, Black Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait has worsened hunger crises and must immediately end, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. More >>
AI For Good: How The UN Uses AI To Advance Human Rights
Monday, 24 August 2026, 8:41 am | UN News
For Ari, a six-year-old boy with learning difficulties in Jamaica, artificial intelligence (AI) opened the door to something many children take for granted: reading a book in his own language. More >>
DR Congo Ebola Outbreak Spreading Exponentially, UN Responders Warn
Monday, 24 August 2026, 8:38 am | UN News
As the deadliest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo’s history continued spreading on Friday, UN responders renewed their urgent appeal for immediate international support, with existing funding for lifesaving work critically low. More >>
Aid Workers Under Fire As Drones Reshape Warfare
Thursday, 20 August 2026, 2:57 pm | UN News
The UN is warning that aid workers face a deadly and evolving threat, with armed drones reshaping battlefields worldwide – putting humanitarian teams increasingly in the line of fire. More >>
Ebola: Motorbike Riders Carrying The Sick May Hold Key To Response Boost
Wednesday, 19 August 2026, 7:48 am | UN News
From the frontlines of the deadliest-ever Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN World Health Organization (WHO) shared details on Tuesday of a massive push for community engagement, a day after yet another ambulance attack. More >>
‘Warned But Not Protected’: Four In Ten Adults In England Ignore Heat Alerts
Monday, 17 August 2026, 9:04 am | UN News
As amber heat-health alerts spread across England this summer, a new study has found that the warnings are being received – but not changing behaviour. More >>
