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- Bachelet deplores military coup in Burkina Faso
- Guterres calls on Burkina Faso coup leaders to ‘lay down their arms’
- Unified Libya will come only via ballot box, ‘not the gun’, Security Council hears
- From Milan to Glasgow, young Moroccans commit to fighting climate change
- UN relief chief pledges support for Nigeria
- 1.5 million children lack treatment for severe wasting in Eastern and Southern Africa
- Tigray: Eritrean refugees ‘scared and struggling to eat’ amid aid obstacles
- West Africa: Extreme poverty rises nearly 3 per cent due to COVID-19
- Cases drop for first time as Africa’s fourth COVID-19 wave ebbs
- UN chief lauds ‘demonstrable effort to make peace’ in Ethiopia
- Sudan urged to stop unnecessary use of force against protestors
- Concrete action essential to fulfill Darfur promise: ICC Prosecutor
- FAO launches $138 million plan to avert hunger crisis in Horn of Africa
- Tigray: Aid operations ‘about to grind to a halt’, warns WFP
- Decade of Sahel conflict leaves 2.5 million people displaced
- Africa’s fourth COVID wave flattens out after six-week surge
- Sudan: 15 attacks on health facilities and workers in two months
- Mali: Security Council warned over ‘endless cycle of instability’
- Tunisia: UN rights office calls for release of former justice minister
- Scores of civilians dead, UN chief condemns ‘appalling’ attacks in Nigeria
- UN top envoy: Resurgence of coups d’état, consequence of being ‘completely out of step’
- Agencies suspend Tigray aid as ‘scores’ are killed due to airstrikes
- Release of detainees a ‘significant confidence-building step’ in Ethiopia: UN chief
- Two children killed in airstrike on Tigray refugee camp
- WFP-backed challenge boosts food system in Rwanda and beyond
- Special Representative voices regret at resignation of Sudan’s Prime Minister
- Three Tanzanian peacekeepers injured in Central African Republic
- Sudan: Refrain from ‘disproportionate use of force’ against protesters
- Sudan: Food looted in Darfur, 730,000 people left without
- Central African Republic: Scores of militias forced out of Boyo
- Former ‘failed State’ Somalia on fragile path to progress: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
- ‘Grasp this opportunity’, Guterres says, following announcements by Ethiopia and Tigray forces
- Libyan elections postponed, new date expected within 30 days
- Authorities urged to protect women and children following violence and protests in Sudan
- Libya: Tensions as armed groups mobilize in Tripoli
- Thousands head home voluntarily from Zambia to DR Congo
- Sudan protests: Security forces in spotlight over sexual violence allegations
- Champions of the Earth: The Ugandan vet protecting people and wildlife
- South Sudan: Senior UN official condemns killing of humanitarian worker
- Lives on the line as UN and partners launch 2022 humanitarian plan for Somalia
- I see a light at the end of the tunnel for Nigeria : A UN Resident Coordinator blog
- Cameroon: Intercommunal clashes continue to displace thousands
- Ethiopia crisis: Human Rights Council sets up international rights probe
- Democratic Republic of the Congo declares Ebola outbreak over
- South Sudan: ‘Headwinds’ warning from UN mission chief over peace accord
- COVID cases surging in Africa at fastest rate this year, but deaths remain low
- UN steps up action on sexual misconduct in wake of CAR allegations
- Sudan: Mistrust deepens following military takeover
- Climate change fuels violence and mass displacement in Cameroon
- UNHCR staff members wounded in DR Congo, UN chief calls for full investigation
- Seven UN peacekeepers killed in latest Mali attack
- Africa Free Trade Area, likely spur for growth and development
- 35.8 million face lean season food crisis in West Africa and Sahel
- DR Congo: Limitations to ‘strictly military approach’ to stem violence, mission chief warns
- Severe cash crunch threatens WFP operations in Ethiopia
- Somalia: Security Council adopts resolution to keep pirates at bay
- The Gambia: Guterres calls for ‘credible and transparent’ election
- Rights experts call for end to violence against women in Tigray conflict
- Violence in Cameroon, impacting over 700,000 children shut out of school
- Burkina Faso facing ‘multitude of challenges’ – human rights chief Bachelet
- ‘Unity’ of purpose and action needed: Guterres tells AU-UN Conference
- Series of appalling deadly attacks on displaced people in DR Congo
- First Person: ‘Disability reminds us that there is no such thing as normal’
- 9.4 million people are ‘living their worst nightmare’ in northern Ethiopia due to ongoing conflict
- WHO urges caution over travel bans linked to new COVID-19 variant
- Ethiopia: Humanitarian aid needed as situation deteriorates in Tigray
- Libya at ‘delicate and critical juncture’ ahead of landmark elections: UN envoy
- Worsening drought affects 2.3 million people in Somalia
- Madagascar: ‘World cannot look away’ as 1.3 million face severe hunger
- Bachelet condemns killings of peaceful protesters in Sudan
- Completion of Somalia elections more important than ever: UN envoy
- Ethiopia: Mass arbitrary arrests target Tigrayans, says UN rights office
- Central African children in crosshairs, UN calls for their protection
- Ethiopia: $40 million in aid relief for victims ‘living on a knife-edge’
- UNFPA supports health workers delivering hope, and babies, in crisis-wracked Tigray
- Libya elections ‘essential next step’ towards peace and stability: Guterres
- ‘Wake-up call’ to assist DR Congo battle food insecurity
- Thousands flee DR Congo fighting for Uganda: UNHCR
- Ethiopia: Future of Tigray and Horn of Africa ‘in grave uncertainty’
- UN mourns with Sierra Leone, pledges all ‘necessary support’ following deadly tanker crash
- Rebuilding a future for the displaced people of Burkina Faso: a Resident Coordinator Blog
- Security Council ‘deeply concerned’ by expanding clashes in northern Ethiopia
- Sudan coup: Human Rights Council hears calls for return to democratic rule
- Spare no effort in probe into attack against blue helmets in CAR: Guterres
- End war now before it’s too late for Ethiopians, UN rights chief urges fighters
- 10 blue helmets injured in attack in Central African Republic
- In Madagascar, pockets of famine as risks grow for children, warns WFP
- Mediation efforts to resolve Sudan crisis underway, UN envoy reports
- Ahead of Sudan protests, UN chief asks military to ‘show restraint’
- With crisis deepening in Mali, UN top envoy says ‘all is not lost’
- Greater global solidarity needed to achieve peace and security for Africa
- Peacekeeping chief encouraged by ‘warming’ relations between Sudan and South Sudan over Abyei
- Guterres calls again for detained leaders’ release after Sudan coup
- UN chief condemns ‘ongoing military coup’ in Sudan
- Ethiopia: UN forced to abort humanitarian aid flight into Tigray
- Madagascar: Severe drought could spur world’s first climate change famine
- WHO announces plan for ‘profound transformation’ following sexual abuse allegations in DR Congo
- UN’s top envoy warns Great Lakes Region is ‘at a crossroads’
- ‘Overzealous’ security services undermining South Sudan peace: rights experts
- UN-backed show highlights lifesaving benefit of ‘edutainment’ in South Africa
- UNHCR responding to worst flooding in decades in South Sudan
- UN-backed report reveals rising climate change risk across Africa
- UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ at reported air strikes on Tigray capital
- Positive momentum in Central African Republic must be maintained
- Food Heroes: Cameroon’s shrimp entrepreneur
- Ceasefire in Central African Republic a ‘critical step’: UN chief
- Food Heroes: Ethiopian avocado farmer’s ‘transformational’ crop
- Displaced in northeast Nigeria ‘knocking on door of starvation’: WFP
- Food Hero: Cameroon’s shrimp entrepreneur
- Mali maestro’s message of peace to Sahel region’s youngsters drawn to extremism
- Alert over spike in security operations against Libya migrants
- Libya: UN lauds mercenary withdrawal plan on ‘path towards peace and democracy’
- UNHCR recommends the end of refugee status for Ivorians by June
- Guterres criticizes ‘unprecedented expulsion’ of staff from Ethiopia; calls for focus on saving lives
- Landmark report highlights untapped potential of Africa’s film industry
- Children ‘indoctrinated’ to fight for insurgents in Mozambique: UNICEF
- Tigray: Food aid reaches Afar and Amhara, but situation still ‘dire’
- Violence, aid access continues to obstruct humanitarian effort in DR Congo
- UN chief condemns attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali
- Ethiopia: Decision to expel UN staff could put aid operations at risk
- Flash Appeal launched as 2.5 million face ‘dire situation’ in Kenya
- Ethiopia: 7 UN officials told to leave country within 72 hours
- UN Chief commends ‘remarkable achievements’ in Sudan
- New FAO report highlights urgent need to restore Africa’s degraded landscape
- Somalia: ‘Sustained focus, investments’ needed to boost women’s political participation
- Guinea: Justice for 2009 massacre must be at heart of political transition
- DR Congo: Abuse allegations amid Ebola outbreak ‘a sickening betrayal of the people we serve’
- As crises ‘pile up’ in the Sahel, Malian leader says it’s time to consider more robust mandate for UN Mission
- Sudan striving for ‘common goal’ of peace, prosperity, freedom and justice
- South Sudan ‘determined to never go back to war’
- Deadly ‘invisible shipwrecks’ plague migrants bound for Canary Islands
- With peace restored, Burundi president says poverty is the remaining threat
- South Sudan plagued by violence and corruption, Human Rights Council hears
- Vaccines for all key to building back better after COVID-19: Kenyan President
- Somali President underscores need for COVID-19 vaccines for all
- DR Congo President asks for materialization of ‘all the promises made to Africa’
- Africa faces 470 million COVID-19 vaccine shortfall this year
- Torture, killings, lawlessness, still blight Burundi’s rights record
- New South Sudan Parliament can ‘infuse urgency’ into peace process
- UN mission responding to evolving needs in Sudan transition process
- Only 2% of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in Africa
- Multiple reports of alleged human rights violations in Tigray
- South Sudan: Cash shortage triggers food suspensions for 100,000 displaced
- In Somalia, Deputy UN chief encourages progress on women’s political participation, and peaceful elections
- Elections represent an opportunity for stability and unity in Libya
- Human Rights abuses intensifying in eastern DR Congo – UNHCR
- Meningitis outbreak declared in Democratic Republic of the Congo: WHO
- ‘Unprecedented funding gap’ for 7 million facing hunger in Ethiopia: WFP
- COVID-19: Africa could miss goal to vaccinate millions by month’s end
- Tigray aid situation worsening by the day, warn UN humanitarians
- Catastrophe ‘unfolding before our eyes’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray region – UN chief
- African countries commit to ending all forms of polio
- ‘Solutions must be found’ for millions displaced from Sudan and South Sudan
- Bubonic plague putting young lives at risk in DR Congo: UNICEF
- Climate change and hunger in Madagascar: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
- Burkina Faso: UN chief condemns deadly attack on northern town, 80 reported dead
- With engineers and roadway repair crews, Thai blue helmets help keep South Sudan moving
- Côte d’Ivoire: Ebola vaccination of high-risk populations begins three days after outbreak declared
- Côte d’Ivoire confirms first Ebola case in 25 years
- DR Congo: ‘Widespread and systematic’ violence linked to clashes over gold
- Childhood cancer care in Africa hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic
- First Person: From a life of violence to a culture of peace
- WHO supports Guinea after detection of first-ever case of Marburg disease
- UN Libya mission ‘deeply concerned’ over abduction of top Government staffer
- Tigray: Intensified fighting across borders ‘disastrous’ for children
- Ceasefire in Tigray more urgent than ever: UN relief chief
- Mali violence threatens country’s survival, warns UN human rights expert
- Somalia: Call for urgent action following ‘alarming’ 80 per cent rise in sexual violence
- Ethiopia: ‘Heartbreaking’ devastation in Tigray, says UN humanitarian chief
- Mercenaries ‘impede’ peace, must leave Libya to allow elections
- First Person: ‘I’m not old enough to be a woman’ says trafficked teen
- COVID-19 vaccine shipments boost for Africa
- UN-African Union Mission in Darfur in final shutdown phase
- Child malnutrition expected to quadruple in Southern Madagascar
- Increased jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso spark record-breaking displacement: UNHCR
- Tigray: As famine looms, first WFP humanitarian flight arrives
- COVID-19: Africa ‘third wave’ not yet over, while vaccine inequity threatens all
- Domestic violence, forced marriage, have risen in Sudan: UN-backed study
- Rights experts condemn ‘dramatic rise’ in attacks on so-called slaves in Mali
- FROM THE FIELD: Cameroon’s displaced, get hooked on fish
- FROM THE FIELD: A flood of humanitarian needs for Burundi lake dwellers
- Libya: Positive steps needed to break ‘political stalemate’
- Sharp rise in Africa COVID-19 deaths, WHO reports
- UN appeals for faster passage for aid convoys to Ethiopia’s Tigray
- ‘We are with you’: The South African care centres providing hope for survivors of sexual violence
- FROM THE FIELD: Desert artisans in Mali foster dialogue and tolerance
- FROM THE FIELD: South Sudan’s displaced youth, help power change
- Secretary-General welcomes Ethiopia’s pledge to allow humanitarian access to Tigray
- UN ready to promote ‘win-win solution’ for Blue Nile dam project
- DR Congo sees fresh government impetus to fight unrelenting violence in the east
- UNICEF calls for action to reverse ‘spiraling protection crisis’ for children in West and Central Africa
- UN appeals for resupply of aid and fuel in Tigray region
- OHCHR voices deep concern over reported deaths of protesters in Kingdom of Eswatini
- South Sudan: UNICEF warns of ‘desperation and hopelessness’ for children 10 years after independence
- First Person: The Somali refugees planting a new life in the United States
- FROM THE FIELD: 4.4 million Nigerians facing ‘catastrophic food conditions’
- 400,000 in Tigray cross ‘threshold into famine’, with nearly 2 million on the brink, Security Council told
- ‘Free, unfettered access’ needed to assist millions in war-torn Tigray
- Delta variant drives Africa COVID threat to ‘whole new level´: WHO warns; ‘dominant’ in Europe by August
- Malian authorities urged to ‘break the cycle of impunity’ for human rights violations
- Prevention, only ‘sustainable solution’ to conflict, deputy UN chief tells Nigerian law students
- DR Congo: Grave consequences for children witnessing ‘appalling violence’, UNICEF reports
- Madagascar’s hungry ‘holding on for dear life’, WFP chief warns
- Central African Republic entrenched in ‘unprecedented humanitarian crisis’
- Secretary-General underlines UN commitment to Libya
- Slow progress, stubborn cycles of violence, as South Sudan turns 10
- First Person: An on-air antidote to misinformation in the Central African Republic
- Mozambique: Violence continues in Cabo Delgado, as agencies respond to growing needs
- UN agencies scale-up response to address looming famine ‘catastrophe’ in Tigray
- Outgoing ICC Prosecutor urges Security Council to keep focus on justice in Darfur
- Volcanic eruption in DR Congo: UNICEF working to restore water supply amid cholera threat
- Fragile democratic gains at risk in Central Africa as violence by armed groups escalates
- Protection call for Burkina Faso civilians after terror attack leaves 132 dead
- First Person: Raising a glass to ‘Mama Cheers’
- Risk of COVID-19 surge threatens Africa’s health facilities
- Mali: Military must ‘scrupulously’ respect human rights and free civilian leaders
- UN chief condemns deadly attacks targeting displaced people in DR Congo
- WFP feeds more than one million in Tigray, but needs support to reach more
- First Person: Learning a recipe for freedom in Nigeria
- Drones deliver blood to prevent maternal death in Botswana
- UN Security Council welcomes Somali agreement on prompt and peaceful elections
- Thousands in Goma evacuated amid fears of further volcanic eruption
- Grave concerns over ‘dire’ and deteriorating situation in war-torn Tigray region
- Up to 400,000 could be displaced by new Goma eruption in DR Congo, warns UNICEF
- Use Africa’s rich heritage as ‘catalyst’ for transformation, urges Guterres
- Somali leaders walk ‘back from the brink’, resume talks on critical elections
- Africa essential for sustainable development, poverty reduction and peace
- Military Gender Advocate of the Year highlights ‘crucial gender dimensions’ in Darfur
- First Person: British UN peacekeeper stays on ‘A-game’ to keep Malians safe
- DR Congo: More than 170 children feared missing following volcanic eruption in Goma
- Libya: Ceasefire, planned elections, offer rare window of hope, Security Council hears
- ‘Spirt of unity, partnership and collaboration’ needed to realize Sudan’s aspirations
- Sexual violence survivors in DR Congo caught in crisis of ‘catastrophic magnitude’
- COVID-19 pandemic ‘feeding’ drivers of conflict and instability in Africa: Guterres
- Fresh attacks, dire conditions plague Africa’s Sahel, Security Council hears
- Libya: ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’, ICC chief prosecutor tells Security Council
- South Africa has ‘obligation’ to better address domestic violence: UN women’s rights experts
- Invest in Sudan’s peaceful and sustainable future, UN chief tells Paris conference
- Tanzania helpline calls time on child marriage and abuse
- UN condemns killing of aid worker in South Sudan
- Security Council denounces attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo
- Free up ‘bottlenecks’ stifling Africa’s agri-food sector – FAO chief
- ‘I am alive, but I feel like I am dead’: a migrant grieves the drowning of 3 children
- Former LRA leader, ex-child soldier, sentenced to 25 years in prison
- FROM THE FIELD: Uganda conflict survivor helps communities find ‘ways forward’
- Latest deadly Ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo declared over
- Libya shipwreck claims 130 lives despite SOS calls, as UN agencies call for urgent action
- UN chief welcomes return to electoral agreement in Somalia
- Overcoming COVID myths and fears in Malawi
- Chad: UN rights office profoundly disturbed over violence against protesters
- Ethiopia: ‘Unpredictable security’ in Tigray, hindering aid delivery
- Madagascar edges toward famine, UN food agency appeals for assistance
- 370,000 children displaced in Central African Republic; highest level since 2014
- Somalia: UN condemns violence, warns against escalation of fighting
- Despite pandemic, UN mission in Abyei continues to provide vital assistance
- DR Congo: ‘Relentless’ violence worsening plight of children in Ituri province
- Libya shipwreck claims 130 lives despite SOS calls, says UN migration agency
- UN and partners welcome progress in Libya
- UN chief deeply saddened by death of Chadian President Idriss Déby
- ‘No end’ to conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, warns UNICEF
- Thousands flee fresh clashes in Central African Republic: UN agency
- Surviving a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 in a Lesotho convent
- Soaring food prices, conflicts driving hunger, rise across West and Central Africa: WFP
- New UN-backed framework to boost agricultural trade between African nations
- ‘Large, likely long-lasting’ crisis looms over Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado, UNICEF warns
- Burundi refugees in Tanzania living in fear: UN rights experts
- Rights experts sound alarm over Uganda ‘brutal’ election crackdown
- Great Lakes Region ‘on the right track’ to tackling political and other challenges
- Somalia: ‘Prioritise the national interest’ international partners urge, as political stalemate continues
- UN rights office urges protection, investigation, after latest clashes in West Darfur
- Humanitarian catastrophe in northern Mozambique ‘beyond epic proportions’
- Libya violated rights of ‘targeted’ woman activist, says anti-discrimination committee
- Ethiopia: Amidst hostilities in Tigray, humanitarian situation remains ‘dire’
- Sudan: Fighting in West Darfur triggers rising death toll
- ‘Staggering’ scale of acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Renewable energy access key to climate adaptation in Africa: UN chief
- ‘Political, security, human rights and humanitarian challenges’ plague Mali
- Women abducted in South Sudan released, hundreds remain missing
- First Person: A diabetes fighter in Eswatini pours all her efforts into beating COVID-19
- Four peacekeepers killed in complex attack on UN base in Mali
- Thousands on the move after brutal attacks in northern Mozambique, UN office reports
- UNHCR urges greater protection for Sahel communities after deadly attack
- Central African Republic: Rights experts concerned over ‘Russian advisers’ and close contacts with UN peacekeepers
- New mission chief points to opportunities ahead of 2023 election in DR Congo
- UN investigation concludes French military airstrike killed Mali civilians
- Deep concern for thousands of Eritrean refugees ‘scattered’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray
- First Person: ‘No daughter of mine will be cut’
- Probe announced into alleged Tigray rights violations: UN rights office
- Libya: UN envoy hails new national government after years of ‘paralysis and internal divisions’
- UN chief reaffirms solidarity with Niger, as second deadly attack rocks country
- Mozambique: Cabo Delgado displacement could reach 1 million, UN officials warn
- Face of Sudan’s democratic transition ‘is female and it is young’, says UN agency chief
- UNICEF condemns ‘horrific killings’ of civilians in Niger
- Libya arms embargo ‘totally ineffective’: UN expert panel
- South Sudanese ‘one step away from famine’, as UN launches humanitarian response plan
- Allies of South Sudan militias must be held accountable: UN human rights report
- FROM THE FIELD: Solar power lights up Sudanese refugee camp
- First Person: Women peacekeepers a ‘powerful image for girls in remote villages’
- Urgent funding needed for Mozambique, facing ‘triple threat’ of climate change, conflict and COVID-19
- Tropical Cyclone Idai affects 1.5 million across Mozambique and Malawi, as UN ramps up response
- FROM THE FIELD: Avoiding unintended pregnancies in cash-strapped Malawi
- UN chief calls for ‘unconditional release’ of abducted students in Nigeria
- Poor seasonal rains threatening ‘foundations’ of tens of thousands of Somali livelihoods
- Inclusive political process key to Sudan’s transition, Security Council hears
- First Person: ‘If I die fighting for justice, I will not have regrets’
- Woman army officer in forefront COVID-19 battle in Sierra Leone
- ‘They all died on the same day’: a Benin doctor on her fight against COVID-19
- 1,600 vaccinated in Guinea Ebola virus outbreak but more jabs needed: WHO
- Amidst ‘conflict, blanket denials and finger-pointing’, UN rights chief calls for probe in Ethiopia’s Tigray
- 20 die after human traffickers force migrants into sea en route to Yemen
- ‘Historic moment’ as COVID-19 vaccines touchdown in Sudan and Rwanda
- South Sudan’s transition from conflict to recovery ‘inching forward’ – UN envoy
- Nigeria: Traumatized, abducted schoolchildren need rehabilitation – independent rights experts
- UN agencies appeal for $266 million to feed refugees in eastern Africa
- Abducted girls released in northwest Nigeria, as fresh attacks rock country’s northeast
- FROM THE FIELD: Adapting to survive and thrive in Ghana
- Côte d’Ivoire takes delivery of latest COVAX vaccine shipment, in further boost for Africa
- Condemnation over new attack on Nigeria school, ‘more than 300’ girls missing
- South Sudan: UN agencies support nationwide polio vaccination campaign
- Central African Republic ‘very volatile’, despite important progress – UN peacekeeping chief
- Ghana receives first historic shipment of COVID-19 vaccinations from international COVAX facility
- UN to review deadly convoy attack in DR Congo which led to Italian Ambassador’s death
- Avoid ‘risky winner-take-all tactics’ in Somalia, UN Security Council hears
- Three killed in attack on UN World Food Programme convoy in DR Congo
- FROM THE FIELD: The goats helping Zambians to reach economic independence
- ‘Exercise restraint and calm’, UN chief urges after violent outbreak in Somalia
- Violence in South Sudan engulfs country, 10 years after independence ‘children all have guns’
- DR Congo: Lives and futures of three million children at risk, UNICEF warns
- UN chief condemns attack on school in Nigeria
- ‘Triple threat’ adds to long-standing crises menacing food security in Somalia – FAO
- UN, African Union urge Somali leaders to resume talks to overcome political impasse
- FROM THE FIELD: Life after conflict in the Central African Republic
- Burundi: UN refugee agency appeals for over $220 million in ‘crucial’ support
- Rapid scale up crucial to meet humanitarian needs in Ethiopia’s Tigray: Joint UN-Government mission
- Urgent steps needed to alleviate suffering in Ethiopia’s Tigray region: Guterres
- Libya: ‘Historic moment’ as UN-led forum selects new interim leadership
- Paraguay: UN rights chief calls for ‘prompt, independent’ probe into girl deaths and disappearance
- Dispatch of millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa expected to start in February: WHO
- FROM THE FIELD: Ugandan forced to commit ‘horrendous acts’ as 9-year-old child soldier
- Warlord found guilty of crimes against humanity in northern Uganda – ICC
- Human rights: Widespread attacks in DR Congo may amount to crimes against humanity
- UN independent experts call for ‘justice, accountability and reparation to victims’ in Sudan
- South Sudan: UN rights commission welcomes ‘first steps’ towards transitional justice institutions
- Libya vote offers renewal and reconciliation chance, says veteran UN negotiator
- UN envoy condemns terrorist attack on hotel in Somalia
- Central African Republic: 200,000 displaced in less than two months
- ‘Rejuvenation of Libyan patriotism’ deserves full Security Council support, says UN mission chief
- FROM THE FIELD: The microscopic creatures helping build Africa’s Great Green Wall
- Sudan: 250 killed, over 100,000 displaced as violence surges in Darfur
- COVID ‘vaccine hoarding’ putting Africa at risk: WHO
- Central African Republic: UN mission chief appeals for more peacekeepers
- UN calls for resumption of Mediterranean rescues, after 43 die in Libya shipwreck
- Category: Americas
- Top UN Colombia official calls for greater implementation of historic peace accord
- Americas: ‘Smart’ use of rapid tests critical amid COVID surge
- Colombia: Children still ‘used and abused’ despite historic peace accord
- UN provides life-saving aid for refugees and migrants in Mexico, as numbers soar
- Waves of Haitians risk treacherous sea journey to find better life
- US contributes $10 million to support UN food agency efforts on COVID-19 response, future pandemics
- Stepping up assistance to Venezuelans crossing Chile’s inhospitable northern border
- Champions of the Earth: Mia Mottley versus the ‘faceless few’
- The UN belongs to young people, deputy chief tells young Costa Rican activists
- Can recycling cut unsafe migration from Haiti?
- Venezuela violated jurist’s rights, UN Human Rights Committee says
- COVID-19 cases and deaths in the Americas triple in 2021
- UN rights office urges Colombia to reform policing of protests
- First Person: Cultivating Haiti’s future
- With 280 prisoners dead in Ecuador, UN experts call for urgent action
- UNHCR chief calls for mechanism to deal with ‘unprecedented’ displacement in Mexico and Central America
- Mexico: Over 95,000 registered as disappeared, impunity ‘almost absolute’
- UN Refugee Agency concerned about indigenous Venezuelans in Guyana
- Colombia’s peace process is taking ‘deep roots’, but all sides must work together to overcome lingering challenges
- UN chief sees firsthand the progress and challenges five years after Colombia’s historic peace deal
- Poverty and violence push 378,000 Central Americans north each year
- Feature: Five years after peace deal, Colombian town of Llano Grande is forging a ‘family’ out of disparate parts
- Hot meals helping Haiti’s children recover from the earthquake
- Latin America and Caribbean sees COVID-19 progress, but must remain vigilant
- First Person: Earthquake brings out “heartwarming resilience” of Haitians
- UN rights experts condemn US expulsion of Haitian migrants and refugees
- Celebrating the UN staffers who ‘carry hope around the globe’
- From the Field: Costa Rica points the way to a sustainable world
- UNICEF sounds alarm over abductions of women and children in Haiti
- Colombians cling tenaciously to peace gains, Security Council hears
- Paraguay violated indigenous rights, UN committee rules in landmark decision
- Haiti facing stalled elections, kidnapping surge, rampant insecurity
- In Barbados, Guterres highlights power of ‘youth voices’ ahead of key trade and development conference
- Comprehensive support needed for Haitians facing expulsion in Americas
- ‘Overwhelmed by old challenges’, Caribbean leaders say COVID-19 has forced a new battle for the survival of their nations
- Haitian Prime Minister: As long as there is inequality, migration will continue
- Mexico calls for respect for migrants’ rights, and ‘true international solidarity’
- UNICEF: Haiti children vulnerable to ‘violence, poverty and displacement’
- Colombia calls for global financial consensus to avert COVID debt crisis
- Brazilian President commits country to climate neutrality by 2050
- US plan to increase refugee resettlement welcomed by UNHCR
- FROM THE FIELD: Haiti’s gruelling post-quake road to recovery
- First Person: A life dedicated to indigenous rights in Brazil
- Venezuela’s justice system aiding repression: Human rights probe
- An illustration of resilience and hope, in the face anti-Asian hate
- Sacrifice of 9/11 first responders an example of humanity and compassion, UN chief
- Hunger spikes in Haiti following deadly earthquake
- Climate action: Guterres hails Latin American and Caribbean leadership
- FROM THE FIELD: Bringing aid to Haiti, a country at breaking point
- Haiti earthquake: Waterborne disease poses new threat to children
- UNHCR warns of unprecedented displacement in Central America and Mexico
- Producing COVID-19 vaccines in Latin America will ease shortages, protect more people
- WFP steps up support in Haiti
- Haiti: $187.3 million appeal to support people affected by earthquake
- UN migration agency launches $15 million appeal for Haiti
- UN deputy chief praises resilience of Haiti’s people, says ‘incredible’ relief effort underway
- Haiti: Earthquake leaves mounting death toll, injuries and extensive damage
- UN chief urges support for Haiti to avert ‘humanitarian disaster’
- UN weather agency: millions affected by climate change and extreme weather in Latin America and Caribbean
- Haiti: flash floods and mudslides latest threats in earthquake-hit country
- 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti; UNICEF set to reach children, families with humanitarian aid
- UNHCR alarmed over US ‘expulsion flights’ to southern Mexico
- Myanmar military leaders attempting to legitimize power: UN Special Envoy
- For women in e-commerce, ‘entrepreneurship means freedom’
- Lifesaving help needed for Venezuela cancer patients hit by US sanctions
- UN rights chief calls for prompt release of protestors held in Cuba
- Colombia peace process at critical juncture: UN envoy
- A third of Haiti’s children in urgent need of emergency aid: UNICEF
- UN condemns ‘abhorrent’ assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse
- Urgent action needed to end ‘inhumane conditions’ facing Haiti prisoners: UN rights chief
- UN General Assembly calls for US to end Cuba embargo for 29th consecutive year
- Political impasse in Haiti, amid rising humanitarian needs, ahead of crucial elections
- Continuing Venezuela exodus and COVID-19 highlights need for global solidarity for most vulnerable
- ‘Unprecedented’ rise in gang violence across Haiti’s capital displaces thousands
- Canada: UN independent experts call for ‘full-fledged investigations’ into mass grave at indigenous school
- Nicaragua must stop attacking and undermining human rights defenders
- Colombia: UN rights chief calls for an end to all forms of violence in Cali
- Pandemic making life harder for older refugees in Latin America
- UNHCR chief calls on US to end COVID-19 asylum restrictions at the Mexico border
- Arbitrary expulsions of migrants in Chile must stop immediately, urge rights experts
- Rights experts call for probe into violent crackdown on Colombia protests
- Brazil: UN rights office urges independent probe into deadly police operation in Rio de Janeiro
- Latin America rights groups face growing threats, attacks: Bachelet
- USA: Rights expert decries wave of anti-protest laws ‘spreading through the country’
- UN human rights office urges calm, after bloodshed in Colombian city of Cali
- Deadly shipwreck off Venezuela underscores need for safe migration pathways, protection
- UN rights chief welcomes verdict in George Floyd murder case
- USA: Shackling of aged and infirmed inmate, Mumia Abu-Jamal, ‘deplorable’ say UN rights experts
- UNICEF reports sharp rise in migrant children in Mexico
- La Soufrière volcano: UN launches $29 million appeal to support stricken island of Saint Vincent
- World Food Programme reaches deal to supply food to 185,000 children in Venezuela
- UN stands in deep solidarity with Saint Vincent after devastating volcanic eruptions
- UN to launch funding appeal for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines following volcano eruption
- UN experts urge US to align anti-terrorism programme with international law
- Volcanic eruption leaves ‘entire population’ of Saint Vincent without clean water
- Guterres calls on US to lead global vaccination plan effort, climate action, welcoming Blinken to Headquarters
- FROM THE FIELD: Costa Rica communities fight duel COVID and climate threat
- ‘Guarantee due process’, says UN chief, following Bolivia opposition arrests
- UN rights experts call for US to address ongoing violations at ‘Kafkaesque’ Guantánamo military prison
- Haiti needs ‘democratic renewal’ top UN representative tells Security Council
- First Person: The Colombian youth fighting for digital education for all
- UN hails ‘day of hope’ as US officially rejoins Paris climate accord
- Probes on extrajudicial killings, ‘important step’ in fighting impunity in Colombia – UN rights office
- Environmental racism in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’, must end, say UN human rights experts
- USA: Rights experts call for reforms to end police brutality, systemic racism
- UN agencies begin registering asylum seekers at US-Mexico border
- Climate crisis and economic shocks leave millions food insecure across Central America
- UN rights experts call for US to address ongoing violations at ‘Kafkaesque’ Guantánamo military prison
- Haiti needs ‘democratic renewal’ top UN representative tells Security Council
- First Person: The Colombian youth fighting for digital education for all
- UN hails ‘day of hope’ as US officially rejoins Paris climate accord
- Probes on extrajudicial killings, ‘important step’ in fighting impunity in Colombia – UN rights office
- UN human rights office alarmed by ‘attacks’ on judicial independence in Haiti
- Stop criminalizing civil society, UN rights experts urge Venezuelan authorities
- Independent UN rights expert calls for unilateral sanctions to be dropped against Venezuela
- UN chief welcomes Colombia’s ‘act of solidarity’ with 1.7 million Venezuelans
- Guterres welcomes US decision to re-engage with the Human Rights Council
- FROM THE FIELD: Sharing migration stories across generations in Central America
- US should end use of private ‘for profit’ detention centres, urge human rights experts
- US plan to reform asylum, reunite families, reflects ‘authentic humanitarian values’
- Nicaragua : Amidst ‘socio-political and human rights crisis’, independent expert condemns environmental defender’s death
- Guterres welcomes US decision to restore funding to UNFPA
- Fauci announces US intention to resume major role in global health
- Guterres urges world to ‘work together in solidarity’ as US moves to rejoin WHO
- Secretary-General welcomes US return to Paris Agreement on Climate Change
- Colombia: Criminal elements use violence and intimidation to ‘stamp out’ leaders’ voices
- Spectre of unrest, violent repression looming over Haiti, warns UN rights office
- Violent attempt at US Capitol to ‘overturn’ election, shocking and incendiary: independent UN experts
- Peru: UN rights office decries excessive use of force in November protests
- Close ‘disgraceful’ Guantánamo camp – UN experts urge incoming US administration
- Top UN officials saddened at mob violence during US Capitol breach; Bachelet decries ‘incitement’ by political leaders
- Category: Asia Pacific
- UN coordinator in Tonga: ‘Resources on the ground are not enough’
- Yemen: UN mission warns of ‘devastating’ loss of life, as Guterres condemns coalition airstrikes
- First Person: ‘We saw people running from the tsunami, screaming’
- 80 per cent of Tonga population impacted by eruption and tsunami
- Rare coral reef discovered near Tahiti is ‘like a work of art’, says diver
- Afghanistan: 500,000 jobs lost since Taliban takeover
- Tonga volcano eruption: At least 3 dead, amid severe destruction
- Tonga: The UN stands ready to provide support after volcano eruption and tsunami
- Horrors of Hiroshima, a reminder nuclear weapons remain global threat
- Experts urge Iran to halt imminent execution of juvenile offender
- UN chief: ‘We are in a race against time to help the Afghan people’
- At least four children killed during escalation of conflict in Myanmar
- ‘Prompt, independent, impartial investigations’ needed in Kazakhstan: UN rights office
- Eight Afghan students die in explosion outside school
- Afghanistan: UN launches largest single country aid appeal ever
- Bangladesh: Second fire in a week tears through vast Rohingya refugee camp
- Myanmar: WFP plans to aid 4 million through 2022
- Forensic lab aids crack down on illegal wildlife trade in Viet Nam
- Relief teams fear worsening aftermath of Super Typhoon Rai
- UN urges restraint in Kazakhstan, with dozens reportedly killed
- Cambodia: Arrests of strikers may be breach of human rights law
- UNESCO condemns killing of journalist in Myanmar
- Harsh winter fuels ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
- Bangladesh: Fire rips through COVID treatment centre for Myanmar refugees
- Pakistan: Smartcard registration drive for Afghan refugees ends
- People of Myanmar face ‘unprecedented’ crisis in 2022
- Urgent action needed to save Rohingya refugees distressed at sea in Indonesia
- Myanmar: Attack leaves 35 dead, including 4 children
- Escalation in Yemen ‘worst in years’ – UN top envoy
- Myanmar: UN humanitarian chief calls for probe into ‘grievous’ attack on civilians
- Champions of the Earth: The Sea Women of Melanesia
- Iran: UN independent experts condemn secret execution of Kurdish prisoner
- Security Council paves way for aid to reach desperate Afghans
- Experts call for immediate release of Kashmiri human rights defender
- Champions of the Earth: Kyrgystan’s environmental entrepreneur
- UN humanitarians aid Philippines response to Super Typhoon Rai
- UN expert underscores importance of human rights for Rohingya
- Afghanistan economy in ‘freefall’, threatening to take entire population with it
- From the Field: Interweaving ecosystems in Indonesia
- UN rights office urges Viet Nam to release jailed activists
- Morocco’s extradition of Uyghur asylum seeker to China could lead to serious rights violations, argue UN experts
- COVID-19 leads to over 50 million more hungry people in Asia-Pacific
- UN agency begins COVID vaccine rollout for 7,500 stranded migrants in Yemen
- ‘Restraint, de-escalation and dialogue’ needed to stem war in Yemen
- Afghanistan: Humanitarian crisis threatens basic human rights
- Remember the Rohingya ‘forced to run for their lives’
- Rights abuses in Myanmar ‘deepening on an unprecedented scale’
- Afghanistan: Political affairs chief has ‘frank and useful exchanges’ with the Taliban
- General Assembly defers decision on Afghanistan and Myanmar seats
- Myanmar: UN deplores conviction and sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi
- Avoid starvation: ‘Immediate priority’ for 3.5 million Afghans
- WFP appeals for greater support for Afghanistan as hunger increases
- UN expert welcomes India plan to repeal farm laws that sparked deadly protests
- Feature: Mobile health teams save lives in Afghanistan’s most remote areas
- From the Field: Pioneer brings farming jobs to marginalized Bangladesh communities
- Iran: Execution of juvenile offender ‘deeply alarming and shocking’
- Importance of sound, inclusive elections in Iraq ‘cannot be overstated’
- Immediately release sick Chinese journalist, rights experts urge
- From the Field: Saving the Mongolian musk
- First Person: ‘Bridge the gap between indigenous youth and the world’
- Afghanistan’s farmers, herders desperate for seed, food and cash
- Interview: On brink of humanitarian crisis, there’s ‘no childhood’ in Afghanistan
- Anxiety in Afghanistan as Taliban struggles for legitimacy
- Conviction of US journalist symbolic of media repression in Myanmar: UN rights chief
- Security Council appeals for end to violence in Myanmar
- Yemen: UN Special Envoy calls for urgent end to fighting, as humanitarian needs escalate
- Climate change increasing threats in southwest Pacific: WMO report
- Myanmar: 3 million in need of humanitarian aid, ‘world is watching’ UN relief chief warns generals
- Rights experts urge Singapore to halt execution of man with mental disability
- Vaccinating refugees in Indonesia, for the benefit of all
- Myanmar: Systematic attack on civilians, rights mechanism reveals
- Ordinary Afghans ‘broke and broken’, warns UN migration agency chief
- Yemen: Four children killed or maimed a day, as war grinds on
- Afghanistan: Deadly hospital attack; UN ramps up aid delivery
- UN commits to long-term support for Afghan mothers and newborns: Najaba’s story
- Act swiftly and with determination on Afghanistan, UN chief urges
- UN chief calls for China commitment to ‘ambitious’ climate goals
- Afghanistan on ‘countdown to catastrophe’ without urgent humanitarian relief
- $667 million funding call to help Afghans through economic crisis
- Myanmar: Three million in urgent need of life-saving assistance, protection
- UN condemns deadly suicide attack at mosque in southern Afghanistan
- Afghanistan: Reuniting families on the run should be priority, urges UNHCR
- Myanmar: In race against time, experts collect evidence of rights violations
- From the Field: Lao farmers serve up fish with rice
- Hong Kong: Arrests under Security Law, a serious concern
- Afghanistan crisis worsening as temperatures drop, warns UNHCR
- Trade can play a pivotal role in addressing climate change, says UN report
- Afghanistan: World must act on ‘make or break moment’ – UN chief
- Afghanistan: Humanitarians call for greater support as winter approaches
- Half of Afghanistan’s under-5s expected to suffer acute malnutrition
- UN rights chief calls for investigation into ‘heartbreaking’ killing of veteran Rohingya activist
- Iraq: ‘Moral obligation’ to ensure justice for Yazidi and other survivors of ISIL crimes
- ‘Urgent’ international response needed in Myanmar: UN chief
- Afghanistan: Rapid decline in public health conditions, WHO warns
- DPRK says it will ‘respond willingly’ if US abandons ‘hostile policy’
- Yemen: Endless suffering of children continues due to war, aid crisis
- Pacific nations appeal for solidarity to combat COVID-19 and climate change
- Afghanistan: Girls’ education must be a given, urges deputy UN chief
- Human rights ‘catastrophe’ in Myanmar: UN calls for urgent action
- Myanmar: UN expert says current international efforts failing, urges ‘change of course’
- Afghanistan’s healthcare system on brink of collapse, as hunger hits 95 per cent of families
- Philippines President urges world to ‘reverse course’ on inequality
- Afghanistan: ‘Palpable’ fear of ‘brutal and systemic repression’ of women grows
- UNICEF stresses Afghan girls must not be excluded from school
- First humanitarian flight to Kabul marks ‘turning point’ in crisis: WFP
- $1 billion pledge a ‘quantum leap’ in commitment to Afghanistan: UN chief
- Support Afghans in their most perilous hour, urges UN’s Guterres
- Yemen: As conflict drags on, ‘no quick wins’ – UN envoy
- Taliban response to protests increasingly violent, UN rights office warns
- Global community can still shape ‘new reality’ in Afghanistan
- UN warns of ‘urgent imperative’ to avoid acute Afghan food insecurity
- Drop coal or climate change will ‘wreak havoc’ across Australian economy
- Afghanistan: UN humanitarian chief calls for ‘rights…well-being’ of women
- Iran must halt execution of Kurdish prisoner: UN rights experts
- ‘Major’ humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan, UNHCR warns
- Lebanon: Almost three-quarters of the population living in poverty
- UN experts urge Afghanistan’s new rulers to prohibit torture ‘in any circumstances’
- Afghanistan crisis: Food supply for millions could run out this month
- Despite funding shortages, UN committed to staying in Afghanistan
- Security Council urges Taliban to provide safe passage out of Afghanistan
- IAEA ‘deeply troubled’ by DPRK nuclear reactor development
- Afghan children ‘at greater risk than ever’, top UNICEF official warns
- The ‘energy patriots’ bringing electricity to Indonesia’s remote villages
- WHO ‘exploring all options’ to get medical supplies into Afghanistan
- UN entities condemn ‘abhorrent’ terrorist attack at Kabul airport
- UN migration agency launches $24 million appeal for Afghanistan
- Amidst turmoil, displacement and plunging economy, Afghanistan’s future ‘very difficult…to see’
- COVID, natural hazards and climate crisis in Asia and the Pacific expand ‘riskcape’
- Afghanistan: Negotiations to bring 500 tonnes of urgent medical supplies ongoing, says WHO
- ‘No way out’ for imperilled Afghans, broader international response needed
- Deadly journeys through Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea threaten ‘tragic and fatal consequences’
- Afghanistan: Medical lifeline to millions must not be cut, warns WHO
- Report details grave violations against children in Afghanistan
- Afghanistan: ‘Now is the time to stand as one’, UN chief tells Security Council
- Afghanistan: Guterres urges restraint as Taliban reach Kabul; UN Security Council set to meet Monday
- FROM THE FIELD: The pollution challenge facing the ‘Dragon’s Jewels’ of Viet Nam
- Thailand flexes financial muscle to grapple with climate crisis
- The race to zero emissions, and why the world depends on it
- Afghanistan: UN chief urges Taliban to halt offensive immediately, negotiate ‘in good faith’
- Fast-moving Afghanistan crisis ‘has hallmarks of humanitarian catastrophe’
- Afghanistan: UN chief following escalation in fighting ‘with deep concern’
- Rohingya refugees receive first COVID vaccinations in Bangladesh
- UN rights chief condemns Afghanistan abuses as Taliban advance continues
- Shocking’ escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan: UNICEF
- Myanmar: COVID-19 third wave has hit like a ‘tsunami’, warns WFP
- Hiroshima memorial: UN chief laments slow progress on nuclear-free goal
- Afghanistan: UN mission demands end to fighting as Taliban advance
- Six months after coup, Myanmar’s political, rights and aid crisis is worsening
- Afghanistan: Attack on UN mission draws global condemnation
- Bangladesh: Deadly flooding, landslides devastate Rohingya refugees
- Myanmar: Rights expert calls for ‘COVID ceasefire’, urges UN action
- Afghanistan: Record number of women and children killed or wounded
- ‘Lack of global solidarity’, slow vaccination rates put Indonesia in COVID glare
- Afghanistan: Funding shortfall amid deepening humanitarian crisis
- Death in custody of activist priest, a stain on India’s rights record: UN expert
- Coup, COVID fuelling ‘perfect storm’ in Myanmar, UN expert warns
- Afghanistan: 270,000 newly displaced this year, warns UNHCR
- Myanmar: From political crisis, to ‘multi-dimensional human rights catastrophe’ – Bachelet
- Japan: UN chief praises work of emergency responders in wake of deadly landslide
- Time running out to prevent ‘worst case scenario’ arising in Afghanistan
- Great Barrier Reef in danger, UN World Heritage Committee draft report finds
- Myanmar: Timely support and action by Security Council ‘really paramount’, says UN Special Envoy
- UN rights chief urges accountability for escalating ‘catastrophe’ in Myanmar
- Afghanistan: UN condemns ‘horrendous attack’ on demining partner HALO Trust
- ‘Mass deaths’ alert in Myanmar as 100,000 flee junta’s heavy weapons
- Amidst COVID surge, Asia-Pacific region needs ‘immediate and stronger support’
- UN chief calls for a global partnership to address COVID, climate change and achieve SDG’s
- No ‘manels’, more gender equality in Indonesia: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
- UN chief appeals for dialogue in Samoa amid prime ministerial stand-off
- Bhutan, the vaccination nation: a UN Resident Coordinator’s blog
- First Person: Refugee ‘Russian Woman’ in bid for Eurovision glory
- UN agencies appeal for funds as COVID-19 surge eclipses South Asia
- Myanmar: Rights expert welcomes fresh sanctions against junta, urges other nations ‘step up’
- UN launches response plan to ‘safeguard the well-being and dignity’ of Rohingya in Bangladesh
- Afghanistan: Top UN officials strongly condemn ‘heinous’ attack on girls school
- Myanmar: UN rights experts urge business ‘to take a stand’ against military junta
- Myanmar coup: ‘No sign’ of end to brutal crackdown on all fronts
- What can the UN do to support India through its deadly COVID-19 surge?
- What can the UN do to support India through its deadly COVID-19 surge?
- What can the UN do to support India through its deadly COVID-19 surge?
- WHO approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
- India’s new COVID-19 wave is spreading like ‘wildfire’, warns UN Children’s Fund
- ‘No time to lose’, stop flow of deadly weapons to Myanmar military now, urges UN rights expert
- Myanmar: Attacks on healthcare jeopardizing COVID-19 response, UN team says
- South Asia: ‘Real possibility’ health systems will be strained to a breaking point, UNICEF warns
- Release jailed dissident on medical grounds, UN experts urge Iran
- UN condemns deadly attack at guesthouse in Afghanistan
- COVID-19 ‘vaccine equity in action’ in the Maldives: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
- Myanmar approaching point of economic collapse: UN report
- First Person: Panic as COVID-19 ‘tsunami’ hits India
- UN providing equipment and supplies to help India fight rapid COVID-19 surge
- Renewed clashes displace thousands in Myanmar, UN reports
- Right to freedom of expression in Myanmar must be guaranteed, UN expert urges military coup leader
- Nepal: New appointments ‘undermine independence’ of rights oversight body, UN experts warn
- Prioritize people and planet, UN chief urges Asian and Pacific nations
- First Person: Rohingya refugees traumatized again, after devastating camp fire
- Seeing health ‘opportunities’ in post-pandemic Papua New Guinea: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
- Food aid operation begins to reach two million affected by Myanmar crisis
- UN chief highlights key role of Asian regional bloc in ending Myanmar crisis
- MYANMAR CRISIS: Stand with the people and protect them, urges UN rights expert
- INTERVIEW: Myanmar military increasing efforts to keep truth from getting out, UN expert says
- Japan: UN experts ‘deeply disappointed’ by decision to discharge Fukushima water
- UN and partners announce Afghan peace summit will convene in Turkey this month
- UN atomic energy agency to work with Japan on Fukushima water disposal
- Myanmar heading towards a ‘full-blown conflict’, UN human rights chief warns
- Review ‘disproportionate and unwarranted’ measures, rights experts urge Cambodia
- Myanmar violence ‘must cease immediately’: UN agencies
- FROM THE FIELD: providing hope for those living with HIV in Yemen
- The more you learn, the more you earn: education and poverty alleviation in Thailand
- Clashes in Myanmar displace thousands, UN humanitarian office reports
- Timor-Leste: UN agencies support response in wake of deadly floods
- First Person: The Afghan woman putting her life at risk to rid her home of mines
- Stop ‘widespread violence’ against children in Myanmar, UN officials urge
- Protect all those fleeing Myanmar, UN offices urge regional countries
- Myanmar: ‘Significant action’ needed by Security Council to prevent ‘bloodbath’
- Indonesia: UN experts denounce mega tourism project that ‘tramples on human rights’
- UN agencies ramp up response for Rohingya refugees in wake of ‘unprecedented’ fire
- Rights experts concerned about alleged detention, forced labour of Uyghurs in China
- Myanmar: Top UN officials condemn military’s ‘shameful, cowardly’ attacks on peaceful protesters
- India donates 200,000 vaccines to protect UN blue helmets against COVID
- Myanmar: UN chief condemns killing of civilians during brutal crackdown on protestors
- FROM THE FIELD: Preparing for disaster in Nepal
- Motherhood on the brink in Yemen
- Myanmar army putting country’s future at risk, UN Special Envoy warns
- Myanmar: UN expert calls for emergency summit, warns conditions ‘likely to get much worse’
- Sharing the story of China’s development miracle: a UN Resident Coordinator’s blog
- Scores of schools ‘reportedly occupied’ by security forces in Myanmar, as Guterres condemns continuing brutality
- UN emergency fund allocates $14 million for Rohingya refugees left homeless by massive fire
- Human Rights Council strengthens rights office probe into Sri Lanka’s long civil war
- Amidst ‘heightened intensity’ actions toward peace must be ‘in the best interests’ of Afghans
- ‘Seize the moment’ to recover and rebuild better, UN deputy chief urges Asia-Pacific nations
- UN teams assisting tens of thousands of refugees, after massive fire rips through camp in Bangladesh
- Exploited and marginalized, Bangladeshi tea workers speak up for their rights
- Learning from China’s economic example: a UN Resident Coordinator’s blog
- Scores of schools ‘reportedly occupied’ by security forces in Myanmar: UNICEF
- UN envoy continues efforts to access Myanmar, amidst increasingly brutal crackdown
- Rights experts demand Iran release academic ‘nearing death’ in solitary confinement
- Secretary-General appoints Jean Arnault as his personal envoy on Afghanistan
- South Asia: Sharp rise in child, maternal deaths due to COVID-19-induced disruptions
- UN agency raises alarm over rising food and fuel prices in Myanmar
- Myanmar crisis: UN Special Envoy condemns ‘ongoing brutality’, as dozens reported killed over weekend
- UN agency raises alarm over ‘targeted’ violence against women in Myanmar protests
- Myanmar crackdown has led to likely crimes against humanity, Human Rights Council told
- Myanmar: UN Security Council strongly condemns violence against protesters
- Disaster preparedness is key, 10 years on from Japan quake and tsunami: UN
- COVID contributed to ‘starvation’, executions in DPR Korea, Rights Council hears
- Asia-Pacific: UN forum highlights central role of migrants in world’s most populous region
- Myanmar: UN condemns escalating violence in deadliest day of protests so far
- Myanmar Ambassador to UN denounces military coup, as envoy warns democratic processes have been ‘pushed aside’
- Philippines: UN rights office appalled over simultaneous killings of ‘red-tagged’ activists
- Myanmar: UN calls for safe release of trapped protesters in Yangon
- Hopes for UN Security Council action against Myanmar military coup ‘waning’ fast, warns Special Envoy
- UN rights expert calls for ‘urgent and decisive’ action to support people of Myanmar
- Stop murdering and jailing protestors, UN human rights chief tells Myanmar military
- ‘Stability of the region’ hangs on Myanmar, declares UN Special Envoy
- INTERVIEW: The women activists aiming to make history in Vanuatuan politics
- Bangladesh: UN rights chief urges transparent probe into writer’s death, review of law under which he was charged
- Myanmar: UN rights office condemns escalating violence in deadliest day of protests so far
- UN envoy: Democratic processes ‘pushed aside’ in Myanmar, as Ambassador denounces coup
- Relief programmes hit by ongoing crisis in Myanmar, UN humanitarian office says
- UN independent experts ‘appalled’ by deportation of migrants to Myanmar, in defiance of court order
- Myanmar: Stop harassment of workers, UN agency urges military
- Experts accuse Iran of rights violations in shooting down Ukraine airlines flight
- ‘Disturbing spike’ in Afghan civilian casualties after peace talks began: UN report
- ‘No place’ for coups in today’s world, UN chief tells Myanmar military
- Rohingya refugees: UN agency urges immediate rescue to prevent ‘tragedy’ on Andaman Sea
- Nuclear energy agency reaches temporary inspection solution with Iran
- Secretary-General condemns deadly violence against protestors in Myanmar
- FROM THE FIELD: The Indian women weaving a digital web
- Lifeline for vulnerable Cambodians as poverty doubles during COVID-19 pandemic
- Loss of autonomy in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir threatens minorities’ rights – UN independent experts
- Myanmar crisis: ‘Terrified’ UN rights expert sounds alarm ahead of expected protests
- Myanmar: ‘World is watching’, UN Special Envoy urges military to refrain from violence
- Fire at Afghan-Iranian border hits vital humanitarian assistance: UN migration agency
- Afghanistan: 65 media workers, rights defenders killed since 2018
- India: UN rights office urges ‘maximum restraint’ in ongoing protests
- Hopes and fears of mother-to-be in Afghanistan
- Afghanistan: Detainee torture allegations remain ‘alarming’, UN report reveals
- Myanmar: Respect right to peaceful assembly, UN human rights office says
- Security Council calls for release of Aung San Suu Kyi, pledging ‘continued support’ for Myanmar’s democratic transition
- Iran: Human rights experts condemn execution of Baloch minority prisoner
- First Person: Digging for victory in the Philippines
- Security Council unity ‘crucial’ to support democracy in Myanmar
- DPR Korea: Impunity prevails in prisons, amid potential ‘crimes against humanity’ – Bachelet
- Deep fears of violent crackdown in Myanmar, UN rights chief warns
- Arrests, military control ‘a serious blow’ to democratic reforms in Myanmar: UN chief
- FROM THE FIELD: COVID crisis creates new wave of self-reliance for Tonga
- Myanmar: UN chief following developments ‘with great concern’
- FROM THE FIELD: The Myanmar child workers risking their lives for stones
- UN agencies supporting mammoth India COVID-19 vaccine rollout
- Deadly earthquake hits Indonesia: Dozens killed, hundreds injured
- Humanitarians seek $1.3 billion to help millions in war-weary Afghanistan
- FROM THE FIELD: Laos villages transformed by solar power
- Viet Nam: UN rights office denounces ‘increasing clampdown’ on freedom of expression
- Hong Kong: UN human rights office urges immediate release of arrested activists
- First Person: Vietnamese man finds ‘true voice’ in gay community
- Category: Climate Change
- Category: Culture and Education
- Category: Economic Development
- Category: Europe
- Category: Health
- Category: Human Rights
- ‘No place’ for coups in today’s world, UN chief tells Myanmar military
- FROM THE FIELD: Focusing a lens on courage, despair and hope
- Yemen: UN rights office calls for de-escalation in Marib Governorate
- Violence in South Sudan engulfs country, 10 years after independence ‘children all have guns’
- UN human rights office alarmed by ‘attacks’ on judicial independence in Haiti
- Loss of autonomy in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir threatens minorities’ rights – UN independent experts
- ‘Put Syrians first…finally’, UN rights investigators urge after deadly decade of conflict
- Stop criminalizing civil society, UN rights experts urge Venezuelan authorities
- Afghanistan: 65 media workers, rights defenders killed since 2018
- Living and loving with HIV: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
- India: UN rights office urges ‘maximum restraint’ in ongoing protests
- FROM THE FIELD: COVID-19 increasing risk of female genital mutilation
- Senior officials call on Israel to halt West Bank demolitions and respect international law
- Paraguay: UN rights chief calls for ‘prompt, independent’ probe into girl deaths and disappearance
- ‘Voices of resistance, resilience and courage’ – UN News podcast bears witness to lives beyond the Holocaust
- US should end use of private ‘for profit’ detention centres, urge human rights experts
- Elections vital to building democratic Palestinian State: UN chief
- FROM THE FIELD: Ugandan forced to commit ‘horrendous acts’ as 9-year-old child soldier
- Iran: Human rights experts condemn execution of Baloch minority prisoner
- Afghanistan: Detainee torture allegations remain ‘alarming’, UN report reveals
- Russia: UN rights office ‘deeply dismayed’ by Navalny sentencing
- Nicaragua : Amidst ‘socio-political and human rights crisis’, independent expert condemns environmental defender’s death
- ‘Imminent’ Iran execution must be halted, urges UN human rights office
- Gamba ‘deeply concerned’ over COVID impact on children caught in conflict
- Central African Republic: Rights expert welcomes transfer of war crimes suspect to ICC
- Italy failed to rescue over 200 migrants in 2013 Mediterranean disaster, UN rights body finds
- UN chief calls for urgent action against neo-Nazis in Holocaust remembrance message
- UN rights experts urge Israel to respect international obligations
- Sri Lanka: ‘Forced’ cremation of COVID victims’ bodies must stop – UN rights experts
- Shining a light on sexually exploited women and girls forced into crime
- Category: Humanitarian Aid
- DR Congo: Lives and futures of three million children at risk, UNICEF warns
- Five million Yemenis ‘one step away from famine’– UN relief coordinator tells Security Council
- Food insecurity in Syria reaches record levels: WFP
- ‘Triple threat’ adds to long-standing crises menacing food security in Somalia – FAO
- New guidelines put youth at the forefront of humanitarian response
- Burundi: UN refugee agency appeals for over $220 million in ‘crucial’ support
- ‘We had to run for our lives’: The pregnant women fleeing Tigray
- Yemen: ‘Toxic mix’ imperils lives of under-fives with acute malnutrition
- Ethiopia: ‘Incomplete but troubling picture’ reveals impact of Tigray crisis on children
- Without ‘constructive international diplomacy’ Syria’s peace process will not move forward
- Rapid scale up crucial to meet humanitarian needs in Ethiopia’s Tigray: Joint UN-Government mission
- FROM THE FIELD: Sharing migration stories across generations in Central America
- FROM THE FIELD: Chicken wings, hunger and the Super Bowl
- Aid agencies renew appeals for aid access to all areas in Ethiopia’s Tigray
- Afghanistan: Detainee torture allegations remain ‘alarming’, UN report reveals
- Urgent steps needed to alleviate suffering in Ethiopia’s Tigray region: Guterres
- Syria floods: Humanitarians working ‘round the clock’ to provide urgent relief
- Escalating hostilities in Yemen’s Hudaydah put thousands of civilians at risk
- Tigray’s children in crisis and beyond reach, after months of conflict: UNICEF
- Tens of thousands in northwest Syria lose shelter after floods inundate camps
- Guterres calls for ‘renewed approach to multilateralism’, through new peacebuilding appeal
- Mozambique: UN responds as thousands are caught in the wake of devastating Cyclone Eloise
- Syria: 18 children killed since the start of the year, UNICEF reports
- Decade of conflict triggering ‘slow tsunami’ across Syria, Security Council hears
- ‘Complex’ emergency unfolding in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado, warn UN agencies
- East African countries better prepared, but desert locust threat ‘not over’
- ‘Swift action’ needed in Tigray to save thousands at risk, UNHCR warns
- Category: Law and Crime Prevention
- Avoid ‘risky winner-take-all tactics’ in Somalia, UN Security Council hears
- Probes on extrajudicial killings, ‘important step’ in fighting impunity in Colombia – UN rights office
- Stop criminalizing civil society, UN rights experts urge Venezuelan authorities
- Make ‘every effort’ to save COVID-19 response from corruption, UN Assembly President urges
- FROM THE FIELD: Life after conflict in the Central African Republic
- British human rights lawyer elected chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
- New ICC ruling ‘opens the door’ for justice in occupied Palestine – Independent UN expert
- Paraguay: UN rights chief calls for ‘prompt, independent’ probe into girl deaths and disappearance
- DPR Korea: Impunity prevails in prisons, amid potential ‘crimes against humanity’ – Bachelet
- Libya vote offers renewal and reconciliation chance, says veteran UN negotiator
- Senior panel probing violations in Syria, examining new measures to safeguard humanitarians
- Israel: ‘Halt and reverse’ new settlement construction – UN chief
- US should end use of private ‘for profit’ detention centres, urge human rights experts
- Warlord found guilty of crimes against humanity in northern Uganda, a ‘significant milestone’ – Guterres
- COVID-19 impact exposes millions to the risk of trafficking, UN agency says
- Mali transition presents opportunity to break ‘vicious circle of political crises’
- West Africa: Democracy ‘a constant process’ top UN official tells Security Council
- Argentina: ‘Ground-breaking’ new abortion law crucial to ending gender discrimination – UN experts
- US pardons Blackwater guards: An ‘affront to justice’ – UN experts
- Lebanon: UN chief welcomes murder conviction for 1980 blue helmet killings
- Iraq: Trump pardons for Baghdad Blackwater guards ‘contributes to impunity’ says UN rights office
- Category: Middle East
- Senior humanitarian describes ‘horror scenes’ in Syria camps
- UNRWA condemns demolition of Palestinian home in East Jerusalem
- Palestine-Israel: UN envoy highlights urgent need for reform
- UNRWA seeks $1.6 billion to support Palestinian refugees in 2022
- UN rights office warns over violent escalation in Yemen and beyond
- Guterres condemns attack on Abu Dhabi airport and oil facility
- Experts decry measures to ‘steadily erase’ Afghan women and girls from public life
- Child and woman injured following rocket attack in Iraq
- Conviction of top Syrian intelligence official ‘a landmark leap forward’
- Yemen: ‘Political will, responsible leadership’ needed, to end 7-year war
- First Person: Discovering the reality of life in Iraq
- Interview: Time to rethink tourism, an economic lifeline for millions
- UN calls for investigation into attack against peacekeepers in Lebanon
- Each day ‘a new adventure’ for UN humanitarian air service worker
- UN disarmament chief urges Syria to come clean on chemical weapons
- UNICEF: Grim start to new year as 2 children are killed, 5 injured, in Syria
- First Person: The entrepreneur helping Middle Eastern women enter the digital economy
- Former ISIL prison transformed to bring joy and support to youth
- Lebanon crises increase suffering of migrant domestic workers
- Despite ‘rampant’ poverty, ‘existential’ lack of funding impedes UNRWA’s work
- Yemen alert: 8 million face reduced rations amid funding shortages
- Middle East: Positive steps needed to restore calm
- Guterres in Lebanon: Fair elections in 2022, an ‘essential opportunity’ for voices to be heard
- Lebanese ‘deserve the truth’ over deadly port blast: Guterres
- UN envoy outlines ‘possibilities for progress’ in Syria next year
- UN chief calls for unity among Lebanese leaders, affirms solidarity with citizens
- ‘UN stands with the people of Lebanon’, declares Guterres
- ‘Additional effort and patience’ needed to revive Iran nuclear deal
- Promoting sustainability and the UN at Dubai Expo: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
- Bachelet describes ‘disastrous’ human rights situation across Occupied Palestinian Territory
- ‘Turning point’ reached for survivors of ISIL crimes in Iraq, Security Council hears
- Israel-Palestine: Risk of ‘deadly escalation’ in violence, without decisive action
- UN chief calls for nuclear weapons-free Middle East
- Arrested development and poverty take a $57 billion economic toll in Palestine
- Yemen recovery possible if war stops now: UNDP report
- Investing in UNRWA is ‘an investment in peace and hope’
- Iran death penalty threat for abortion unlawful: UN rights experts
- ‘We cannot lose hope’, UN chief tells media seminar on peace in the Middle East
- Syria: Conflict, COVID and rising costs, ‘pushing people beyond their limits’
- Afghanistan: Girls at increasing risk of child marriage
- ‘Dire’ economic and fiscal situation in Palestine requires integrated response
- Salaries for Afghanistan health workers sends ‘message of hope’ to millions
- Israeli military deauthorization of Palestine NGOs, ‘deepens concern’ of UN agencies
- Iraq: UN Mission condemns assassination attempt on Prime Minister ‘in the strongest terms’
- More than half of Afghans face food insecurity at ‘crisis’ or ‘emergency’ levels
- UN experts call for protection of trafficked workers from Viet Nam in Saudi Arabia
- Israel settlement expansion ‘tramples’ on human rights law, experts contend
- ‘Climate of fear’ prevails for human rights defenders in Afghanistan
- First Person: Telling the tragic story of mercury poisoning in Japan
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- UN experts condemn Israel’s designation of Palestine rights defenders as terrorist organisations
- Middle East Green Initiative: ‘pathbreaking work’ to protect the planet
- ‘Big disappointment’ over lack of Syria constitution agreement
- Fears grow for the lives of 5 Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli prisons
- Four children killed on their way to school in northwest Syria
- Humanitarian assistance stepped up on Yemen’s west coast, amid clashes
- Build consensus or face ‘increasingly desperate reality’, warns Middle East envoy
- Yemen war reaches ‘shameful milestone’ – 10,000 children now killed or maimed
- Over-compliance with US sanctions hurting Iran’s ‘butterfly kids’
- UNHCR chief urges better support for 13 million ‘exhausted’ and displaced Syrians
- Taliban backs WHO polio vaccination campaign across Afghanistan next month
- Process to draft Syria constitution begins this week
- UN calls for end to violence in Lebanon following deadly Beirut clashes
- Yemen: Dialogue and compromise ‘only way forward’
- “It will help me to achieve my dream”: Helping Iraqi girls stay in school
- Yemen’s future recovery hangs in balance, warns senior UN aid coordinator
- First Person: Levelling the gender playing field in Jordan
- Stopping the march towards famine a UN Resident Coordinator blog
- $383 million humanitarian plan to address ‘living nightmare’ in Lebanon
- The UN at Dubai Expo: 5 things you should know
- UN launches initiative to support returnees trapped in Syria camps
- Top UN envoy ‘encouraged’ by recent engagement of Israeli and Palestinian officials
- Now is the time to push for political resolution in Syria: UN envoy
- Syria committed to ‘combating and eradicating terrorism’, General Assembly hears
- Iran nuclear programme at ‘critical point’, Israeli Prime Minister warns
- Syria: 10 years of war has left at least 350,000 dead
- Iraqi President warns against complacency in the fight against terrorism
- Millions in Yemen ‘a step away from starvation’
- King of Saudi Arabia says peace is top priority for his country
- First Person: The ‘bravery’ of Afghanistan’s girls and women
- Sanctions are ‘US way of war’, Iranian President at UN
- Afghanistan: Security Council resolution calls for ‘equal and meaningful participation of women’
- Lebanon crisis: More international assistance needed urgently – WHO chief
- Syria ‘caught in a downward spiral’ UN relief chief tells Security Council
- After 10 years of war in Syria, siege tactics still threaten civilians
- IAEA strikes deal with Iran on monitoring of nuclear programme
- FIRST PERSON: Human trafficking, migrant smuggling, still significant threats in Asia
- First Person: A refuge from COVID misinformation
- Yemen: ‘Climate of fear’ grows, all sides to blame, say rights experts
- Yemen: UN agency helping stranded migrants to return home
- Syria: Prevent ‘entire generation from being lost’, urges UN humanitarian chief
- Israel-Palestine: Waste no opportunity for ‘serious’ political negotiation, envoy urges
- Afghanistan: UN chief condemns terrorist blasts near Kabul airport
- Iraq: Clock ticks on all-important elections, commitment to credibility needed
- Increased Syria violence prompts largest civilian displacements in a year, as gridlock stymies political talks
- Shelter needs soar for displaced in Yemen’s Marib region
- No end to Yemen civil war on the horizon, senior UN official briefs Security Council
- Afghanistan: UN agencies sound alarm over emergency aid supply logjam
- COVID-19: Funding plea to combat Delta variant, call to suspend booster roll-out
- Afghanistan is facing a ‘cultural disaster’, says UN rights expert
- Fuel crisis in Lebanon means potential ‘humanitarian catastrophe’: senior UN official
- Afghanistan: UN agencies urge Taliban to make good on promises to protect vulnerable
- UN experts urge Israel to ‘protect and encourage’ Palestine rights defenders
- Arrests of Palestinian rights defenders part of ‘wider crackdown’
- Escalating Lebanon-Israel aggressions provoking ‘very dangerous situation’
- Afghanistan at ‘dangerous turning point’, UN envoy warns Security Council
- Displaced Afghans face ‘continued deterioration’ in country
- Civilians in southern Syria ‘under siege’ – UN human rights chief
- Work still remains on Syria chemical weapons destruction, Security Council hears
- Donor conference a ‘unique opportunity’ to renew commitment to Lebanon: UN deputy chief
- Beirut’s youth rebuild the Lebanese capital, brick by brick
- Iraq: Put torture prevention laws into practice, urges UN human rights chief
- UN chief underlines commitment to justice for Yazidis in Iraq
- Families still struggling one year after Beirut explosion: UNICEF
- A year after the Beirut explosions: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
- Yemen: New World Bank funds offer lifeline to most vulnerable
- Gaza: Humanitarian response underway, but political solutions still needed
- Free, fair Palestinian elections, must include East Jerusalem: UN experts
- Lebanon: Public water system on the verge of collapse, UNICEF warns
- Iraq: Bomb attack on eve of Eid al-Adha, ‘terrorism knows no bounds’
- Gearing up humanitarian assistance for Palestine refugees
- First Person: ‘Syrians still have ambition and hope’
- Syria’s last cross-border aid lifeline must stay open, insist UN humanitarians
- UN pushes for lasting ceasefire, more humanitarian deliveries in Gaza
- UN officials appeal for extension of lifesaving cross-border aid operations into Syria
- Yemen ‘a tale of missed and then lost opportunities’, outgoing envoy tells Security Council
- Around 1.5 million Lebanese in need, top UN humanitarian official there warns
- UN strongly condemns ‘appalling’ attack on Syrian hospital
- Yemen: Health, environment and economy remain under threat from stricken oil tanker
- Accountability crucial to ‘truly relegate’ Syria chemical weapons to history
- UNRWA chief calls for ‘clear and unequivocal guarantees’ on staff safety in Hamas-controlled Gaza
- Staggering health needs emerge in Gaza, following Israel-Hamas conflict
- Israel-Palestine: Political solution only way to end ‘senseless’ cycles of violence
- UN rights chief calls for inclusive peace process to end Palestine occupation
- During relative calm, growing humanitarian suffering in Syria, a ‘tragic irony’
- WFP scales up support in Yemen but fears response could be hampered
- Ceasefire can’t hide scale of destruction in Gaza, UN warns, as rights experts call for ICC probe
- UN chief welcomes Gaza ceasefire announcement between Israel and Hamas
- Gaza children living in ‘hell on earth’, UN chief says, urging immediate end to fighting
- WHO appeals for regular access to Palestinian enclave amid ongoing Israeli strikes
- Syria: Prolonged violence, violation and abuse ‘bound to affect generations to come’
- Ceasefire needed now, to stave off disaster in Gaza says UNICEF chief, as UNRWA launches emergency appeal
- UN urges greater aid access for Gaza, ‘intensification of mediation efforts’ to end Israel-Palestine violence
- WFP moves to support families affected by Gaza violence
- Secretary-General calls for immediate end to Israeli-Palestine violence
- Children bearing brunt of escalating violence between Israelis and Palestinians: UNICEF
- UN Human Rights chief appeals for de-escalation in Israel-Palestine crisis
- Civilian casualties climb, as UN chief calls on all parties to ‘immediately cease’ fighting in Gaza and Israel
- First Person: ‘God save us from famine’
- De-escalation ‘an absolute must’ in Israel-Palestine conflict: Guterres
- Iraq: New UN report shines light on ‘deeply worrying’ pattern of restrictions in Kurdistan
- More violence ‘last thing Yemen needs’, peace ‘only way’ to resolve crises
- Tensions could escalate to ‘full-scale war’, UN Middle East envoy warns
- Credible elections can help propel Iraq towards ‘safe and prosperous future’
- ISIL crimes against Yazidis constitute genocide, UN investigation team finds
- Middle East Envoys express deep concern over East Jerusalem violence
- Kabul school bombing condemned by senior UN officials
- Stop evictions in East Jerusalem neighbourhood immediately, UN rights office urges Israel
- Middle East coordinator calls for new and timely Palestinian election date
- Revived peace process, lasting calm, and a new constitution needed in Syria
- Iraq: UN representative calls for ‘stronger protection measures’ after fatal fire in COVID hospital
- Elections could pave way to Palestinian unity, advance peace: UN envoy
- Syria receives first COVID-19 vaccines, for most vulnerable
- New Iraqi law ‘major step’ in assisting ISIL’s female victims but more must be done
- Human rights experts demand UAE provide ‘meaningful information’ on Sheikha Latifa
- UN envoy highlights diplomatic unity, as key to help end Yemen war
- Iraq: UNESCO architectural design winners to rebuild iconic Al-Nouri Mosque complex
- Settler violence is rising in Occupied Palestinian Territory, warn experts
- UNRWA chief reports on despair and hope among Palestinians, as US announces $150 million in aid
- Libya violated rights of ‘targeted’ woman activist, says anti-discrimination committee
- Yemen: Arrival of COVID-19 vaccines a ‘gamechanger’
- Ending Syria’s war is our collective responsibility, UN chief tells donor conference
- Syria’s decade of ‘death, destruction, displacement, disease, dread and despair’
- ‘No respite’ for civilians in Syria, UN officials urge international support
- UN envoy calls for more support to aid Palestinian COVID-19 response
- Guterres welcomes Saudi peace initiative to end fighting in Yemen
- FROM THE FIELD: Syrian photographers find hope despite 10 years of civil war
- First Person: Poetry and the pain of loss and leaving; a voice from Syria
- FROM THE FIELD: Syria statistics tell tragic tale of decade-long conflict
- Syria war: Average of one child injured or killed every eight hours over past 10 years – UNICEF
- Ten years on, Syrian crisis ‘remains a living nightmare’: UN Secretary-General
- Eight children killed this month, as fighting intensifies in Yemen: UNICEF
- First Person: Poetry and the pain of loss and leaving; a voice from Syria
- FROM THE FIELD: Syria statistics tell tragic tale of decade-long conflict
- Syria war: Average of one child injured or killed every eight hours over past 10 years – UNICEF
- Ten years on, Syrian crisis ‘remains a living nightmare’: UN Secretary-General
- ‘Hell’ in Yemen, with millions ‘knocking on the door of famine’ WFP’s Beasley warns
- ‘Yemen can’t wait’, UN and partners warn in seeking $3.85 billion for humanitarian response
- UN envoy warns of ‘dramatic’ deterioration in Yemen conflict
- Syria’s decade of conflict takes massive toll on women and girls
- Syria: Grim 10-year anniversary of ‘unimaginable violence and indignities’
- FROM THE FIELD: Syrian photographers find hope despite 10 years of civil war
- First Person: Poetry and the pain of loss and leaving; a voice from Syria
- FROM THE FIELD: Syria statistics tell tragic tale of decade-long conflict
- Syria war: Average of one child injured or killed every eight hours over past 10 years – UNICEF
- Saudi Arabia commutes three death sentences, UN experts call for charges to be dropped
- Ten years on, Syrian crisis ‘remains a living nightmare’: UN Secretary-General
- ‘Hell’ in Yemen, with millions ‘knocking on the door of famine’ WFP’s Beasley warns
- 20 die after human traffickers force migrants into sea en route to Yemen
- Yemen: UN migration agency calls for urgent humanitarian access after ‘horrific’ fire
- In Iraq, Pope spreads message of peace, religious tolerance and humanity’s resilience
- Pope’s visit to Iraq, ‘a symbol of hope’: UN agency
- ‘Limited’ progress in closing Syria chemical weapons file, UN Disarmament Chief tells Security Council
- ICC Prosecutor opens probe into alleged crimes in occupied Palestine
- Saudi Arabia commutes three death sentences, UN experts urge charges be dropped
- Rights experts condemn ongoing demolition of Palestinian Bedouin village
- Yemen pledging conference: Severity of suffering ‘impossible to overstate’ says Guterres
- Fate still unclear of ‘tens of thousands’ of civilian detainees in Syria
- Yemen: UN ceasefire monitoring mission condemns attack on civilians in Hudaydah
- Palestinian elections raise hopes for two-State solution, Middle East Coordinator tells Security Council
- In Yemen’s man-made catastrophe, women and girls pay the price
- Syria: Economic decline, rising hunger and surging humanitarian needs
- FROM THE FIELD: Millions of Yemenis facing ‘death sentence’
- Yemen: UN rights office calls for de-escalation in Marib Governorate
- Five million Yemenis ‘one step away from famine’– UN relief coordinator tells Security Council
- ‘Put Syrians first…finally’, UN rights investigators urge after deadly decade of conflict
- Food insecurity in Syria reaches record levels: WFP
- Transparency must rule Iraqi elections, ‘loyalties cannot be for sale’, Security Council hears
- Yemen: ‘Toxic mix’ imperils lives of under-fives with acute malnutrition
- Without ‘constructive international diplomacy’ Syria’s peace process will not move forward
- New ICC ruling ‘opens the door’ for justice in occupied Palestine – Independent UN expert
- ‘Unknown number’ of foreign nationals have died in squalid Syrian camps, say rights experts
- US decision will provide ‘profound relief’ to millions in war-torn Yemen: UN spokesperson
- Syria floods: Humanitarians working ‘round the clock’ to provide urgent relief
- Tens of thousands in northwest Syria lose shelter after floods inundate camps
- Senior officials call on Israel to halt West Bank demolitions and respect international law
- UN welcomes US decision to ‘strengthen its diplomatic engagement’ towards Yemen peace deal
- Elections vital to building democratic Palestinian State: UN chief
- End impunity for use of chemical weapons in Syria, UN disarmament chief urges Security Council
- The decision to designate the Houthis (Ansar Allah) a foreign terrorist organization, and how it’s impacting the United Nations
- Children among dead following bomb attacks in northern Syria
- ‘We can’t continue like this’: UN envoy’s grim assessment of Syria peace process
- UN ready to support Palestinian elections, new envoy tells Security Council
- Iraq: UN chief condemns ‘horrific’ double suicide bombing at Baghdad market
- Senior panel probing violations in Syria, examining new measures to safeguard humanitarians
- Israel: ‘Halt and reverse’ new settlement construction – UN chief
- First Person: Cheese proves key to survival for Syrian refugee family amid pandemic
- Israel: Ensure equal COVID-19 vaccine access to Palestinians – UN Independent experts
- UN officials fear US terrorist designation will hasten famine in Yemen
- Category: Migrants and Refugees
- Rohingya refugees: UN agency urges immediate rescue to prevent ‘tragedy’ on Andaman Sea
- Burundi: UN refugee agency appeals for over $220 million in ‘crucial’ support
- Transparency must rule Iraqi elections, ‘loyalties cannot be for sale’, Security Council hears
- Armed group atrocities creating havoc in eastern DR Congo: UN refugee agency
- Fire at Afghan-Iranian border hits vital humanitarian assistance: UN migration agency
- Migrating online: The digital tools preparing refugees and migrants with an economic lifeline
- UN chief welcomes Colombia’s ‘act of solidarity’ with 1.7 million Venezuelans
- FROM THE FIELD: Sharing migration stories across generations in Central America
- US plan to reform asylum, reunite families, reflects ‘authentic humanitarian values’
- Asylum seekers subject to systematic pushbacks at Europe’s borders, says UNHCR
- Italy failed to rescue over 200 migrants in 2013 Mediterranean disaster, UN rights body finds
- Mali in transition: UN peacekeeping chief takes stock of political and security developments
- Peacekeepers under attack again in Mali, as one Egyptian blue helmet dies, another seriously injured
- Sudan: 250 killed, over 100,000 displaced as violence surges in Darfur
- UN calls for resumption of Mediterranean rescues, after 43 die in Libya shipwreck
- First Person: Cheese proves key to survival for Syrian refugee family amid pandemic
- UN welcomes Biden administration commitment to refugee protection
- Pandemic curbs trend towards ever-increasing migration
- Central African Republic: Displacement reaches 120,000, as another deadly attack leaves one UN peacekeeper dead
- UN steps up support for thousands left homeless after fire at Rohingya refugee camp
- Category: Peace and Security
- Three killed in attack on UN World Food Programme convoy in DR Congo
- Nuclear energy agency reaches temporary inspection solution with Iran
- Secretary-General condemns deadly violence against protestors in Myanmar
- ‘Exercise restraint and calm’, UN chief urges after violent outbreak in Somalia
- Yemen: UN rights office calls for de-escalation in Marib Governorate
- Violence in South Sudan engulfs country, 10 years after independence ‘children all have guns’
- Five million Yemenis ‘one step away from famine’– UN relief coordinator tells Security Council
- ‘Put Syrians first…finally’, UN rights investigators urge after deadly decade of conflict
- UN chief condemns attack on school in Nigeria
- Food insecurity in Syria reaches record levels: WFP
- US decision will provide ‘profound relief’ to millions in war-torn Yemen: UN spokesperson
- Myanmar: Respect right to peaceful assembly, UN human rights office says
- Libya: ‘Historic moment’ as UN-led forum selects new interim leadership
- UN welcomes US decision to ‘strengthen its diplomatic engagement’ towards Yemen peace deal
- Aid agencies renew appeals for aid access to all areas in Ethiopia’s Tigray
- Security Council calls for release of Aung San Suu Kyi, pledging ‘continued support’ for Myanmar’s democratic transition
- End impunity for use of chemical weapons in Syria, UN disarmament chief urges Security Council
- Central African Republic: 200,000 displaced in less than two months
- Security Council unity ‘crucial’ to support democracy in Myanmar
- The decision to designate the Houthis (Ansar Allah) a foreign terrorist organization, and how it’s impacting the United Nations
- Deep fears of violent crackdown in Myanmar, UN rights chief warns
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- Security Council reforms must reflect 21st century realities, says UN Assembly President
- Rise in antisemitism during pandemic shows we can never let down our guard: UN chief
- New COVID-19 strains ‘poised to unleash’ more severe infections – Security Council hears
- Mali in transition: UN peacekeeping chief takes stock of political and security developments
- Peacekeepers under attack again in Mali, as one Egyptian blue helmet dies, another seriously injured
- Guterres hails entry into force of treaty banning nuclear weapons
- Category: SDGs
- Category: UN Affairs
- Category: Women
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- FROM THE FIELD: Life after conflict in the Central African Republic
- ‘We had to run for our lives’: The pregnant women fleeing Tigray
- FROM THE FIELD: The teenage Uzbek girls using science to help their community
- FROM THE FIELD: Women scientists on the power of education to reach gender equality
- ‘Women and girls belong in science’ declares UN chief
- Hopes and fears of mother-to-be in Afghanistan
- FROM THE FIELD: COVID-19 increasing risk of female genital mutilation
- Unity, funding and decisive action needed to end FGM and protect millions of girls, UN says
- Guterres welcomes US decision to restore funding to UNFPA
- Make 2021 ‘safer, healthier world for children’, UNICEF chief urges
- FROM THE FIELD: India’s pandemic of violence against women
- Avert ‘dire consequences’ for women’s health, UNFPA urges in appeal to prevent maternal deaths
- ILO study finds migrants earn much less than locals, and the gap is widening
- Improved Afghan law still fails victims of sex crimes and violence against women, UN report finds
- COVID-19 worsening gender-based violence, trafficking risk, for women and girls
- FROM THE FIELD: Answering the call for help in Thailand
- FROM THE FIELD: Girl child soldier shunned at home in Uganda
- Build on momentum to end violence against women and girls: Secretary-General
- End gender-based violence, ‘once and for all’, UN urges on International Day
- Category: Азия
- Category: Америка
- Category: Африка
- Category: Беженцы и мигранты
- Category: Ближний Восток
- Category: Генеральный секретарь ООН
- Генеральный секретарь ООН: «Я не паникую, но бью тревогу»
- Председатель Генеральной Ассамблеи призвал мир не терять надежды
- Глава ООН в Давосе: ради всеобщего благополучия нужно поддержать развивающиеся страны
- Дюжаррик прокомментировал сообщения об использовании голубых касок силами безопасности в Казахстане
- В ООН приветствуют диалог между Россией и США
- Новогоднее обращение Генерального секретаря: 2022-й – год восстановления
- 2021 год в зеркале пандемии: упущенные возможности и осторожный оптимизм
- В ООН призвали Ливию уважать волю 2,8 млн ливийцев, зарегистрировавшихся для участия в выборах
- Давайте выберем мир», призывает глава ООН
- Глава ООН выразил солидарность с народом Ливана
- В Европе и Центральной Азии растут масштабы недоедания и ожирения
- ЮНИСЕФ возглавит Кэтрин Рассел из США
- Встреча в Сеуле: 62 страны приняли новые обязательства по поддержке «голубых касок»
- СЕРФ: выявлять угрозы, предотвращать кризисы и оказывать чрезвычайную помощь
- Глава ООН: добровольцы заслуживают нашей самой искренней признательности
- Омикрон: не паниковать, но готовиться к вероятному распространению нового варианта
- Миротворчество ООН: переход на возобновляемые источники энергии, цифровые технологии и другие нововведения
- Не бояться мечтать: в ООН состоялся Саммит молодых активистов
- В период пандемии учреждения системы ООН уменьшили свой «углеродный след»
- Генсек ООН на КС-26 в Глазго: «Хватит относиться к природе как к туалету!»
- «Карманный путеводитель» по КС-26: что мы знаем на данный момент и почему это важно?
- Эмблема ООН не везде спасает сотрудников Организации от преступников
- Какие тайны хранит аудиовизуальный архив ООН?
- Из истории создания ООН: право вето, шестой постоянный член Совбеза и другие «спорные вопросы»
- ООН отмечает свой 76-й День рождения
- Политический застой в израильско-палестинских отношениях усиливает чувство безнадежности
- Генассамблея ООН выбрала 18 новых членов Совета ООН по правам человека
- Глава ООН внес предложения по бюджету Организации на 2022 год
- Сегодня – Международный день по снижению риска бедствий
- Международный день ненасилия: глава ООН призвал прислушаться к посланию Ганди о мире
- 30 сентября – Международный день перевода
- Глава МИД России призвал страны придерживаться Устава ООН, а не вводить свои правила
- Премьер Грузии – о европейском выборе и успехах своей страны на пути к открытой экономике
- Президент Азербайджана – о «вакцинном национализме» и «зеленом» будущем освобожденных территорий
- Президент Кубы: блокада на фоне пандемии – это преступление
- Президент Казахстана – о «тройной угрозе» человечеству
- Президент Молдовы Майя Санду: коррупция – главная угроза демократии
- Кто представляет Афганистан на Генеральной Ассамблее ООН
- Президент Туркменистана – о нейтралитете, пандемии и Аральском море
- Президент Турции: и другие страны должны выполнять свои обязательства по приему беженцев
- Узбекистан будет развивать чистый транспорт и возобновляемые источники энергии – глава государства
- Президент США Байден с трибуны Генассамблеи: мы вернулись к дискуссии в многостороннем формате
- Президент Кыргызстана предложил провести саммит Центральная Азия – ООН
- Глава ООН на 76-й сессии Генассамблеи: нужно отойти от края пропасти
- СЮЖЕТ Почему Бразилия всегда выступает в Генассамблее первой?
- Генсек ООН – мировым лидерам: пора проснуться и изменить курс
- Кто произнес самую длинную речь и другие знаменательные моменты в истории Генассамблеи
- «Не сбивать друг друга с ног, а помочь встать на ноги» – Генсек ООН
- СЮЖЕТ Молоток Председателя Генассамблеи: почти детективная история
- Глава ООН о работе Организации: мир проходит серьезное испытание на прочность
- ИНТЕРВЬЮ Новый Председатель Генассамблеи ООН: людям прежде всего нужна надежда
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- Будущее ООН и два сценария для планеты
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- Новым председателем ЭКОСОС стал представитель Ботсваны
- Гутерриш: позиция ООН по Вароше остается неизменной
- Генсек ООН призвал соблюдать олимпийское перемирие
- Глава ООН о выполнении Целей устойчивого развития: пандемия выбила нас из колеи, но ситуация не безнадежна
- На глобальном юге вирус распространяется со скоростью лесного пожара
- В ООН приняли резолюцию, определяющую план борьбы с терроризмом на ближайшие два года
- 27 июня – День микро, малых и средних предприятий
- Новое метеорологическое обслуживание в эпоху изменения климата
- Глава ООН призвал Европейский парламент поддержать кампанию по всеобщей вакцинации против COVID -19
- Генассамблея ООН в 29-й раз призвала США прекратить блокаду Кубы
- В ООН опечалены кончиной бывшего спичрайтера Эдварда Мортимера
- В ООН выбрали пять новых непостоянных членов Совета Безопасности
- Глава ООН встретился в Москве с президентом Путиным и пообщался со студентами МГИМО
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- Глава ООН решительно осудил массовое убийство в Казани
- Совет Безопасности подтвердил приверженность многостороннему подходу в решении глобальных проблем
- В ООН почтили память погибших коллег, в том числе умерших от COVID-19
- Кратко о важных событиях в ООН и мире:
- Совет Безопасности единогласно одобрил резолюцию по Ливии
- Совбез ООН обсудил ситуацию в Косово
- Антониу Гутерриш опечален смертью принца Филипа
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- Глава ООН надеется, что США возглавят разработку Глобального плана вакцинации
- Сегодня – Международный день солидарности с задержанными и пропавшими без вести сотрудниками ООН
- В ВОЗ с тревогой отмечают рост показателей заболеваемости коронавирусом по всему миру
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- Мишель Бачелет: борьба с системным расизмом требует системного подхода
- Сельское хозяйство никогда раньше не страдало от такого мощного воздействия стихийных бедствий
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- Глава ООН по случаю Дня борьбы с исламофобией: разнообразие – это богатство, а не угроза
- Сирийский конфликт – одна из самых мрачных страниц истории
- В ООН отмечают 10-летнюю годовщину землетрясения в Японии и аварии на АЭС Фукусима-1
- Страх, одиночество, издевательства – как пандемия сказалась на детях
- Украинские социальные сети наводнены заведомо ложной и недостоверной информацией о COVID-19
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- Единодушие в Совете Безопасности: остановить конфликты, чтобы вакцинировать население от COVID-19
- Представитель ООН призвал власти Косово обеспечить свободу СМИ в крае
- Генсек ООН: все проблемы современности должны рассматриваться через призму прав человека
- Глава ООН предложил действовать на семи направлениях для укрепления системы защиты прав человека
- В ДР Конго в результате нападения на автоколонну ВПП погибли три человека, включая посла Италии
- Глава ООН призвал международное сообщество совместными усилиями решать глобальные проблемы
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- Глава ЮНИСЕФ представила, каким может быть мир после пандемии
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- Из-за пандемии дети стали легкой добычей вербовщиков в вооруженные ряды
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- Глава ООН призвал обеспечить палестинцев вакциной против COVID-19 и приветствовал их намерение провести всеобщие выборы
- Глава ВОЗ: если страны не будут делиться вакцинами от COVID-19, мы вернемся к исходной точке
- Сотни тысяч людей на востоке Украины остались без социальной помощи
- В ООН встревожены приговором Навальному и призывают выпустить задержанных участников акций протеста
- Форум ливийского диалога выбирает премьера и членов Президентского совета
- Глава ООН о приоритетах работы на 2021 год: за кризисом следуют перемены
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- Мировая экономика после пандемии: ООН призывает к глобальной консолидации
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- Учреждения ООН приступают к распределению и доставке вакцин от COVID-19
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- Представитель ООН в ЦАР призвал направить в эту страну дополнительный миротворческий контингент и технику
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