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‘Syria Simply Cannot Withstand Another Wave Of Instability,’ Security Council Hears
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 8:00 am | UN News
A senior UN official has warned against the impact of regional escalation on Syria as the country continues on the path to political transition following the overthrow of the Assad regime last December and nearly 14 years of devastating civil war. More >>
Afghan Women Face Near Total Social, Economic And Political Exclusion
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 7:49 am | UN News
In the past decade, the UN has bemoaned the chronically low level of participation by Afghan women and girls in decision-making bodies and in secondary and higher education. More >>
From Himalayan Melt To Drowning Shores, Children Lead The Climate Fight
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 9:46 am | UN News
From the high Himalayas down to sea level, climate change is no longer a distant threat for children in Nepal and the Maldives – it is a daily struggle: landslides tear through mountain villages washing away homes and farms, while rising seas surge ... More >>
Brutal Cuts Mean Brutal Choices Warns UN Relief Chief, Launching ‘Survival Appeal’
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 8:54 am | UN News
Facing the most severe funding shortfall in the history of humanitarian aid, UN relief chief Tom Fletcher on Monday announced a “hyper-prioritised” appeal for $29 billion to meet urgent global needs. More >>
Guterres To Launch Life-Saving Campaign Strengthening Mine Action Worldwide
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 8:05 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General is set to launch a global campaign to boost support for disarmament and mine action. More >>
UNHCR Forced To Make Deep Cuts, Despite Rising Needs Worldwide
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 8:02 am | UN News
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced on Monday that it is cutting global staffing costs by around 30 per cent, following a comprehensive review of its activities, spending, staffing and structure, prompted by major funding shortfalls. More >>
Without Urgent Funding, Global Hunger Hotspots Are Set To Grow, UN Warns
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 7:16 am | UN News
Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people have fled to neighbouring South Sudan, seeking refuge from escalating violence that has displaced 12.4 million people and plunged over half the Sudanese population into food insecurity. More >>
Security Council Meets In Emergency Session Over Iran-Israel Conflict, Amid Strikes And Counterstrikes
Monday, 16 June 2025, 8:47 am | UN News
Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities mark a dangerous new escalation in the Middle East, a top UN official told the Security Council during an emergency session convened on Friday. More >>
Shaping A Better World At Expo 2025 In Japan
Monday, 16 June 2025, 7:48 am | UN News
How can we build a fairer, more peaceful world while safeguarding the planet? That’s the powerful question at the heart of the United Nations Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan. More >>
Humanitarians Must Be Able To Deliver Aid In Gaza, UN Agencies Insist
Sunday, 15 June 2025, 10:10 pm | UN News
UN agencies on Friday continue to stress they must be allowed to deliver aid in the Gaza Strip as famine looms and a telecommunications blackout threatens lifesaving operations. More >>
DR Congo Crisis: Aid Teams Appeal For Support To Help Displaced Communities Left With Nothing
Sunday, 15 June 2025, 10:08 pm | UN News
As diplomatic efforts continue to end fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN development agency (UNDP) issued an appeal on Friday on behalf of people uprooted by the violence to help them rebuild their lives and livelihoods. More >>
Israel-Iran Crisis: UN Chief Urges Calm After Overnight Strikes
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 3:01 pm | UN News
Secretary-General António Guterres condemned Israeli strikes in Iran late Thursday evening, urging ‘maximum restraint’ from Member States. The head of the UN-backed atomic watchdog also highlighted the risk of a wider conflict. More >>
World News In Brief: Global Growth Slows, Deadly Ukraine Attacks, Haiti Hurricane Hunger Risk, Legal Migration-Refugees
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 7:35 am | UN News
Global economic growth is expected to decline this year due to increased trade barriers and policy uncertainty, the World Bank said in a report published on Tuesday. More >>
Global Action Needed As Progress Stalls On Disability-Inclusive Development Goals
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 7:21 am | UN News
Nearly all the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators for persons with disabilities are off track, the UN deputy chief said on Tuesday, as people from around the world gathered for the largest annual meeting on disability-related issues. More >>
UN Committed To Supporting ‘Free, Fair And Transparent Election With The Participation Of All Iraqis’
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 7:17 am | UN News
The top UN official in Iraq reiterated his confidence in the resilience of the country’s people, and the determination of their leaders, in a briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday. More >>
Israeli Attacks On Gaza Schools Could Be Crimes Against Humanity: UN Probe
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 7:11 am | UN News
The Israeli military’s destruction of Gaza’s education and cultural infrastructure amount to war crimes and the crime against humanity of extermination, a UN investigative body said on Tuesday, as humanitarian agencies warned of continued mass suffering ... More >>
The World Pledged To End Child Labour By 2025: So Why Are 138 Million Kids Still Working?
Friday, 13 June 2025, 7:47 pm | UN News
Twelve-year-old Tenasoa crawls to work every day at a mine in eastern Madagascar where she collects two kilos of the shiny mineral mica each day. She cannot walk because of a physical disability. More >>
‘Plenty Of Fish In The Sea’? Not Anymore, Say UN Experts In Nice
Friday, 13 June 2025, 7:40 pm | UN News
At the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the “catch of the day” wasn’t a seabass or a red mullet – it was a figure: 35 per cent. That’s the share of global fish stocks now being harvested unsustainably, according to a new UN report released Wednesday. More >>
Decades Of Memories And Loss – Searching For The Missing In Syria
Friday, 13 June 2025, 6:27 pm | UN News
Tens of thousands of people went missing in Syria over the past 50 years including during 14 years of civil war. Now, some families are able to live in hope as the Middle Eastern country emerges from the traumatic period of dictatorship and conflict. More >>
Famine Stalks Two Counties In South Sudan As Fragile Peace Is Threatened
Friday, 13 June 2025, 6:17 pm | UN News
Two counties in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan are sliding into famine, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned in a new report released Thursday. More >>
