India’s LGBTQIA+ community notches legal wins but still faces societal hurdles to acceptance, equal rights | UN News
While there has been some recent progress for India’s LGBTQIA+ community, there is still a long way to go to overcome social stigma and prejudice, and to ensure that all people in the country feel the
Gaza: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah | UN News
Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in the area on 6 May, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA said on Saturday in a renewed appea
UN rights office urges Sri Lanka to reveal fate of the disappeared | UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday urged the Sri Lankan Government to take decisive action to uncover the fates and locations of tens of thousands of individuals subjected to enforced disapp
Israel refutes South Africa’s accusations at UN world court | UN News
The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Friday, heard the response from Israel on the case brought forward by South Africa requesting emergency provisional measures to immediately halt Israeli
Gaza: Aid delivery via floating dock welcomed, but land routes ‘more important’ | UN News
Trucks carrying desperately needed aid into Gaza have started moving ashore on the temporary floating dock built by the United States military, but this is not enough to meet the needs of civilians, U
Crimes against nature: UN agency puts environmental legislation under scrutiny | UN News
Global efforts to prevent crimes against nature and bring offenders to justice are being hampered by glaring differences in environmental protection laws among countries and regions, UN crime prevention experts said on Friday. |
UN’s rights chief says horrified by Sudan escalation as famine draws nearer | UN News
The UN’s top human rights official has personally intervened to try to stop spiralling violence in Sudan that’s having a terrifying impact on millions of civilians, who humanitarians say are “staring famine in the face”. |
Stories from the UN Archive: UN’s first peacekeeping force | UN News
As the world celebrates the International Day of Living Together in Peace, marked annually on 16 May, we are taking you back to the 1950s, when the UN deployed its first ever peacekeeping force to the
UN forum in Bahrain closes with calls to support women entrepreneurs in conflict areas | UN News
The bi-annual UN forum on entrepreneurship and innovation wrapped up its work in Bahrain on Thursday focusing on women entrepreneurs from conflict zones, who stressed the importance of investing in th
Global economic growth improves but ‘downsides’ lurk | UN News
The global economic picture has improved since January, but vulnerabilities remain, the mid-year update of the World Economic Situation and Prospects report published on Thursday has revealed. |
Rights expert condemns death of Palestinian doctor in Israeli custody, urges independent inquiry | UN News
A renowned Palestinian orthopaedic surgeon’s death in Israeli detention has been labelled “horrifying’ by a UN human rights expert, prompting calls for an independent international investigation. |
Gaza: World court opens hearings on request to halt Israel’s Rafah incursion | UN News
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began public hearings on Thursday stemming from South Africa’s recent request for emergency provisional measures to immediately halt Israeli operations under w
UN envoy outlines Iraq’s growth and ongoing struggles | UN News
Iraq is a nation brimming with potential but still haunted by legacies of past turmoil, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the country, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, said in a briefing to the Security Council on Thursday. |
World News in Brief: More Ukraine attacks, rights appeal for jailed Nigerian singer, International Day against Homophobia | UN News
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine condemned air strikes in Kherson city on Thursday, which injured dozens of civilians, including two children, and damaged homes and an education facility. |
At Arab League Summit, Guterres appeals for Gaza ceasefire and regional unity | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres repeated his longstanding call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages held in the enclave, and unimpeded access for aid delivery, in re
Guterres repeats call to Israel to halt Rafah assault as aid stocks dwindle | UN News
UN chief António Guterres reiterated his warning on Thursday against a full-scale assault on Rafah, just as aid teams issued increasingly urgent appeals for safe passage throughout Gaza, to replenish dangerously low stocks of lifesaving supplies. |
UN forum in Bahrain endorses declaration on entrepreneurship and innovation for the SDGs | UN News
Delegates attending a UN forum in Bahrain endorsed on Wednesday a declaration calling on the international community to harness the power of entrepreneurship and innovation in pursuit of the Sustainab
450,000 Gazans now uprooted from Rafah as Israeli bombardment continues | UN News
Large parts of the city of Rafah are now a “ghost town”, with UN humanitarians reporting on Tuesday that some 450,000 Gazans have been forcibly displaced from the southernmost city by Israeli evacuation orders in the last week. |
Dealing with ‘unknowns’ flying in high-conflict Haiti | UN News
Two women involved in the day-to-day operations in Haiti of the UN’s humanitarian air service, known as UNHAS, say they have to manage “unknowns” and “dangers and stress” in order to keep aircraft flying. |
World News in Brief: Children in eastern DR Congo, Iran death sentence, support for Haiti | UN News
A senior official with the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, appealed on Monday for urgent action to support diplomatic and long-term solutions to address the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). |
Complementary admissions for refugees reach record highs: UNHCR report | UN News
A new report jointly issued by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reveals a significant increase in the issuance of study, work, family
UN security staff killed in Gaza; Guterres calls for probe | UN News
A staff member of the UN Department of Safety and Security (DSS) died and another was injured when their UN vehicle was struck as they travelled to the European Hospital in Rafah, Gaza, on Monday. |
Calls for sustained peace efforts in Yemen as cholera outbreak worsens | UN News
The suffering of civilians in Yemen, a country enduring nearly a decade of conflict, remains severe and is worsened by a growing cholera outbreak, the UN’s top humanitarian official cautioned on Monday. |
Nearly 2,000 children killed in Ukraine war: UNICEF | UN News
Nearly 2,000 children in Ukraine have lost their lives amidst ongoing and escalating war, according to verified data from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). |
Rafah exodus reaches 360,000 as UN issues $2.8 billion aid appeal for Gaza, West Bank | UN News
Nearly 360,000 people have fled Rafah in the last week amid continuing Israeli bombardment that has crippled humanitarian aid deliveries and is believed to have killed another UN aid worker, the UN ag