Eastern DRC: UN food aid hangs in the balance amid severe funding crunch
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grappling with a dire humanitarian crisis fuelled by ongoing political instability and armed conflicts,…
Rights experts call for second UN Decade for People of African Descent
They stressed that more than ever, the world urgently needs humanity to unite and collaborate in a spirit of equality and non-discrimination. “This…
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need urgent support as crises multiply: UNHCR
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is calling on the international community to renew its commitment to the nearly one million Rohingya refugees…
Guterres calls for end to ‘atrocious crime’ of enforced disappearances
Enforced disappearance has regularly been used as a tool for instilling fear and exert control over a population. The feeling of insecurity…
Top UN aid official in Ukraine deplores latest wave of ‘massive Russian attacks’
Russian strikes on at least 10 regions in Ukraine have left a path of death and destruction over the past 24 hours,…
Syrians suffer as political stalemate persists: UN Special Envoy
The only path out of the war in Syria is a political process, which would also help to address the many crises…
Mexico: Rights experts ‘outraged’ over attacks on women activists
“We are outraged that those searching for forcibly disappeared family members and loved ones continue to be targeted and face violence in…
More than two million children displaced by Sudan war: UNICEF
The conflict in Sudan has uprooted more than two million children – an average of more than 700 newly displaced every hour,…
Refusal to waive IP rights for COVID-19 vaccines violates human rights: Experts
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) adopted a decision under its “early warning and urgent action” procedures, stating…
Sudan: ‘lost generation’ of children amid war, hunger, disease: UN humanitarians
UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Friday that the spread of fighting and hunger in Sudan could destroy the country, as…