Nearly 14 million children in Sudan need humanitarian support: UNICEF
Ted Chaiban of the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, and Edem Wosornu with the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, briefed journalists on their…
UN calls for urgent action against human trafficking
The UN chief highlights the alarming rise of human trafficking, with women and children being the majority of victims, and calls for…
Heatwave threat impacts half of all children in Europe and Central Asia
This is expected to rise to all children in 2050, according to Regina De Dominicis, UNICEF Regional Director Europe and Central Asia.…
UN missions battle old and emerging threats to protect civilians
Climate change and conflict Briefing the Security Council, Lt. Gen. Mohan Subramanian, Force Commander of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)…
Cambodia: UN rights chief regrets ‘severely restricted’ poll and opposition clampdown
In a news release issued by his Office, Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, denounced “constant shrinkage” in Cambodia’s democratic…
Türk calls on Israeli Government to ‘heed the calls of the people’ over judicial reform
Volker Türk said he had been “following developments closely” in Israel, where parliamentarians supporting the hard-line nationalist Government of Prime Minister Benjamin…
During visit to Greece, UN official calls for enhanced refugee protection
During the visit, Ms. Triggs mentioned that one of the worst shipwrecks in the Mediterranean happened just over a month ago. Protecting…
Russia urged to free opposition leader Kara-Murza amid failing health
Mr. Kara-Murza, 41, an outspoken critic of the Kremlin and the war in Ukraine, was arbitrarily arrested in Moscow on 11 April…
WFP staffer shot and killed in Yemen
Moayad Hameidi, a Jordanian national, was working in Turbah, in the country’s southwest. He came under fire on Friday afternoon, and the…
WFP: ‘Urgent action is needed’ to end growing humanitarian crisis in Sahel
The spillover will be devastating for both peace and stability in a region already experiencing political instability, climate extremes, food and water…