Uphold promise to protect civilians caught in conflict: Guterres
The UN chief was speaking during a debate on ensuring the security and dignity of people caught in the crossfire and addressing…
WFP plan aims to prevent further food aid diversion in Ethiopia
WFP had paused distributions in the restive Tigray region in the north after finding evidence of significant supplies on sale in local…
Protecting civilians in times of crisis
In 2022, the UN recorded a 53 per cent increase in the number of civilians killed across 12 armed conflicts, from Sudan…
UN ‘determined’ to end backsliding on development goals, Guterres tells ECOSOC
António Guterres was addressing the first high stakes meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council’s (ECOSOC) Operational Activities for Development Segment…
El Salvador: Renewed state of emergency undermines right to fair trial
the UN Human Rights Council said on Monday. The state of emergency was first approved in March 2022, and initially for a…
Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourished
More than seven million children under the age of five remain malnourished and in need of urgent nutrition aid, and over 1.9 million boys and girls*…
Biodiversity Day: Protecting humanity’s ‘life-support system’
“On the International Day for Biological Diversity, we reflect on our relationship with humanity’s life-support system, from the air we breathe and…
Ghana peacekeeper named UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year
Captain Cecilia Erzuah, 32, who has served in Abyei since March last year, as the Commander of the Ghana Engagement Platoon, will receive…
World must be ready to respond to next pandemic: WHO chief
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was delivering his report to the 76th World Health Assembly, the UN agency’s decision-making body, which is…
Ceasefire in Sudan could ‘pave the way’ to peace talks
“Lives and infrastructure are being destroyed, and the security situation is impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid,” said Volker Perthes, the UN…