UN Secretary-General António Guterres is “deeply concerned by the unfolding events,” his spokesperson said in a statement late on Thursday. “He strongly condemns the coup […]
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UN warns Myanmar’s planned elections will deepen repression and instability
Jeremy Laurence, a spokesperson for the UN human rights office, OHCHR, told reporters in Geneva that voting is expected to begin on 28 December, in […]
World News in Brief: Children hit by HIV funding gaps, risks to Pakistan’s courts, minority exclusion
New modelling shows that if programme coverage falls by half, an additional 1.1 million children could acquire HIV and 820,000 more could die of AIDS-related […]
Gaza facing worst economic collapse ever recorded, UN trade agency warns
Speaking at the launch of UNCTAD’s 2025 Report on the Economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the agency’s Deputy Secretary-General Pedro Manuel Moreno said decades […]
On International Day of Solidarity, UN urges greater support and aid for Palestinians
“At least 67 children have been killed since the ceasefire,” Annalena Baerbock, president of the UN General Assembly, said on Tuesday at an event to mark the International Day of Solidarity […]
World News in Brief: Justice efforts in Libya, deadly attacks in Ukraine, scores killed since Israel-Lebanon ceasefire
“There is a new momentum towards justice in Libya, and we now look towards the first trial to be held at the Court in this […]
Security Council must seize ‘moment of renewed hope’ in Gaza
Ramiz Alakbarov briefed on conditions in the battered enclave and the occupied West Bank, before touching on developments in Lebanon and Syria. “Today we meet […]
Gaza: Two children killed every day during fragile ceasefire, says UNICEF
“Yesterday morning, a baby girl was reportedly killed in Khan Younis by an airstrike, while the day before, seven children were killed in Gaza City […]
Top Syria Envoy: Humanitarian situation is ‘extremely serious’
Humanitarian conditions are “extremely serious,” UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Najat Rochdi told the Security Council on Wednesday. There are over 16 million people in […]
UN aid office pushes for ‘unhindered’ humanitarian access in Sudan
In recent days the Emergency Relief Coordinator has travelled to various parts of the war-torn country and met leaders, frontline responders and survivors of the […]
