UN chief calls for major reforms to cut costs and improve efficiency
Briefing Member States in New York on Monday Mr. Guterres outlined wide-ranging effort to revamp how the UN system operates…
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Haiti: Displaced families grapple with death ‘from the inside’ and out
In March, the family fled the gangs again – this time to Boucan-Carré where Leineda’s treatments were put on hold:…
‘She cries in her sleep’: Deeper crisis looms beneath devastation from Myanmar quake
“I hate earthquakes. Earthquakes took my mother and my aunt away,” five-year-old Khin Yadanar told the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), after…
Guterres welcomes election of Pope Leo ‘at a time of great global challenges’
His Holiness Pope Leo XIV – born Robert Francis Prevost – is the first person from the United States to…
Jazz takes centre stage in Chicago for 2026
The announcement came from UN culture agency (UNESCO) on Wednesday, as this year’s day was being celebrated in the capital…
Ukraine: Ceasefire a critical first step on the road to durable peace
Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo addressed ambassadors alongside UN deputy relief chief, Joyce Msuya, who updated on the dire humanitarian situation in…
UN chief hails Pope Francis as ‘a transcendent voice for peace’
The pontiff – born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina – was elected in March 2013. He was the…
Universal Declaration of Human Rights among new entries to UNESCO Memory of the World Register
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced the latest inscriptions to its Memory of the World Register on…
The ‘chinamperos’ have provided Mexico City with food for generations. Do they have a future?
The chinamperos get their name from ‘chinampas,’ the human-made islands of floating gardens on which they farm. It was the…
Ukraine crisis: ‘Even wars have rules,’ UN relief chief tells Security Council
Briefing the Security Council, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher called on the international community to step up support and…