WHO backs wider use of weight-loss medicines, calling obesity a chronic disease
The guidance focuses on GLP-1 therapies – medicines such as liraglutide, semaglutide and tirzepatide – and offers conditional recommendations on…
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UN chief warns unpaid dues near $1.6 billion, as budget cuts deepen
António Guterres told the Fifth Committee the UN is facing its most fragile cash position in years, despite sharp reductions…
In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, journalism is ‘both a battleground and a lifeline’
The issue was in the spotlight at UN Headquarters on Monday during a forum focused on the dangers and complexities of reporting from the…
UN chief condemns Guinea-Bissau coup, urges restoration of constitutional order
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is “deeply concerned by the unfolding events,” his spokesperson said in a statement late on Thursday.…
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…
A decisive turning point: Setting global industry on a fairer, greener path towards economic growth
The world is inexorably becoming industrialised, raising the prospects of better jobs and livelihoods for many of the world’s poorest.…
Mass displacement, trafficking fears deepen crisis in Sudan’s El Fasher
UN agencies say conditions are deteriorating further across North Darfur and neighbouring Kordofan, while independent human rights experts on Thursday…
‘A language everyone understands’: Jordanian cartoonist on art as hope
Based in the capital of Jordan, Abdallat has spent years using art to spark conversations on human rights, tolerance and…
Peacebuilding Fund hits $1 billion milestone amid funding gap
The multi-donor trust fund is the UN’s primary instrument for supporting countries worldwide who are emerging from – or at…
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…