Attacks on schools surge by ‘staggering’ 44 per cent over the past year
Over 41,000 incidents of violence against school-age children were reported by the UN in 2024. Countries with the highest levels…
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‘No ordinary session’: Baerbock opens UN General Assembly with call for courage and reform
This will be “no ordinary session,” she pledged, with the multilateral system beset by overlapping crises and heightened disunity. A…
Ukraine: Russian strike on village kills over 20, mostly pensioners
The attack on Yarova injured nearly 20 others. Many elderly civilians have decided to stay at home in frontline communities, despite…
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UN rights chief denounces ‘glorification of violence’ and attack on rule of law
“No one is safe when human rights are under attack,” Mr. Türk told the Human Rights Council, warning that the…
Leadership of women crucial to UN’s reinvention at 80, says former Assembly President
On Tuesday, Germany’s Annalena Baerbock will become the first European woman to hold the post and only the fifth female…
UN provides urgent support after ‘massive’ Russian attack across Ukraine
More than 800 drones were launched in waves designed to overwhelm Ukrainian air defences, according to news reports, and a…
The missing half: The urgent need for more women’s representation in the media
“When women are missing, democracy is incomplete,” said Kirsi Madi, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director with the UN gender equality…
DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence
The dramatic liquidity crisis currently impacting the UN and its global partners has already prevented a high-level human rights probe…
Guterres condemns detention of more UN staff in Yemen
He said the Houthis entered the premises of the World Food Programme (WFP) in the capital, Sana’a, and seized UN…