‘We must stand up for our shared humanity – each and every day’: UN human rights chief
Tuesday’s solemn commemoration marks the day 81 years ago that the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp – where over a…
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Gaza ceasefire improves aid access, but children still face deadly conditions
That’s the assessment of two senior officials from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP), speaking on Monday to journalists in…
NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-12 Mission to Space Station
NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation to the International Space Station during a pair of news…
Gaza reconstruction talks must not distract from massive needs, say UN aid agencies
“It’s absolutely critical to unlock the congestion…at crossing points and to reopen critical lifelines like the Jordan corridor,” said Juliette…
Gaza: War crimes probe pledges to continue work for justice and accountability
“The Board of Peace has been set up pursuant to a plan that was submitted to the Security Council that…
Syria: Renewed clashes risk derailing fragile transition
They urged swift implementation of recent agreements to prevent renewed fighting, protect civilians and preserve fragile gains made during the…
UN Assembly president defends multilateralism, UN Charter in Davos
Speaking at the session Who Brokers Trust Now? at the World Economic Forum, Annalena Baerbock warned that multilateral institutions –…
Prison breaks and renewed clashes raise alarm in northeast Syria
Secretary-General António Guterres is following the continuing violence “with great concern,” Deputy UN Spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Tuesday in New York. The Secretary-General called for full respect…
At the edge of war: the Central African Republic’s uneasy border with Sudan
Since the beginning of the civil war in Sudan, tens of thousands of refugees have fled south to the area,…
Yemen: Children are dying and it’s going to get worse, warns aid veteran
“The simple narrative is, children are dying and it’s going to get worse,” said Julien Harneis, UN Resident and Humanitarian…