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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday called on States to urgently agree to the development of a treaty regulating autonomous weapon systems, as they prepare to meet at the 7th Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons next week.
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Edited News
DR Congo: Ebola outbreak persists six-months on as armed groups violence hamper response The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to spread amid persistent deadly attacks against civilians and frontline health workers by armed groups that are obstructing efforts to stop transmission, UN responders said on Friday.
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Press Conferences | ODA , WHO , OCHA , WFP , FAO , IOM
TOPICS WHO/OCHA: Six months since Ebola was declared in DRC: the way forward; WFP/FAO: FAO, WFP, UNICEF and WHO call for urgent action as acute hunger is projected to hit more than 30 million, including 4.2 million people facing Emergency levels of hunger in early 2027; IOM: Deadly Shipwrecks in West Africa and the need for Stronger Migration...
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Edited News | UNIFIL
UN peacekeepers prepare to leave southern Lebanon after 48 years amid ongoing instability.
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Press Conferences | UNEP , ITU , UNICEF , UNHCR , OHCHR , IOM , WHO , UNECE
UNEP: Update on the first Global Framework on Chemicals Conference, ITU: 2026 Plenipotentiary Conference in Doha, UNICEF: Drones and drought worsen the crisis for children in Sudan, UNHCR: Nigerians flee violence, OHCHR attacks against press freedom in Egypt, IOM Ebola prevention and surveillance, WHO Ebola prevention and surveillance, UNECE UN...
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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
UN Human Rights on Tuesday called on Egypt to end the persecution, harassment and intimidation of independent journalists and media outlets, and to respect press freedom.
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Edited News | UNICEF
Drones and drought are "closing in" on Sudan, the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, said on Tuesday, describing unprecedented attacks on the country's infrastructure including by drones travelling up to 1,500 kilometres before hitting their target. "It is an assault unlike anything Sudan has seen before. In the last week of October, not a single day...
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Press Conferences | WMO
Speakers: - Celeste Saulo, WMO Secretary-General- John Kennedy, WMO Head of Climate Information
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Edited News | IOM , UNHCR
Aid teams working to help millions of people uprooted by the ongoing war in Sudan appealed on Friday for more international assistance amid desperate funding shortages, empty warehouses and overwhelming needs.
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Press Conferences | UNHCR , IOM , UNICEF , WHO
UNHCR / IOM: Millions at risk of losing emergency shelter as funding runs out; UNHCR: warns of severe climate risks facing displaced people ahead of COP31, UNICEF: children in Ukraine face major water supply disruptions amid attacks on energy infrastructure; WHO: together for science and health.