The world is “way off-track” in containing global temperature rise, warns WMO
‘Big disappointment’ over lack agreement in Syria constitution drafting process
Syria Constitutional Committee – Day 5 Arrivals and Meeting
$667 million funding call to help Afghans through economic crisis
Syria Constitutional Committee – Day 4 Arrivals and Meeting
Syria Constitutional Committee – 2 Day Arrivals and Meeting
Shameful milestone’ in Yemen as 10,000 children killed or maimed since fighting began
Ongoing conflict and violence across Yemen continue to impact heavily on the country’s people who desperately need the fighting to end, so that they can rebuild their lives, the UN’s senior humanitarian official in the country said on Monday.
The first official clinical definition of “post COVID” condition has been agreed upon after global consultation and released to help boost treatment for sufferers, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov jointly won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for their fights to defend freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia, the Norwegian Noble Committee in Oslo announced today.
UNCTAD15 Barbados Closing press conference 07 October
UNCTAD15 Barbados Press Conference 06 October Afternoon
UNCTAD15 Barbados Press Conference 05 October Afternoon
Growing water-related hazards require monitoring and early warnings, highlights report by World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Afar and Amhara receive first round of food distributions, but situation ‘dire’ as supplies struggle to reach Tigray: WFP
War crimes and crimes against humanity have likely been committed in Libya by all parties to conflict since 2016 including by external actors, a Human Rights Council-appointed probe said on Monday.
South Sudan and Sudan experiencing severe seasonal flooding with their relief pipelines at risk of breaking, warns the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
WHO back Regeneron COVID-19 drug cocktail, but calls for access and reduction on price
Afghan political campaigner Zarifa Ghafari – a former female mayor who fled Kabul last month – has insisted that the Taliban must allow women to play a meaningful part in Afghanistan’s future.
UNHCR welcomes US plan to increase refugee resettlement
World’s problems must be tackled together, say UN and EU at Geneva exhibition
The independence of Venezuela’s justice system has been “deeply eroded”, to such an extent that it plays a significant role in the State’s repression of government opponents, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Thursday.
The temporary reduction in carbon emissions caused by global COVID-19 lockdowns did not slow the relentless advance of climate change. Greenhouse gas concentrations are at record levels, and the planet is on path towards dangerous overheating, the multi-agency United in Science 2021 warns.
The future of Syria is bleak, UN-appointed rights experts said on Tuesday, highlighting escalating conflict in several areas of the war-ravaged country, demonstrations linked to a plummeting economy and a return to siege tactics.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday hailed significant international financial support and solidarity with the people of Afghanistan at a flash appeal in Geneva, in which he appealed for a “lifeline” for the country’s most vulnerable people.
The international community should urgently offer a “lifeline” to millions of vulnerable Afghans “who face perhaps their most perilous hour”, the UN Secretary-General said on Monday.
Rights abuses intensifying in eastern DR Congo with millions in need: UNHCR
UN warn of ‘urgent imperative’ to start winter planting to avoid acute food insecurity in Afghanistan
UN - Rath Museum Geneva: More than 200 works of art from United Nations Geneva have for the first time left the historic Palais des Nations to make the journey across the city to Musée Rath, where they will be on display until 10 October 2021.a 03 September 2021
A "major" humanitarian crisis is looming in Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday, amid ongoing uncertainty about the situation for vulnerable Afghans seeking shelter across the country's borders.
Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting poorer countries, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) said on Wednesday.
"Presentation of the Regional Refugee Preparedness and Response Plan for Afghanistan"