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As Israeli forces continued their push to take full control of Gaza City on Wednesday, reports emerged that another skeletal child whose plight was highlighted by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has now died. Her name was Jana and she was nine years ol...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been engaging with both sides in the Ukraine conflict in efforts to restore external power to the beleaguered Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in the south of the country. 

Member States, UN officials and civil society came together on Wednesday to shift the global perspective on ageing, with a call for new policies and action that bring older persons in from the margins of society.

Over 190 world leaders spoke from the General Assembly podium during high-level week – underscoring the UN’s enduring relevance as a form of “life insurance” for many of the world’s developing countries, said President Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday....

As gangs in Haiti continue to expand the areas under their control and show no signs of holding back on terrorizing the population, decisive action has been taken by the UN Security Council to fight back against the violence they are perpetrating.

The “colour line” still exists today – proof that more must be done to stamp out anti-Black racism, the head of a UN platform that promotes greater inclusion and equality of the global African diaspora said on Wednesday. 

Immunisation experts at the UN World Health Organization (WHO) have warned that global protection against preventable diseases is under threat, in part because of an “information and trust crisis” regarding vaccines.

For George Stroumboulopoulos, WFP Goodwill Ambassador, the only way to get to an inaccessible destination near the border of Chad in 2004 was to fly on an UN Humanitarian Air Service plane: it was the first time he’d ever heard of UNHAS.  

The UN Security Council on Tuesday authorized a new multinational Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti to replace the Kenyan-led security support mission, amid escalating gang violence, widespread rights abuses and a humanitarian emergency affecting a...

“Houses burned. Neighbours killed. Hope vanishing.” With those stark words, General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock opened a high-level UN conference on Tuesday, as alarm rises over the impact of Myanmar’s deepening crisis which threatens to desta...

The UN Security Council has backed a resolution authorising the transition of the Kenyan-led support mission for Haiti into a new Gang Suppression Force, in close cooperation with Haitian authorities. US Ambassador Michael Waltz said it offered new hop...

Lifesaving relief efforts to help remote Afghan communities devastated by last month’s deadly earthquake have already been hit by the de facto authorities’ decision to cut internet access nationwide, UN aid agencies said on Tuesday.

Doctors in Gaza are warning of a surge in respiratory illnesses as families – cut off from basic supplies – burn plastic and cardboard to cook and keep warm. They say the outbreak will worsen unless life-saving medicines, fuel and food are allowed into...

Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “is still mostly a promise”, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, MONUSCO, told the Security Council on Tuesday. 

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed Monday’s Gaza peace deal proposal from US President Donald Trump, urging “all parties” to commit to it.

Faced with a deadly outbreak of cholera and a lack of sanitation infrastructure, one Haitian mother sparked a community movement that has transformed her neighbourhood – and saved multiple lives.

The United Nations remains “the house of diplomacy and dialogue” in a divided world, General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock said as she closed the 80th session’s general debate, urging nations to convert the week’s momentum into concrete action o...

As Israeli military operations continue in Gaza City, deadly strikes on displaced Palestinians – including people collecting firewood for cooking – raise further concerns about attacks on civilians, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a statemen...

Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Monday, Danish Ambassador Christina Markus Lassen warned that the “collective inability” of the international community to address crises in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan, “must not prompt us to submit to a world ruled ...

The humanitarian situation in the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur state, is growing more dire by the day, according to UN aid coordinators.

Addressing the UN General Assembly on Monday, the Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea gave a muscular defence of his country’s stance on nuclear weapons, also highlighting strides towards economic development....