
State of the Planet: Pandemic slows efforts to adapt to climate crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to hamper the efforts of developing countries to adapt to…
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to hamper the efforts of developing countries to adapt to…
Thirteen-year-old Min Min scavenges day and night for precious stones in a quarry in Hpakant,…
Migration is part of the modern world, and it is not going away despite a…
This week’s show features the week’s news headlines, an interview with the World Food Programme…
Indonesia quake: eight confirmed dead, hundreds injured in Sulawesi emergency Child labour scourge still affects one…
As COVID-19 cases spike in parts of Europe, Africa and the Americas, and new variants…
Although child labour has decreased significantly over the last decade, one-in-ten children are still caught…
With more than two million lives now lost worlwide to COVID-19, the UN Secretary-General appealed…
UN emergency relief chief warns over fallout of U.S. Yemen Houthi terror label Four UN…
Compared to last year, everything is in place to successfully fight the devastating desert locust…
What progress is the world making in adapting to the changing climate? And can nature…
Members of an international team studying the origins of the virus that causes COVID-19 arrived…
Israel’s “impressive” vaccination programme against the COVID-19 pandemic must include Palestinians under occupation, UN independent…
Health agency calls for greater cooperation to identify COVID mutations Lower wages and higher health…
After years of drought, and with what little the people of Madagascar have managed to grow, destroyed by flashflooding, more than 1.3 million are in…
Homeworking has necessarily exploded since the COVID-19 pandemic took a grip on the world, from…
Efforts should be stepped up to quickly identify and study emerging variants of the COVID-19-causing…
Health agency chief urges COVID-19 vaccinations for ‘high-risk’ populations UN rights chief: Peru law enforcement used excessive…
Police in Peru used unnecessary and excessive force during protests in the capital last November…
The head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) underscored on Tuesday that “no effort should…
In a major milestone in the fight against deadly diseases, United Nations agencies and humanitarian…
WHO’s Tedros welcomes China announcement on COVID-19 team visit UNAIDS unveils new targets on HIV prevention amid rise in…
There needs to be a “collective commitment” to get vaccinations underway worldwide for health workers…
Exactly 19 years after the Guantánamo Bay detention centre first opened, UN independent human rights…
This week’s show features the week’s news headlines, an interview on the first post-COVID global…
Rights chief Bachelet echoes condemnation of incitement in US Capitol chaos Mass displacement amid Central African Republic election…
The world’s first global poll conducted during the COVID-19 crisis to ask people what their…
Two billion doses of “safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines” have been secured by the international…
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, is urging authorities in Uganda to ensure elections next week are free and…
The UN human rights office (OHCHR), on Friday, voiced concerns over the use of “vaguely…
Top UN officials saddened by violent mob protests inside US Capitol Hong Kong: UN human rights office urges…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a “tipping point” in the fight against…
Saudi Arabia’s action in lifting sanctions against Qatar is a “positive first step” towards normalized…
Urgent measures are needed to protect civilian aircraft flying over conflict zones or other areas…
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has voiced deep concerns over the arrests of over…
Well over 2,500 migrants and refugees have been forced to sleep rough in Bosnia-Herzegovina for several…
Hundreds of thousands of seafarers have been on board for many months longer than planned,…
An independent UN human rights expert has welcomed a British court’s refusal to extradite Wikileaks…
UNHCR relocates first Ethiopian refugees to new site in Sudan UN appeals to spoilers in…
In a race to “save lives, livelihoods and end this pandemic”, the head of the…
The residents of a small traditional village high in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan in Central…
In this second podcast from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) marking…
Attack on Niger villagers leaves 100 dead, UN chief urges justice for victims Killing of…
The United Nations is commemorating World Braille Day, on Monday, highlighting the importance of the…
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that more than 371,500 children would be…
To speed up access to COVID-19 vaccinations in the developing world, on the eve of…
The execution of an Iranian man for a crime allegedly committed when he was 16…
The year drew to a close in Argentina with “a ground-breaking law” that legalizes abortions…
Vaccines that protect against COVID-19 have been developed in record time over the year but,…
A Vietnamese man has told the UN he has found his ‘true voice’ in the…