
PODCAST: Filling the 4 trillion dollar development gap
$4.3 trillion: that’s the estimated cost of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a…
$4.3 trillion: that’s the estimated cost of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a…
Ukraine: UN aid convoys deliver lifesaving relief to war-ravaged east WHO launches bid to tackle…
On the occasion of the International Day of Human Fraternity, observed on Saturday, the UN…
The UN child rights committee on Friday commended Switzerland for swiftly granting asylum to four…
A UN-led global initiative to tackle breast cancer could save 2.5 million lives by 2040,…
As violence mounts between Israelis and Palestinians, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk…
Pope Francis in DR Congo: WFP highlights Africa’s biggest hunger crisis Space security talks in…
A UN body investigating discrimination complaints lodged by Qatar against the United Arab Emirates (UAE)…
“Heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, chronic lung disease, depression” – just some of the illnesses outlined by…
The fight against tuberculosis (TB) is drastically under-funded, with a gap of around $13 billion…
A “perfect storm” of active conflict and traumatized communities in Ebola-affected areas of eastern Democratic…
The United Nations focused a global spotlight on the world-wide drug problem during a high-level…
New Ebola virus hotspots in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are threatening progress…
More one in 20 deaths in 2016 – 3 million people, mostly men – were…
Countries are not doing enough to end tuberculosis – the world’s deadliest infectious disease –…
More than a dozen people have been killed or wounded by traffickers as they attempted…
The United Nations has called on Nicaragua to allow access to the Organization’s human rights…
Authorities in Mexico are being urged to act to end what the United Nations High Commissioner…
Four United Nations human rights experts are calling for greater protection for Kenyan activists who…
While commending efforts by the French government to combat terrorism, a United Nations rights expert…
Gaza is on the verge of collapse and its people becoming increasingly desperate, a United…
Despite being the world’s 11th largest economy, a significant number of South Koreans are living…
Three independent UN-appointed human rights experts on Thursday demanded that the Spanish Government thoroughly investigate…
The UN climate agency, WMO, has brought together governments and scientists in Geneva to push…
WMO calls for radical overhaul of greenhouse gas monitoring UNAIDS hails bid to end HIV…
Two UN experts commended the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday for considering the admission…
Trafficked medical products kill almost half a million sub-Saharan Africans every year, and action is…
UN agencies have welcomed a pledge by 12 African countries to end AIDS in children…
Amid increase in dangerous Rohingya boat journeys, IOM boosts support Mali: rights experts call for…
A series of interconnected crises are expected to have a huge impact on children in…
The international community must promptly deny the legitimacy of Myanmar’s military junta, the UN-appointed independent…
Top UN-appointed independent rights experts on Tuesday called on the authorities in Mali to launch…
A UN-led group of humanitarians are hoping that the Taliban will allow Afghan women to…
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has warned that every day in Mali, civilians are being…
Tedros: COVID-19 still an international health threat WHO calls for more urgency to tackle neglected…
In an interview with UN News, Gennady Trukhanov, the Mayor of Odesa, describes the inclusion…
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for Member States to urge the military…
The head of the UN health agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday that COVID-19…
Top UN-appointed independent rights investigators on Monday urged the authorities to share more information on…
More countries have worked to eliminate dengue, leprosy and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) over…
Online hate speech might seem like an unstoppable tide, but strategies are being employed by…
Online hate speech is a growing, worrying phenomenon that puts lives at risks. In the…
There is a general recognition across Venezuela’s political and social spectrum of the need for…
Antisemitism has been described as the canary in the coal mine of freedom, and with…
Whilst hate speech is nothing new, it has arguably been super-charged by the internet, which…
Californian teenager Kale Ilac’s dream is to become a diplomat. The 16-year-old, who is battling…
A report by the UN environment agency (UNEP) produced at the end of 2002 provides…
‘Reasonable grounds’ Syrian air force behind 2018 chemical attack High Commissioner for Refugees calls for…
At a UN ceremony to mark the Holocaust on Friday, Secretary-General António Guterres warned that…
Racism in the United Kingdom is “structural, institutional and systemic”, independent UN human rights experts…