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With negotiators still haggling over the details of the COP26 final declaration, Conor Lennon and…

Belarus-Poland crisis: Human rights of trapped migrants are paramount  UN Special Advisor urges bolder action on #COP26 draft…

In this week’s show: how drones are proving their worth in humanitarian emergencies, worrying data…

In theory it is the penultimate day of COP26, but this is dependent on negotiators…

COP26 China-US deal welcomed by Secretary-General Belarus-Poland crisis: UN agencies provide aid to stranded migrants…

It’s looking more and more likely that electric vehicles will dominate the roads of the…

COVID-19 cases see slight global increase, says WHO Landmine Monitor reports ‘exceptionally high’ use in…

In the past few weeks, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), under an agreement with the Global Fund, has…

Afghanistan may have dropped out of the news headlines since the Taliban takeover in mid-August, but the situation there is heading…

Little Amal, the giant puppet of a Syrian refugee girl was, literally, the biggest figure…

COVID-19 pandemic brings global syringe shortage into sharp focus Ethiopia: Future of Tigray and Horn…

The Registrar of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is urging States to manage their…

Even if we were to cut all the world’s greenhouse gas emissions tomorrow, we would…

WFP warns 3 million more, now ‘teetering on the edge of famine’  Global innovation surged despite COVID-19 economic impact: WIPO…

Mankind’s impact on the planet is causing it to react against us, provoking extreme weather…

The anger of climate activist Greta Thunberg, one of the leading voices of the demonstrations…

  All regions seeing upsurge in COVID-19 cases: Tedros Sudan’s coup leaders in spotlight as…

Packed into this week’s 15-minute show: potential war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ethiopia’s…

Energy was the main theme of COP26 on Thursday, with a particular focus on ending…

COP26 adaptation measures must increase: UNEP report Afghanistan’s people ‘broke and broken’ – UN migration…

Day three of COP26 was dominated by climate finance: how to ensure that the financial…

When you hear about war and conflict as a news consumer, it can be easy…

COP26: Cities key to climate, pandemic recovery, says Guterres Ceasefire appeal for Ethiopia: UN rights…

Several new pledges were made on the second day of COP26, the UN climate conference,…

Deforestation deal hailed at COP26 climate conference In Madagascar, pockets of famine and children at…

The 26th UN climate conference, or COP, opened with a World Leaders Summit on Monday,…

Human trafficking takes many forms and can involve forced labour or domestic servitude. But when…

Opening COP26, António Guterres says enough of ‘treating nature like a toilet’ Five million lives lost to…

World leaders convene in Glasgow this weekend for the UN Climate Conference, COP26, to finalise…

Prioritize water and climate action, WMO and partners say ahead of COP26  Rising climate could…

In this week’s show, why cookery classes are proving a hit with visually-impaired children in Rome; we…

Rights chief says climate action’s the only way to ‘safeguard humanity’ Climate-related disasters causing triple…

Afghanistan facing ‘epic humanitarian crisis’ UN chief warns neighbouring countries. COVID-19 pandemic impact on jobs,…

Planet still on track for catastrophic heating: new Emissions Gap report UN rights chief to…

•    UN chief, top officials, condemn Sudan coup •    Sudan progress on democracy and…

Messages of solidarity rang across Expo 2020 in Dubai as participants celebrated UN Day. Deputy…

A new UN publication sheds light on the ways in which victims of human trafficking…

Libyan Government plan needed to end ‘dire situation’ of asylum seekers, refugees  Fears grow for…

In this week’s show, the “Jimi Hendrix of the Sahel”, also known to his fans as…

More than one million people in southern Madagascar are going hungry in what the World…

$667 million funding call to help Afghans through economic crisis  COVID-19 responsible for up to 180,000 health worker deaths: WHO   UN…

‘Overzealous’ security services undermining South Sudan peace: rights experts  Humanitarian assistance stepped up on Yemen’s west coast  Freedom of thought…

‘Shameful milestone’ in Yemen as child deaths, injuries, pass 10,000   Airstrikes in Tigray mark new intensification in Ethiopian conflict: OCHA  700,000 affected…

Polio vaccination set to recommence across Afghanistan in November – WHO  Syrians agree to start drafting new…

For more than two years, a UN-appointed team of 59 people has been collecting and…

Displaced in northeast Nigeria ‘knocking on door of starvation’: WFP  Yemen ceasefire needed urgently to gain access to…

In this week’s show, just one in seven COVID cases is detected in Africa while…

COVID-19 caused rise in TB deaths for first time in a decade  Africa’s COVID-19 diagnosis gap; just 1 in 7 infections detected …

It’s not very often at the UN that we get the chance to talk to talented musicians whose work can help to promote the Organization’s goals…

When disaster strikes, developing countries are still too vulnerable  China pledges $230 billion to global biodiversity…