UN Special Adviser urges States to hold perpetrators of genocide accountable
The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide is urging States hosting fugitives to prosecute…
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Iran’s protest crackdown disproportionately targeting minorities: UN experts
Government-led crackdowns on protesters in Iran have had a disproportionate impact on the country’s ethnic…
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Israel: Amid reports of torture inside jails, rights experts call for end to impunity
Reports of alleged torture and sexual violence in Israel’s Sde Teiman prison represent “the tip…
Bangladesh: UN watching crisis ‘very closely’ as PM resigns and flees the country
The United Nations is following the situation in Bangladesh very closely after Prime Minister Sheikh…
Middle East: UN rights chief warns against wider war, appeals for urgent de-escalation
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Monday for an urgent de-escalation in…
Shocking violence in Bangladesh must stop: UN rights chief
The UN’s top human rights official on Sunday called for an immediate stop to the…
UN News Today August 2
Heat claims more than 175,000 lives annually in Europe, numbers set to soar: WHOUN’s Middle…
World News in Brief: Justice for Yazidis, South Sudan abductions, food prices hold steady
Ten years after Dae’sh/ISIL attacked the Yazidi people of Sinjar, Iraq, killing, displacing and capturing…
UNICEF reports 32 children killed, many injured and detained in Bangladesh protests
At least 32 children were killed and many more injured and detained during student protests…
Fight bigotry whenever and wherever it appears, UN chief declares
Top UN officials on Friday called for a stand against bigotry “wherever and whenever it…
UN News Today August 1
More access to breastfeeding support could save 820,000 infants annuallySenior UN officials welcome verdict in…
US-Russia prisoner swap ‘an unprecedented diplomatic act’, rights experts says
A UN independent human rights expert has welcomed the landmark prisoner swap on Thursday between…
Guinea: Senior UN officials welcome verdict in 2009 stadium massacre trial
The fight against impunity must continue in Guinea, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights…
UN News Today July 31
Israeli military in spotlight over ‘incommunicado’ detention of PalestiniansUN health agency leads bid to tackle…
More support for breastfeeding could save 820,000 young lives annually, UN agencies say
The heads of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have…
World News in Brief: Gaza update, Venezuela election violence, executions in South Sudan
Thousands of people have returned to parts of Khan Younis in Gaza following the announced…
UN News Today July 30
Gazans need polio vaccines amid ‘deathly cycle’ of malnutrition, heat and disease, say UNICEF, WHO1…
World News in Brief: UAE urged to free activists, mass school closures in Haiti, aid for Sudanese refugees in Libya
The United Arab Emirates must immediately release 43 activists who have been sentenced to life…
Venezuela: UN rights chief concerned about post-election tension and violence
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has joined the Secretary-General in voicing concern…
Independent rights experts urge States to comply with ICJ ruling on Israel
UN Member States must immediately comply with the recent “landmark ruling” by the International Court…
UN rights office condemns forced evictions of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem
The UN human rights office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory expressed concern on Tuesday over…
Millions of young women suffer at the hands of their intimate partners: WHO
Nearly a quarter of all adolescent girls who have been in a relationship – close…
UN News Today July 29
Sudan: UN condemns deadly attack on a hospital and residential areas in North DarfurWHO and…
Healthcare in Sudan ‘hanging by a thread,’ warns UN health agency
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday strongly denounced the increasing attacks on healthcare…
UN News Today July 26
Deadly West Atlantic shipwreck highlights victims’ desperation, says UNHCRIn Ethiopia, UN agencies boost response to…
World News in Brief: Historic Palestine monastery on World Heritage in Danger List, rights office condemnation as Ghana upholds anti-gay law, free jailed Russian activist
The World Heritage Committee of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced on…
‘Endless nightmare’ of death and destruction in Gaza, UN officials tell Security Council
Senior UN officials on Friday reiterated the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza, and escalating threat…
WHO to send one million polio vaccines to Gaza to protect children
The UN health agency said on Friday that it is sending more than a million…
UN News Today July 25
New avian flu variant threatens Asia-Pacific: FAO calls for immediate responseEurope Tops Global Alcohol Consumption…
World News in Brief: Rights experts urge US to protect peaceful assembly rights, attacks against Ahmadis in Pakistan, sustainability push at Paris Olympics
UN independent human rights experts on Thursday expressed deep concern over a “massive crackdown” on…
Europe tops the charts for alcohol consumption. WHO calls for urgent action to curb the trend
It seems that Europeans don’t want to give up booze. A UN World Health Organization…
UN rights chief calls for end to protest crackdowns in Bangladesh
On Thursday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on the Bangladeshi Government to…
UN News Today July 24
The world has been set back 15 years in its fight against hunger, according to…
UNICEF chief calls for urgent security reset in Gaza amid ‘new horrors’
The head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) appealed on Wednesday for an immediate improvement…
World News in Brief: Rights chief ‘horrified’ at deadly PNG violence, Lebanon-Israel ‘knife edge’, Sudan refugees suffer sexual violence
Recent attacks on three villages in East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea, resulted in at…
Rising heat in Europe and Central Asia killing almost 400 children a year: UNICEF
Soaring summer temperatures in Europe and Central Asia are killing nearly 400 children a year…
UN News Today July 23
In Gaza, the UN health agency says polio and other diseases could prove deadlier than…
UN-backed refugee athletes named as Olympic flag bearers
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has thrown its full support behind Cindy Ngamba and Yahya…
UN experts condemn sentencing of journalists in Russia
Independent UN human rights experts said in a statement on Tuesday that the recent prison…
Sudan war: Nearly 26 million going hungry due to rising food prices, access challenges
Nearly 26 million people in war-torn Sudan are not getting enough to eat, the UN…
Where do I go now, ask Gazans uprooted by new Israeli evacuation orders
Gazans uprooted by the Israeli military’s latest evacuation orders have fled their shelters and homes…
UN News Today July 22
UN convoy hit by ‘heavy shooting’ en route to Gaza city, UNRWA reportsClimate change heightens…
UN agencies urge immediate boost in HIV services to end AIDS by 2030
An immediate increase in HIV services is needed in the countries most affected by the…
Gaza: What human rights mean to displaced youth
The voices of young female students sounded out across a makeshift classroom tent in the…
Stories from the UN Archive: Meet the first Black President of South Africa
On the heels of this year’s Nelson Mandela International Day, marked annually on 18 July, we…
UN News Today July 19
Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warnIn Afghanistan, with 33 of 34 provinces hit…
Guatemala: UN rights chief concerned over polarization, inequality, racism
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday highlighted changes and ongoing challenges in…
World News In Brief: UN rights chief on Bangladesh protests, alarm over Gershkovich sentence, Afghanistan floods latest, decriminalising LGBT laws
As student protests continue to rage in Bangladesh, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights…
The life of Aristides de Sousa Mendes: an example for us all
Secretary-General António Guterres heralded the opening of a new museum in central Portugal on Friday which honours…
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Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn
To add to the devastation of war and the complete breakdown of law and order,…