UNRWA headquarters bulldozed in East Jerusalem
The UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem is demolished by heavy machinery. UNRWA headquarters bulldozed in East Jerusalem Peace and Security The reported demolition underway early Tuesday of the headquarters of…
Executions will rise sharply worldwide in 2025
Prison in Iran Executions will rise sharply worldwide in 2025 Human rights In general, the world trend towards the universal abolition of the death penalty continues, but in 2025 the…
Despite funding cuts, the UN will help millions of refugees in 2025
UNHCR head Filippo Grandi talks to refugees on the border with Afghanistan (archive). Despite funding cuts, the UN will help millions of refugees in 2025 Refugees and migrants In the…
Rising hunger and displacement pose growing economic risk, UN tells Davos
A migrant woman with a child walks to a reception center in Central America. (file photo) Rising hunger and displacement pose growing economic risk, UN tells Davos By Vibhu Mishra…
Sudan: Atrocities ‘repeated town by town’, ICC prosecutor tells UN Security Council
A young girl digs a hole to build a makeshift shelter for her family at a displacement camp in Tawila, where thousands fled after the fall of El Fasher to…
Yemen: Children are dying and it’s going to get worse, warns aid veteran
An emergency shelter for displaced families in a remote desert site in Marib, Yemen, set up the UN migration agency, IOM. Yemen: Children are dying and it’s going to get…
UN High Commissioner: the spirit of the Sudanese people is not broken, despite the horrors of war
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk meets with local authorities and NGOs in Dongola, Sudan. UN High Commissioner: the spirit of the Sudanese people is not broken, despite…
Peacekeeping: UN warns of growing threats to blue helmets in the Middle East
The UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) continues to carry out its tasks. Peacekeeping: UN warns of growing threats to blue helmets in the Middle East Peace and security UN peacekeeping…
UN rights chief bears witness to trauma and resilience in Sudan
Women who have fled their homes are given support in Kassala, eastern Sudan. UN rights chief bears witness to trauma and resilience in Sudan Human Rights Nearly three years of…
UN Secretary General in London: 80 years after the first meeting of the General Assembly, the power of humanity remains in unity
Journalists film the first session of the UN General Assembly in London in 1946. UN Secretary General in London: 80 years after the first meeting of the General Assembly, the…