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Gaza: Search For Food Puts Lives On The Line
Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 8:07 am | UN News
The worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip has reached “unprecedented levels of despair,” the UN said on Monday, amid more reports of people being killed and injured near newly-established distribution sites. More >>
Lack Of Cooperation From Iran Hampers Nuclear Checks, Says Atomic Energy Watchdog
Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 7:02 am | UN News
The head of the UN-backed nuclear watchdog has raised fresh concerns over Iran’s failure to fully cooperate with inspections, warning that this is preventing independent verification of its nuclear activities. More >>
Guterres Calls For An End To Ocean ‘Plunder’ As UN Summit Opens In France
Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 5:43 am | UN News
With the Mediterranean glittering in the background, UN Secretary-General António Guterres opened the Third United Nations Ocean Conference on Monday, delivering a blunt indictment of humanity’s fractured relationship with the sea. More >>
Kenya: UN Expert Urges Immediate Halt To Land Demarcation Violating Ogiek Rights And African Court Judgments
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 10:39 am | UN News
Despite the AfCHPR’s 2017 and 2022 judgments affirming the Ogiek’s ownership of their ancestral landsand requiring their restitution, the Kenyan Government has yet to take any actions to return Ogiek lands. More >>
USA: UN Expert Warns Of Interference In Legal And Judicial System
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 10:23 am | UN News
Executive officials have made public statements that characterise legal professionals as adversaries and threats, and the President has issued executive orders purporting to ban certain law firms from entering government buildings and obtaining government ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Seif Magango On Deadly Drone Strikes In North Darfur, Sudan
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 10:15 am | UN News
Another UAV strike, reportedly attributed to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) earlier this week, struck a busy market in Al Koma, killing at least 15 civilians and injuring dozens more. More >>
United States, Ukraine Among New Members Elected To UN Economic And Social Council
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 10:07 am | UN News
The General Assembly on Wednesday elected a new slate of members to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the principal body responsible for coordinating the Organization’s work on sustainable development and economic issues. More >>
Interview: Un Offers Best Platform To Address Discrimination, Envoy To Combat Islamophobia Says
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 9:56 am | UN News
The recent appointment of a UN Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia reflects international commitment to address discrimination and hostility against Muslims, the first person to hold the position has said. More >>
World Environment Day: UN Sounds Alarm On Plastic Pollution Crisis
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 9:46 am | UN News
Every year, 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced worldwide, according to the UN. Half of this plastic is designed to be used only once, and only 10 per cent is recycled. More >>
US Vetoes Security Council Resolution Demanding Permanent Ceasefire In Gaza
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 9:39 am | UN News
A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Wednesday after the United States cast its veto – blocking the initiative backed by all ten elected members of the Council. More >>
Top UN Advocate Sounds Alarm Over Sexual Violence Crisis In Gang-Ravaged Haiti
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 9:35 am | UN News
Haiti has been gripped by spiralling gang violence ever since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. The subsequent unrest has displaced one million people, more than half of them children, according to the International Organization for ... More >>
Stigmatised For Being Deaf: Zénabou's Story
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 7:10 am | UN News
In the Central African Republic, disability carries a deep-rooted stigma, and persons with disabilities often find themselves excluded from almost every avenue of life. Zénabou, who is deaf and non-speaking, has suffered from prejudice, but a UN-backed ... More >>
‘Our Worst Held Fears Are Being Confirmed’: Dozens Of Bodies Discovered In Libya Mass Graves
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 6:33 am | UN News
Dozens of bodies have been discovered at official and unofficial detention sites in Libya. The grim findings confirm deep concerns about abuse and torture at the facilities, according to the UN human rights chief Volker Türk. More >>
Haiti: WFP Concerned Over Humanitarian Situation As Hurricane Season Begins
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 6:30 am | UN News
As the hurricane season gets underway in the Caribbean, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is sounding the alarm over Haiti’s humanitarian situation. More >>
Gaza: UN Rights Chief Condemns New Killings Around Private Aid Hub
Saturday, 7 June 2025, 8:22 pm | UN News
UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans were killed early Tuesday “trying to access paltry amounts of food” around a private aid hub in the south of the enclave run by the US and Israel. More >>
As Displacement Surges In South Sudan, Regional Humanitarian Crisis Deepens
Saturday, 7 June 2025, 8:16 pm | UN News
Since a sharp escalation in fighting in South Sudan in late February, 165,000 people have fled their homes, seeking safety either within the country or across borders, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday. More >>
Five Countries Elected To Serve On UN Security Council
Saturday, 7 June 2025, 8:13 pm | UN News
Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia were elected on Tuesday to serve as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council, with two-year terms beginning in January 2026. More >>
Five Humanitarians Killed In ‘Horrendous’ Attack On Aid Convoy In Sudan
Saturday, 7 June 2025, 8:11 pm | UN News
An aid convoy carrying life-saving assistance for the famine-affected area of North Darfur, Sudan, was attacked on Monday night, killing five humanitarian workers, injuring many more and damaging critical humanitarian supplies. More >>
In Gaza, Daily Food Intake Has Fallen Well Below ‘Survival’ Level
Friday, 6 June 2025, 10:04 am | UN News
The lack of food entering Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid restrictions is leaving increasing numbers of Palestinians “vulnerable to starvation”, with daily energy intake now well below what a human body needs to survive, the UN warned on Thursday. More >>
‘It Is An Elephant’: Ukraine’s Unexploded Mine Problem
Friday, 6 June 2025, 9:13 am | UN News
In Ukraine, overnight attacks continued into Thursday morning, resulting in 45 casualties and significant damage to civilian infrastructure, the UN has reported. More >>
