UNESCO celebrates 75th anniversary, logo lights up Eiffel Tower
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) logo illuminating against the Eiffel Tower on Friday...
Conviction of US journalist symbolic of media repression in Myanmar: UN rights chief
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday urged authorities in...
Syria: Conflict, COVID and rising costs, ‘pushing people beyond their limits’
World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley concluded a three-day visit to Syria...
Europe hits highest weekly COVID-19 cases since pandemic began
Almost two million cases of COVID-19 were reported in Europe last week, the most...
As COP26 deadline slips, negotiators to keep working to agree crucial climate deal
COP26, the UN climate summit in Glasgow, is running into overtime, as...
Libya elections ‘essential next step’ towards peace and stability: Guterres
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged Libyans to forge a spirt of...
Belarus-Poland crisis: Human rights of trapped migrants ‘paramount’
Amid growing concerns about the plight of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers...
Afghanistan: Girls at increasing risk of child marriage
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has received credible reports of families in Afghanistan offering daughters...
Insulin still out of reach for many 100 years after its discovery: WHO
A century after it was discovered, insulin still remains out of reach for many people...
Security Council appeals for end to violence in Myanmar
The UN Security Council has called for an immediate cessation of violence...