Hunger spikes in Haiti following deadly earthquake
Around 980,000 Haitians in the four districts most affected by the August 14 earthquake are now living with acute...
UN chief: Dag Hammarskjöld ‘set the highest standard for public service’
The General Assembly this Thursday held a commemorative event to mark the 60th anniversary of...
General Assembly President calls for halt to nuclear tests
The President of the UN General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, on Wednesday called...
COVID-19: ‘Unacceptable’ deals and delays, hampering lifesaving COVAX deliveries
While 80 per cent of citizens in high and upper-middle income nations...
Make mental health a priority across the board, UN chief urges
Mental health and psychosocial support must be seen as integral to all humanitarian, peacebuilding...
National ownership critical, once guns fall silent, Security Council hears
Although UN peacekeeping missions can help put a country on the right track following...
Climate action: Guterres hails Latin American and Caribbean leadership
The UN chief on Wednesday commended the leadership of the countries of Latin America...
Yemen: ‘Climate of fear’ grows, all sides to blame, say rights experts
There has been no let-up in more than six years of conflict...
Meningitis outbreak declared in Democratic Republic of the Congo: WHO
A deadly outbreak of meningitis has been declared in a northeastern province of the Democratic Republic...
From locusts to cyclones: The human cost of interlinked disasters
Many extreme environmental events have a devastating effect on people’s lives, and...
