Syria war: Average of one child injured or killed every eight hours over past 10 years – UNICEF
The grim ten-year anniversary of the war in Syria has left 90...
Poor seasonal rains threatening ‘foundations’ of tens of thousands of Somali livelihoods
Poor rain forecast for the next few months threatens to exacerbate the...
UN agency raises alarm over ‘targeted’ violence against women in Myanmar protests
The United Nations entity dedicated to protection of women’s rights has voiced...
COVID disrupts contraception services, leads to 1.4 million unintended pregnancies, says UNFPA
One year since COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic, the UN’s reproductive health...
UN launches ‘Only Together’ campaign to support global vaccine equity call
The United Nations on Thursday launched a new global campaign, Only Together, aiming to advance fair and equitable access to...
Myanmar crackdown has led to likely crimes against humanity, Human Rights Council told
The Myanmar junta’s brutal response to peaceful protests likely meets the legal...
‘Some light at the end of the tunnel’ as pandemic turns one – Guterres
After 12 months where the world has faced “a tsunami of suffering”,...
‘If you don’t feed people, you feed conflict’, UN chief tells Security Council
Conflict drives hunger, and when that turns to famine, that then drives...
US death penalty must be abolished, rights experts urge President Biden
President Biden should do everything in his power to end death row...
Regression on ‘virtually every indicator’ of progress for children: UNICEF
One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, progress has gone backward across virtually...
