Israel: Detention of Palestinian journalist on hunger strike without charge ‘unjust and cruel’
"Israel’s administrative detention which is predominately used to detain Palestinians without...
South Sudan: UN official calls for unfettered relief access to avert further catastrophe
With hundreds of thousands in need of assistance in famine-struck parts of South Sudan and rising...
South Africa: Longstanding criminal justice failures and toxic populist rhetoric fuelling xenophobia
Authorities have a duty to ensure effective strategies are in place to protect refugees, migrants...
UN rights experts urge action to curb 'invisible threat' of toxic air
United Nations human rights experts are calling for strong, urgent action by States to ensure...
how Trump’s border wall would lock refugees in a life of violence and fear
Here you can't walk around freely. For the children it’s like living in a prison, because they...
UNESCO meeting lays groundwork for reviving, protecting Iraq’s cultural heritage
As details on the destruction of and damage to Iraq’s rich and diverse cultural heritage emerge,...
UN chief urges Syrians at Geneva negotiations to seek political solution; Envoy to meet parties on workplan
Wrapping up the opening of the intra-Syrian negotiations in Geneva on 23 February, United Nations...
Yemen's health system another victim of the conflict – UN health agency
Acute shortage of critical medicines, limited fuel for electricity and specialized medical staff...
UN refugee agency focuses on sheltering displaced as Iraqi offensive moves to west Mosul
The United Nations refugee agency is focusing efforts on camp construction in and around the...
'Time running out' for 1.4 million children in 'man-made' crises in Africa, Yemen – UNICEF
Almost 1.4 million children are at imminent risk of death due to severe acute malnutrition this...
A decade on, UN urges all Governments to endorse convention on enforced disappearance
Marking the tenth anniversary of an historic treaty to keep people from suffering enforced...
Iraq: UN aid agencies preparing for 'all scenarios' as western Mosul military operations set to begin
With military operations to retake western Mosul starting, United Nations humanitarian agencies...
At Munich Security Conference, UN chief Guterres highlights need for 'a surge in diplomacy for peace'
Highlighting the complex and interlinked challenges confronting the global community that also...
Bahrain: Fears of further violent crackdown on uprising anniversary
Bahrain is at a tipping point. The first two months of 2017 alone saw an alarming upsurge in...
Iraq: UN condemns car bomb attack in Baghdad
The United Nations condemned the deadly terrorist attack in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, for which...
Yemen: Senior UN aid official ‘appalled’ by airstrikes that kill women and children
The top United Nations humanitarian official in Yemen said he was extremely saddened and appalled...
Aid obstacles are ‘matter of life and death’ for besieged Syrians, says senior UN adviser
Assurances have been given to humanitarians by the Syrian Government that obstacles to aid...
Iraq: UN health agency delivers medical aid to newly retaken areas of Mosul
The United Nations health agency has delivered medical supplies to parts of eastern Mosul, the...
In Oman, UN chief Guterres seeks ways to help bring peace to Middle East
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his support for the countries like...
Civilians in Syria’s ‘Four Towns’ need support as humanitarian catastrophe looms – UN relief official
A senior United Nations relief official has called on all parties to come to an agreement and...