At Davos forum, UN chief Guterres calls businesses ‘best allies’ to curb climate change, poverty
Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, United Nations Secretary-General...
Yemen: Ongoing humanitarian crisis adding to migrants woes, says UN migration agency
Highlighting the plight of migrants from the Horn of Africa arriving in Yemen – which itself has...
UN envoy in Yemen meeting with President, senior officials to push for greater aid access
The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, was in Aden on january16,...
Diversity ‘is richness, not a threat,’ UN chief Guterres tells forum on combatting anti-Muslim discrimination
In a message to an event spotlighting the growing challenges of anti-Muslim discrimination as...
One journalist killed every four days in 2016, UN agency finds
More than 100 journalists were killed last year while doing their jobs, according to the United...
Iraq: ISIS Bombings Are Crimes Against Humanity
ISIS has routinely carried out devastating attacks that appear designed to inflict maximum death...
'We must not let 2017 repeat tragedies of 2016 for Syria' – joint statement by top UN aid officials
While efforts to fully implement a ceasefire in Syria continue, senior United Nations...
Bahrain: First executions in more than six years a shocking blow to human rights
These executions – the first to be carried out since 2010 - are a deeply regressive step for a...
UN agencies assess dire hygiene, protection needs for women in Syria’s war-ravaged Aleppo
The health, hygiene and protection needs of women and girls displaced in Aleppo are staggering,...
Saudi Arabia steps up ruthless crackdown against human rights activists
Human rights activists in Saudi Arabia are an endangered species. One by one they are vanishing –...
Humanitarian crisis in Mosul could outlive Iraqi military operations, senior UN official warns
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, Lise Grande, reported today on the...
Hundreds from western Mosul getting medical attention amid fight to retake Iraqi city
Nearly 700 people have been moved to hospitals from the frontlines in Mosul, Iraq, as the United...
Yemen: EU-UN partnership to target ‘alarming’ food insecurity
With 14 million people in Yemen lacking reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable,...
UN agency seeks $813 million to support Palestine refugees fleeing Syria and those in occupied territory
With Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – including East Jerusalem – and those...
Syrian refugees in Lebanon face economic hardship and food shortages – joint UN agency study
A joint United Nations agency study has revealed that Syrian refugees in Lebanon remain highly...
Lack of water access in Damascus is creating risks for children, UN warns
Following two weeks with no access to running water for millions of people in and around Damascus...
Conviction of Israeli soldier must pave the way for justice for unlawful killings
The conviction of an Israeli soldier who shot dead a Palestinian man involved in a knife attack...
‘Give peace a chance,’ urges UN official, reporting sense of optimism as Aleppo ceasefire holds
A senior United Nations humanitarian official reported that though damage to Aleppo was extreme,...
Iraq: 13,000 people flee Mosul over five days as anti-terrorist operations intensify
More than 13,000 people have fled Mosul in just five days since 29 December, as the second phase...
New UN chief Guterres pledges to make 2017 'a year for peace'
On his first day at the helm of the United Nations, Secretary-General António Guterres pledged to...