Iran seeks UNESCO recognition for Arasbaran protected area
Iran has put forward its Arasbaran protected area as a candidate for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage list for 2018.
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Syria: UNICEF calls for unimpeded aid access to children in besieged Deir ez-Zor
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today called for unimpeded and unconditional access to children in the besieged city of Deir ez-Zor, noting that they have not received regular...
Backlogs and brutal weather put refugee and migrant children at risk in Europe – UNICEF
As the extreme cold weather and storms continue to sweep Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, refugee and migrant children are threatened by respiratory and other serious illnesses, according to...
Alarmed at destruction in Syria's Palmyra, UN Security Council reiterates need to stamp out hatred and violence espoused by ISIL
Amid the destruction of cultural heritage in Syria, including that of the famed tetrapylon and parts of the Roman theatre in Palmyra by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh), the...
UN rights expert urges Saudi Arabia to use economic plan to bolster women’s rights
An independent United Nations expert urged Saudi officials to use their bold new plan for economic transformation to improve the human rights of women and the poor.
Protests erupt in Gaza as electricity crisis deepens
In many areas, Palestinians received only three hours of electricity at a time, punctuated by 12-hour blackouts.
Turkey: UNICEF cites risk of 'lost generation' of Syrian children despite enrolment increase
More than 40 per cent of Syrian refugee children in Turkey are missing out on education, despite a sharp increase in enrolment rates, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said
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 António Guterres called for a new generation of partnerships with the business community to limit the...
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 seen more than 2.1 million people internally displaced due to ongoing conflict and the resulting...
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, highlighting the need for a truce to allow in humanitarian aid and move along the peace process.
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 well as hatred in various contexts, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appealed today...
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 Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom.
Iraq: ISIS Bombings Are Crimes Against Humanity
ISIS has routinely carried out devastating attacks that appear designed to inflict maximum death and suffering on ordinary Iraqis. The Iraqi and international strategy against ISIS should not...
'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 humanitarian officials today appealed for immediate, unconditional, and safe access to reach the children and...
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 country whose authorities’ have repeatedly trumpeted their commitment to human rights
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, the United Nations has observed, voicing concern for civilians in the Syrian city that has endured...
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 – prosecuted, jailed, intimidated into silence or forced into exile
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 conditions in Mosul, a city witnessing one of the largest urban military operations since the Second World...
Implementation of 2nd Phase of Empowerment of Women Heads of Household – 65 years and under – in 15 Provinces
The Practical Reviews deputy of the Women and Family Affairs described the details of the empowerment of women heads of household project and gave news of the implementation of the 2nd phase of...
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 Nations and partners are working to scale up humanitarian efforts for thousands of people fleeing...