3 days ago · UN News produces daily news content in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Hindi and Urdu. Our multimedia service, through this new integrated single platform, updates throughout the day, in text, audio and video – also making use of quality images and other media from across the UN system. We produce news features and analyses on a variety of social ...

2 days ago · Government forces and a rival military – the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – have been battling for control of the country since April 2023 in what Mr. Türk called a “senseless war”, which has recently taken an “even more dangerous turn for civilians” as reports of people brutally killed in ethnically targeted attacks mount.. In a statement released on Friday, the High Commissioner ...

UN News produces daily news content in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, and weekly programmes in Hindi, Urdu and Bangla. Our multimedia service, through this new integrated single platform, updates throughout the day, in text, audio and video – also making use of quality images and other media from across the UN system.

Jan 23, 2025 · The Security Council met on Thursday afternoon in New York to discuss the life-threatening dangers faced by Palestinian children – thousands of whom have been killed during the war in Gaza. UN relief chief Tom Fletcher said a whole generation had been traumatised, but the ceasefire has "significantly improved" humanitarian aid operations. Join us for live coverage as well as updates from our ...

Jan 26, 2025 · The timelines envisaged in the November ceasefire agreement “have not been met”, according to a joint statement by UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and head of the UN peacekeeping mission, UNIFIL, and force commander Aroldo Lázaro.. The agreement between Israel and armed group Hezbollah had been reached after more than a year of fighting, stemming from the ...

6 days ago · ‘Don’t be neutral towards human suffering’ At a ceremony in Geneva, Nazi death camp survivor Ivan Lefkovits shared harrowing testimony of his experiences on Monday to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, with a timeless message for present and future generations: “Don’t be neutral, especially not towards human suffering. Recalling the murder of his father and brother, both victims of ...

Sep 22, 2024 · World leaders are at UN Headquarters in New York this Sunday where they adopted the potentially game-changing Pact for the Future by consensus, with a small group of just seven countries holding out, having failed to pass a last-minute amendment. The centrepiece of the Summit of the Future is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine the multilateral system and steer humanity on a new ...

Sep 22, 2024 · The Pact along with its annexes, the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations, was adopted by consensus, despite a last-minute proposal for an amendment by some countries, including Russia, Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Syria.. The amendment sought to incorporate text calling for non-intervention in any issue of national sovereignty, and ...

Sep 16, 2024 · A New Agenda for Peace. Against this fraught backdrop, a New Agenda for Peace, the first global peace plan produced by the UN in decades, was released in 2023, filled with recommendations for changing the way the UN – and the international community – operate. “The New Agenda is a visionary document. It’s forward-looking, and a report for our times, which outlines the current threats ...

Sep 18, 2024 · Threat to peace and security. The Assembly “strongly deplored the continued and total disregard and breaches” by the Government of Israel of its obligations under the UN Charter, international law and UN resolutions, stressing that such breaches “seriously threaten” regional and international peace and security.. It also recognized that Israel “must be …