New UN agency guidelines aim to sustain forest benefits for future generations
New guidelines designed to give poor and isolated communities more of a say in how tropical forests are used and preserved around the world were […]
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Honouring Second World War victims, UN chief calls neo-Nazism “a spreading cancer”
Paying tribute to all victims of the Second World War – on whose ashes the United Nations was founded – Secretary-General António Guterres described this year’s commemoration as […]
Libyans deserve justice, as war crime suspects remain at large: Prosecutor
Despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, a Libyan war crimes suspect remains at large and could have committed further murders, the ICC Prosecutor, Fatou […]
State of emergency must be lifted for ‘credible elections’ in Turkey, says UN rights chief
Long-term restrictions on “freedoms of expression, assembly and association” are incompatible with the holding of “credible elections” in Turkey, said the United Nations human rights […]
Smugglers see thousands of migrants in Yemen as ‘a commodity’, UN agency warns
With an estimated 7,000 migrants entering Yemen each month, most of them seeking to reach Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, the United Nations migration […]
Dangers persist for nearly a million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: WHO
Renewed efforts are underway in Bangladesh to protect nearly one million Myanmar refugees from cholera, amid a warning from the UN health agency on Tuesday […]
UN experts urges Poland to ensure unrestricted ‘civic space’ during climate talks
Poland’s new law designed to address safety concerns during the United Nations climate change conference to be held there later this year could infringe on […]
‘Standing up for our right to truth,’ UN celebrates press freedom
With journalism under increasing attack worldwide, top United Nations officials joined a growing chorus of calls for the better protection of media workers on Thursday. […]
Amid a ‘crisis of solidarity,’ seek inspiration from the Buddha’s message of empathy, urges UN chief
At an event commemorating the Day of Vesak, United Nations Secretary-General urged the global community to draw inspiration from the Buddha’s teachings and message of […]
Combating ‘scourge’ of sexual abuse allegations remains ‘key’ UN priority, as 54 new allegations emerge
More than 50 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse involving personnel serving with the United Nations and its partners in the field were received in […]