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Category: International
Taliban response to protests increasingly violent, UN r...
Peaceful protesters in many parts of Afghanistan have been met with an increasingly violent response by the new Taliban authoritie...
The future of the UN: Time to think big, urges Guterres
Celebrating the UN’s 75th anniversary last year, prompted major internal discussion about its future, and a new direction away fro...
Pandemic increasing risk factors for suicide, UN health...
Suicide prevention must be prioritized after 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Americas office of the World Health Organizat...
Human Rights abuses intensifying in eastern DR Congo - ...
An alarming number of human rights abuses have been carried out against civilians this year by armed groups in eastern Democratic ...
Yemen: As conflict drags on, ‘no quick wins’ – UN envoy...
The complexities of the years-long war in Yemen “multiply as the conflict drags on”, the country’s new UN envoy told the Security ...
Guterres: South-South cooperation ‘more essential than ...
The UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) held a high-level virtual panel discussion on Friday focused on boosting solida...
Elections represent an opportunity for stability and un...
With just over 100 days until landmark elections in Libya, political leaders must join forces to ensure the vote is free, fair and...
First Person: A refuge from COVID misinformation
The COVID-19 inoculation is "just like any other vaccine" a UN Women staff member is telling the Syrian refugee women she cares fo...
UN chief: Dag Hammarskjöld ‘set the highest standard fo...
The General Assembly this Thursday held a commemorative event to mark the 60th anniversary of the death of former UN Secretary-Gen...
Hunger spikes in Haiti following deadly earthquake
Around 980,000 Haitians in the four districts most affected by the August 14 earthquake are now living with acute food insecurity,...
Protecting education, means ‘we protect the future’: UN...
The global community needs to say with one voice that “attacks on schools must stop”, the UN chief urged a virtual event on Thursd...
World remains ‘far behind’ solving biggest global chall...
The President of the UN General Assembly, told reporters on Thursday, that the world is “far behind in being able to solve the gre...