The country, commonly known as North Korea, attempted to fire off its first military reconnaissance satellite earlier that day but […]
Economic woes dash job prospects in low income countries: ILO
In its new Monitor on the World of Work report, ILO shows that while in high-income countries, only 8.2 per […]
Fresh diplomatic gains must match action on the ground in Syria to end war
“It is vital that the recent diplomatic moves are matched with real action,” said Geir Pedersen, the UN Secretary-General’s Special […]
Nearly half of Haiti going hungry, new food security report warns
The latest integrated food security phase classification (IPC) analysis, reported on Sunday that of the total number of affected people, […]
WMO makes urgent call to action over melting cryosphere
WMO warned on Tuesday that glaciers and ice sheet melt in Greenland and Antarctica accounts for some 50 per cent of […]
UN humanitarians complete first food distribution in Khartoum as hunger, threats to children intensify
WFP’s Country Director in Sudan, Eddie Rowe, told reporters in Geneva that in a major breakthrough, the agency distributed food assistance […]
Green light for global greenhouse gas tracking network
The landmark decision comes as heat-trapping greenhouse gas concentrations are at record levels – “higher than at any time over […]
UN agencies warn of rising hunger risk in 18 ‘hotspots’
Sudan, Burkina Faso, Haiti and Mali have been elevated to the highest alert level, joining Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and […]
International Day of UN Peacekeepers honours 75 years of service and sacrifice
“United Nations peacekeepers are the beating heart of our commitment to a more peaceful world,” Secretary-General António Guterres said in […]
Guterres: ‘We can turn the tide’ towards ending colonialism
“Our shared goal is to give greater priority to the decolonization agenda and spur accelerated action,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres […]