World News in Brief: $850 million plan to support Rohingya refugees, child rights, Haiti...
To address the ongoing Rohingya humanitarian crisis affecting 1.3 million people in Bangladesh, UN humanitarian agencies on Wednesday launched a $852.4 million appeal supporting...
For the first time in weeks, UN aid teams reach Gaza City
“WFP delivered enough food for 25,000 people to Gaza City early Tuesday in first successful convoy to the north since 20 February,” the UN...
Global Refugee Forum ends with bold pledges, solutions for displaced
Speaking at the closing of the Global Refugee Forum, the Secretary-General said that protection and help for these most vulnerable of people, was “an...
World News in Brief: Sex trafficking and child recruitment in Sudan, new mass grave...
This is being compounded by an increase in child and forced marriage, and the recruitment of boys by combatants in the continuing war between...
Guterres appeals for maximum restraint in the Middle East
“Failure to make progress towards a two-State solution will only increase volatility and risk for hundreds of millions of people across the region, who...
$2.8 billion appeal for three million people in Gaza, West Bank
The development came amid reports of ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip including Gaza City in the north, Rafah in southern Gaza and...
UNRWA committed to implement independent review recommendations
Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini briefed journalists in New York a day after the independent review panel published its findings. Former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna spearheaded...
First Person: ‘I no longer amount to anything’ – Voices of the displaced in...
He and others spoke to Eline Joseph, who works for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Port-au-Prince with a team which provides psychosocial...
Hungry for data: Tackling food insecurity in rural Indonesia
“I was not aware that vegetables were that important or how to grow them,” said the 25-year-old farmer from Idas in West Kalimantan on...
UN pays tribute to victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Addressing a commemorative meeting to mark the International Day of Remembrance of The Victims of Slavery and The Transatlantic Slave Trade, Assembly President Dennis...
UN migration agency assists survivors of deadly shipwreck off Djibouti
The migrants were on a boat carrying at least 77 people from Ras al-Ara off Yemen’s coast which capsized off the coast of Djibouti,...
Latest Mediterranean deaths highlight need for safe migration routes
IOM underscored the need for regular migration pathways at a one-day summit in Rome hosted by Italy to boost development in Africa and curb migration flows.The conference...
Gaza: Kaag working closely with partners on new maritime aid lifeline
In a joint statement released on Friday, the Commission, Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and the United Kingdom announced their intent...
Gaza: rights experts condemn AI role in destruction by Israeli military
“Six months into the current military offensive, more housing and civilian infrastructure has now been destroyed in Gaza as a percentage, compared to any...
Global Refugee Forum opens amid ‘crisis of humanity’
The world’s largest gathering dedicated to refugee issues, the Forum is co-hosted by UNHCR and Switzerland and convened by Colombia, France, Japan, Jordan and...
World News in Brief: South Sudan tax impositions, Somalia flash floods, Ukraine attacks
“Until they are released, we will not be able to conduct many of our activities in support of the communities in need across the...
First Person: Christmas under rocket fire in Ukraine
In Ukraine, there was no respite from war over the holiday period, neither for the country’s citizens, nor the UN workers attempting to deliver...
World News in Brief: Looming famine threat for Sudan, 3.3 million in need near...
After nearly a year of brutal civil war between rival militaries, food production has been hit and communities face acute shortages of other essential...
World News in Brief: Rights chief appalled at Nigeria mass abductions, ‘pervasive’ hunger in...
“I am appalled by the recurrent mass abductions of men, women and children in northern Nigeria. Children have been abducted from schools and women...
‘Shocking’ increase in children denied aid in conflicts
Painting a grim landscape of the world’s war zones, Virginia Gamba, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, briefed ambassadors, citing grave...
Mother makes 200km emergency trip across rural Madagascar to save baby
“I thought I was going to lose my baby and die on the journey to hospital.”The chilling words of Samueline Razafindravao, who had to...
Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office
The development follows the recovery of hundreds of bodies “buried deep in the ground and covered with waste” over the weekend at Nasser Hospital...
UN underscores commitment to stay and deliver in Myanmar
The expansion of fighting throughout the country has deprived communities of basic needs and access to essential services and has had a devastating impact...
Aid delivery to Gaza falls by half since January: UNRWA
Writing on the social media platform X, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that “aid was supposed to increase not decrease” to meet the huge needs...
