Commitment will be critical to the success of the two-month truce in Yemen that began on Saturday, the UN Special Envoy for the country, Hans… Read More »Commitment Key To Yemen Truce Success: UN Envoy
In his message to mark World Autism Awareness Day on Saturday, 2 April, the UN chief revealed how the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened inequalities affecting… Read More »UN Chief Calls For Greater Inclusion, Marking World Autism Awareness Day
Nikole Hannah-Jones The 1619 Project is a book that commemorates the 400th anniversary of the first ship that brought the first Africans to the British… Read More »Interview: Slave Trade Reparations ‘essential’, 1619 Project Founder Tells UN News
At the UN Human Rights Council on Friday, Member States adopted a plan of action to tackle disinformation, at the request of Ukraine and with widespread –… Read More »UN’s Rights Council Adopts ‘fake News’ Resolution, States Urged To Take Tackle Hate Speech
A two-month truce in Yemen which goes into effect on Saturday must be a first step in ending the county’s devastating war, UN Secretary-General Antonio… Read More »UN Welcomes Announcement Of Two-Month Truce In Yemen
Their statement comes in the aftermath of a deadly jailbreak in January at a facility in the Al-Hasekeh region, led by ISIL combatants in an… Read More »Syria: Rights Experts Call For Humanitarian Access To Detained Children
Efforts to help thousands of desperate residents flee the embattled Ukrainian city of Mariupol continued on Friday, as humanitarians warned that there is “no Plan… Read More »Ukraine: No ‘plan B’ For Evacuation Of Shattered Mariupol, Say Humanitarians
Nataliia Vladimirova fled her home in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on the first day of the Russian invasion, on 24 February, with her four-year-old daughter Oleksandra and… Read More »First Person: ‘I Fear I Will Never See My Husband Again’
A new UN initiative aims to promote greater inclusion and acceptance of transgender children, and to advocate for their rights. The Unbox Me campaign was launched by… Read More »‘Unbox Me’ Campaign Gives Visibility To Lives Of Transgender Children
“Arboviruses” might not be something most of us are familiar with, but for almost four billion people, they’re a deadly threat – which is why… Read More »UN Health Agency Launches Bid To Stop A New Global Pandemic