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Global Refugee Forum opens amid ‘crisis of humanity’

A record 114 million forcibly displaced around the world represents a “crisis of...

‘Hunger catastrophe’ looming in war-ravaged Sudan, UN a...

Civilians in Sudan – where rival militaries are waging a bloody war, with devast...

COP28 ends with call to ‘transition away’ from fossil f...

Nations at COP28 in Dubai approved earlier on Wednesday a roadmap for “transitio...

‘Rebuild a foundation of hope’ for global human rights:...

World leaders gathered in Geneva on Tuesday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of...

UPDATING LIVE: UN General Assembly votes by large major...

The UN General Assembly met on Tuesday afternoon in Emergency Special Session on...

Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as world’s top opium prod...

Myanmar is now the world’s largest opium producer, the UN Office on Drugs and Cr...

‘Humanitarian disaster zone’: Gaza hospital capacity de...

The last barely functioning hospital in northern Gaza is a “humanitarian disaste...

UN launches $46 billion appeal to respond to worsening ...

As conflicts, climate emergencies and collapsing economies continue to wreak hav...

Gaza humanitarian crisis deepens as fighting rages on a...

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths reiterated deep concerns for th...

Stop ‘kicking the can down the road,’ UN chief urges CO...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday urged a deal at COP28 on the pha...

DR Congo: Elections looming, amid worsening insecurity

With just nine days to go for the Presidential elections in the Democratic Repub...

Gaza: WHO adopts resolution on access for lifesaving aid

In a special emergency session held on Sunday in Geneva, the Executive Board of ...

COP28: The UN’s net-zero food plan to save the 1.5-degr...

As COP28 heads into its final working days in Dubai, the UN’s agriculture wing l...

‘I will not give up’ on push for Gaza humanitarian ceas...

The UN Secretary-General on Sunday pledged that he would “not give up” on appeal...

Stories from the UN Archive: Human rights must come ‘in...

The American diplomat, activist and former First Lady of the United States, who ...

World News in Brief: Nearly a million children displace...

UN humanitarians in war-ravaged Gaza are “hanging on by our fingertips” with civ...

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