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United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called on Monday for reparations over the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved people as a way to tackle its legacy in today's society, including systemic racism. From the 15th to the 19th…

The line of blocked aid trucks stuck on Egypt’s side of the border with the Gaza Strip while Palestinians face starvation on the other side is a “moral outrage”, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on a visit to the…

RAFAH CROSSING, Egypt (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres stood near a long line of waiting trucks Saturday and declared it was time to “truly flood Gaza with life-saving aid,” calling the starvation inside the enclave a…

UNITED NATIONS —  The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on a United States-sponsored resolution declaring that "an immediate and sustained cease-fire" in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is "imperative" to protect civilians and…

Israel asks the UN court to reject South Africa’s request for more emergency orders in the Gaza genocide case.Israel has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) not to issue emergency orders for it to step up humanitarian aid to…

Israel says it will send a delegation to Qatar for more talks with mediators after Hamas presented a new truce proposal.The main United Nations aid agency operating in Gaza has said that acute malnutrition was accelerating in the north…

UNITED NATIONS —  The number of children worldwide who died before age 5 reached a record low in 2022, the United Nations said in a report published Tuesday, as for the first time fewer than 5 million died. According to the estimate,…

Tehran’s violent crackdown on peaceful protests and discrimination against women and girls triggered serious rights violations, many amounting to crimes against humanity, a United Nations fact-finding mission has concluded. Iran was…

NEW YORK, March 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In celebration of Women’s History Month, Vital Voices Global Partnership, an organization dedicated to empowering women leaders worldwide, announces two initiatives aimed at honoring and…

United Nations —  The Israeli military said Wednesday it carried out airstrikes in northern and southern Gaza, a day after the United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that called for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire,…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — More than $400 million is needed for western Afghanistan to recover and rebuild after a devastating earthquake last October that killed around 2,000 people, the United Nations…

The UN food agency pauses deliveries amid Israeli gunfire and a ‘collapse of civil order’ in northern Gaza.The United Nations food agency has paused delivering aid to northern Gaza, citing Israeli gunfire as well as “complete chaos and…

Israel’s military on Tuesday reported intense fighting in the Khan Younis area of the Gaza Strip, while the U.N. Security Council prepared to vote on an Algeria-drafted resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire, scaled up aid…

Earlier this week the UN agency expressed ‘deep concern’ over the detention of prominent rights activist, Rocio San Miguel.Venezuela has ordered the local office of the United Nations human rights body to suspend operations and given its…

BANGUI, Central African Republic —  About 10,000 children are still fighting alongside armed groups in Central African Republic more than a decade after civil war broke out, the government said Monday. Marthe Kirima, the minister for…

Kyiv claims 20,000 children have been taken from Ukraine to Russia without families’ or guardians’ consent.The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has urged Russia to end the forcible transfer of children from occupied…

The White House has given the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) a lead role in U.S. efforts to strengthen the United Nations Secretary-General's Mechanism for Investigation of Alleged Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons (UNSGM). In…

WASHINGTON —  The U.N. human rights office has issued its first statement about a U.N. rights official’s controversial visit to Iran, telling VOA it is aware of rights groups’ concerns that Tehran will exploit the visit for propaganda…

Colombo, Sri Lanka – Sixteen-year-old Ohnmar* has never experienced the joys of attending school, the excitement of playing with friends during recess or simple pleasures of life like savouring a satisfying meal. Ohnmar, a Rohingya, was…

Austria on Monday became the latest country to suspend additional funding for the U.N.’s Palestinian relief agency, a day after U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged countries to resume funding to help displaced people in Gaza…

The Ukraine International Airlines plane was hit by two missiles Iran says were fired in error shortly after takeoff, killing 176 people.Canada, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Ukraine have filed a complaint with the United Nations civil…

Mizoram, India – “Why are you screaming? You are a refugee,” a nurse told 26-year-old Jamie* as she struggled with an exceptionally painful childbirth at a hospital in India’s northeastern state of Mizoram. A few hours later, amid her…

Israel will not renew the visa of a United Nations staff member in the country and will also deny the visa request of another UN employee as the country yet again expresses its displeasure of the global body, which has criticised…

Tense and difficult negotiations continue at the United Nations Security Council in an effort to break the deadlock crippling the world’s most powerful decision-making authority – as death and despair rain down on Gaza. Al Jazeera has…

Elected members to work on new draft resolution amid growing frustration at council’s failure to act.The United Nations Security Council has again failed to take action on the Israel-Hamas conflict despite a deepening humanitarian crisis…

About The Dag Hammarskjöld Library at United Nations Headquarters in New York serves the UN Secretariat, delegates & permanent mission staff. We…

STORY: UN / DRC GENDER BASED VIOLENCE TRT: 1:09 SOURCE: UNIFEED RESTRICTIONS: NONE LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATSDATELINE: 25 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILESHOTLIST:18 SEPTEMBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY1. Wide shot, exterior, United…

Celebrating the Life of Boutros Boutros-Ghali Portrait of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali in his office, 1996. (UN Photo/Evan Schneider)The Dag Hammarskjöld Library joins the UN community in mourning the…

29 June, 2022 We know less about the ocean floor than we do about the surface of the moon and Mars. But by the end of the decade we may know the general outline of our undersea contours and crevasses, thanks to an…

About The Dag Hammarskjöld Library at United Nations Headquarters in New York serves the UN Secretariat, delegates & permanent mission staff. We…

How can governments get organised to reach the ambition embodied in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals? This event provided a focused discussion on how governments can tackle some of the governance challenges that are inherent to the…

Protecting Culture and Heritage in Armed Conflicts Top: Umayyad Mosque, Aleppo Syria/Bottom: Ablution fountains of the Umayyad Mosque, Aleppo,Syria (Photos:@UNESCO)As extremists continue to target cultural…

Foreign combatants with armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) often find it hard to return home once they decide to lay down their weapons and stop fighting. The UN Mission in DRC (MONUSCO) helps the young…

About The Dag Hammarskjöld Library at United Nations Headquarters in New York serves the UN Secretariat, delegates & permanent mission staff. We…

About The Dag Hammarskjöld Library at United Nations Headquarters in New York serves the UN Secretariat, delegates & permanent mission staff. We…

Nigerian Grammy-winning superstar Burna Boy gets a backstage tour of the United Nations from its highest-ranking woman and fellow Nigerian, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed. From his visit to her office on the top floor of…

On January 14, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific’s South and South-West Asia Office (ESCAP-SSWA) hosted their annual high-level Seminar in New Delhi entitled “Future of the World Economy and…

Vaccines save at least 4 to 5 million lives every year. This remarkable success story is the result of massive immunization campaigns that have swept round the world in recent decades. Smallpox, which killed hundreds of millions,…

About The Dag Hammarskjöld Library at United Nations Headquarters in New York serves the UN Secretariat, delegates & permanent mission staff. We…

330 Views 2 weeks ago In the small coastal Japanese city of Hakui, elementary students visit local shops to learn how the Sustainable…

291 Views 1 week ago In the small coastal Japanese city of Hakui, elementary students visit local shops to learn how the Sustainable…

In the coming months, the international community will gather three times and on three different continents, to build a sustainable development agenda for generations to come. In July we will meet in Addis Ababa to agree on a…

Helping Others : UN & Humanitarian Aid Coordinating Humanitarian Relief Operations The United Nations is relied upon by the international community to coordinate humanitarian relief operations due to natural and man-made…

<!--Try it--> <!-- --> On World Food Day, Humanitarian Leaders Urge UN to Address Hunger’s Alarming Rise Due to COVID Spokespeople Available to Provide Background on World Food…

132 Views 5 days ago Simon Gronowski is an 89-year-old lawyer, jazz pianist and author who escaped the Holocaust in Nazi Germany during the…

263 Views 2 days ago In the small coastal Japanese city of Hakui, elementary students visit local shops to learn how the Sustainable…

Publication Information Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs) (February 23, 2022) Repository Citation Street, Leslie A. and Burnett, Anne E., "Access,…

A Ukrainian refugee shares her journey escaping war in her homeland. Nataliia “Natasha” arrived in Lisbon, Portugal with her daughter at the end of a daunting journey, when she had to leave her husband behind. She tells her emotional…

This month, NOAA Administrator Dr. Rick Spinrad and I had the honor of participating in the Oceans of Knowledge 2021: Climate Change and the Ocean conference, which took place at the Institute of Physics in London, England.…

On 25 September 2015, the 193 countries of the United Nation’s General Assembly adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This comprehensive set of goals aims to “end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all”…