Category: International

Business leaders join UN chief to step up action for su...

Business leaders joined UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday, to step up delivery of critical investment, for a ‘susta...

In highly uneven recovery, global investment flows rebo...

After a big drop last year caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, global foreign direct investment (FDI) reached an estimated $852 billi...

Yemen war reaches ‘shameful milestone’ - 10,000 childre...

Another “shameful milestone” has been reached in the conflict in Yemen with 10,000 children killed or maimed since fighting starte...

Over-compliance with US sanctions hurting Iran’s ‘butte...

Over-compliance with United States-imposed sanctions against Iran is harming the right to health, and people with a rare skin dise...

Build consensus or face ‘increasingly desperate reality...

Political stagnation is “fuelling tensions, instability and a deepening sense of hopelessness”, the top UN official working toward...

UNHCR responding to worst flooding in decades in South ...

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is supporting the Government of South Sudan in assisting people hit hard by the worst flooding there...

Myanmar: Three million in urgent need of life-saving as...

The UN Country Team in Myanmar remains “deeply concerned over the humanitarian impact” of the country’s ongoing crises stemming la...

UNESCO initiative to ‘unlock’ knowledge for biodiversit...

To understand the richness of biodiversity across World Heritage marine sites, the UN scientific organization launched on Monday a...

UNHCR chief urges better support for 13 million 'exhaus...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has urged greater international support for the more than 13 million Syrians wh...

Positive momentum in Central African Republic must be m...

The announcement last week of a unilateral ceasefire in the Central African Republic is among recent positive steps in the country...

UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ at reported air strikes on ...

The United Nations has received alarming reports of aerial attacks in the residential areas of Tigray’s capital, Mekelle, on Monda...

‘Sexism and misogyny’ heightened; women’s freedoms supr...

Gender-based violence, hate speech and disinformation are being used extensively online and offline, to chill or kill women’s free...

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