Note: While the UN is affected by funding cuts that have drastically reduced humanitarian activities worldwide, the United Nations Staff 1% for Development Fund has ...

New York, 22 June 2025 – The United Nations Security Council held an emergency session at which UN leaders and council members called for intensifying ...

Note: Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, women and girls in the country have suffered a deliberate and unprecedented assault on their ...

Note: A new report by the International Labour Organization and the UN Children’s Fund, based on the latest global and regional estimates on child labour, ...

Note: A new report from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) finds that 2024 marked a grim new record: the highest number of state-based armed ...

Note: Official representatives from 120 countries, including 50 heads of state and government, and organizations attended the opening of the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, ...

Chief Economists Warn Global Growth Under Strain from Trade Policy Shocks and AI DisruptionA majority of surveyed economists see current US economic policy as having ...

WHO: Agreement’s adoption follows three years of intensive negotiation launched due to gaps and inequities identified in national and global COVID-19 response. Agreement boosts global collaboration ...

Note: Official representatives from more than 130 countries and international organizations attended a ministerial conference on UN peacekeeping in Berlin (13-14 May) and pledged military, ...

Geneva/New York, April 24, 2025 – An estimated 60 percent of the world population are now feeling economically insecure in the face of global transformations ...

Note: The below press release profiles new research by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), and partners through the ProLAC initiative from across ...

Geneva/New York, April 21, 2025 – The United Nations praised Pope Francis, who passed away aged 88, as a strong defender of peace and human ...