New York, 12 July 2025 – The United Nations Development Program (UNDP), speaking on behalf of five other UN agencies that are deeply committed to ...

Note: This press release relates to the massive returns from Iran to Afghanistan where over 22 million people are already in need of humanitarian assistance. ...

Note: The below press release from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) highlights that halfway through 2025, funding cuts mean that just 6 billion US Dollars ...

New York, 26 June 2025 – The United Nations was established 80 years ago when countries that participated in the months-long San Francisco Conference adopted ...

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 ...