UN chief calls for immediate cease-fire and de-escalation in Ukraine; says Russia violates UN Charter

February 22, 2022

Climate, Covid-19 and famine issues raised at Munich Security Conference as world faces more violent threats

February 18, 2022

UPDATE: WHO calls for $23 billion to end pandemic in 2022; Africa on track to control Covid-19

February 11, 2022

WHO seeks $23 billion to end pandemic as a global emergency in 2022

February 9, 2022

Picasso’s Guernica tapestry returns to United Nations headquarters

February 5, 2022

UN launches 2022 humanitarian campaign for Afghanistan as it is “hanging by a threat” under Taliban authorities

January 26, 2022

UPDATE: UN chief names five priorities for 2022; calls for actions to keep trust in institutions

January 21, 2022

Covid-19, global economy are top issues at Davos Agenda 2022

January 17, 2022

UN warns global economic recovery is facing “significant headwinds”

January 13, 2022

Climate Failure and Social Crisis Top Global Risks 2022, World Economic Forum says

January 11, 2022

UPDATE: New Asia-Pacific free trade agreement enters into force, creates “center of gravity” for global trade

December 29, 2021

Journalists who won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize denounce tyranny, torture and deaths of colleagues

December 11, 2021

UN internet forum seeks accountability, equal access, end of disinformation and hate speech

December 6, 2021

UPDATE: WHO launches negotiations for legal, binding agreement to fight future pandemics

December 1, 2021

UN calls for resilient agri-food systems; warns 3-4 billion people cannot afford healthy diet

November 23, 2021

A Clean Ocean by 2030: UN Experts Panel Charts the Most Direct Course

November 17, 2021

UPDATE: Climate change summit adopts final document at closing, calls for phasing down coal

November 13, 2021

UN urges real progress at Glasgow summit; US and China to cooperate on climate action

November 11, 2021

Forty seven countries commit to develop climate-smart health care systems to counter climate change

November 8, 2021

Climate demonstrations go global, call for action and justice for all

November 5, 2021

UN issues new global roadmap to secure clean energy access for all by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050

November 3, 2021

Climate magnifies hunger in Madagascar, forecasted poor rains bring dread and despair

November 2, 2021

US and the European Union lead global pact at climate summit to cut methane emissions worldwide

November 2, 2021

UN blunt message to climate summit: “Either we stop it — or it stops us”

November 1, 2021

Methane Observatory Launched to Boost Action on Powerful Climate-Warming Gas

October 31, 2021

Climate summit faces major challenges to revert global warming

October 30, 2021

UN issues urgent appeal for help as Afghanistan faces world’s largest food crisis; current funding “a drop in the ocean”

October 25, 2021

Beijing Conference: sustainable transport infrastructure can reduce carbon emissions, develop economy

October 16, 2021

WHO resolves to vaccinate 70 percent of world population by mid-2022, close rich-poor pandemic gap

October 7, 2021

UN: Life-saving humanitarian aid to 7 million people in Ethiopia crippled by fighting, road blockades and cash shortage

October 6, 2021

Urgent action needed to prevent large armed conflict in Myanmar and beyond, UN says

September 30, 2021

UPDATE: US urges world powers to “go big” on vaccines, orders 500 million doses for developing countries; WHO says not enough

September 22, 2021

UPDATE: US pledges to work with UN and all countries; China calls for “new type” of international relationship

September 21, 2021

US President Biden pledges to work with UN and all countries, denies seeking a new Cold War

September 21, 2021

 Rich countries urged to donate $100 billion a year to fight climate change; UN warns of disaster if earth warms up to 1.5 degrees Celsius

September 20, 2021

UN chief not optimistic world situation can improve soon; warns terrorist groups may become more aggressive

September 19, 2021

UN begins annual meetings under pandemic restrictions; Biden to speak in-person with few other heads of state and government

September 14, 2021

UPDATE: Over $1.2 billion pledged to UN humanitarian program in Afghanistan

September 13, 2021

UN issues Our Common Agenda, an action-filled program to counter pandemics, climate change havocs

September 10, 2021

UN Security Council says Taliban have committed to let Afghans travel freely abroad; it condemns attacks that killed over 300 people

August 30, 2021

Afghanistan faces uncertain future while humanitarian needs are “enormous and growing,” WHO official says.

August 27, 2021

UN determined to assist Afghan people despite attacks, mounting threats of humanitarian catastrophe

August 26, 2021

UPDATE: Rise of Covid-19 cases keep annual United Nations meetings virtual and diplomats away

August 20, 2021

UN pledges not to abandon Afghan people, demands Taliban respect human rights

August 16, 2021

Governments urged to depoliticize Covid-19 issues and let scientists study Covid-19 virus’ origins

August 12, 2021

Planet earth faces certain hotter climate, UN climate panel warns

August 9, 2021

Majority of people think global economy will recover in two years, market survey says

August 5, 2021

Fifty small businesses hailed as “hidden heroes” in food systems while hunger spiked under the pandemic

July 27, 2021

Over 130 governments discuss ways to improve global food systems after pandemic caused food shortage and starvation

July 15, 2021

EU faces opposition as it unveils ambitious climate blueprint to reduce emissions 55 per cent by 2030

July 14, 2021