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UN Secretary-General António Guterres. (file)

Guterres renews call for Israel-Iran ceasefire

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday he remains “profoundly alarmed” by the ongoing military escalation between Israel and Iran, as the sides continued to trade airstrikes.

A coastal community in the Philippines. The UN estimates a global annual development financing gap of $4 trillion.

Ahead of UN summit, countries finalise landmark ‘Compromiso de Sevilla’

A midwife explains contraceptive options to women at a camp for displaced people in Chad.

Make midwives universally accessible and save millions of lives, WHO urges

UN staff and medical workers evacuating patients from a hospital in northern Gaza in late May 2025.

UN rights office ‘horrified’ by deadly violence at Gaza food distribution sites

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Human Rights Council hears alarming updates on executions in Iran and global civic space crackdown

Iran-Israel crisis: UN rights office appeals for urgent de-escalation

‘Smart grid’ helps accelerate energy transition in Indonesia

Power of football inspires team effort towards development goals

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Over 12 million people are at risk of sexual violence in Sudan.

Sudan: ‘I survived rape, but I do not know how to survive life after it’

Eric Rosenthal, Founder and Executive Director of Disability Rights International

The vulnerable and forgotten: trafficked persons with disabilities

An estimated 18 to 20 per cent of global plastic waste ends up in the ocean.

Global push to end plastic pollution gains ground in Nice

The issue of missing persons in Syria is one of the most prominent humanitarian challenges resulting from years of conflict.

Decades of memories and loss – searching for the missing in Syria

Three Takeaways from the UN Oceans Conference in Nice

Cabo Verde’s Blue Economy: Development through Sustainability

Musical legends Ravi Shankar & Yehudi Menuhin at the United Nations in 1967

Killer Robots: Can We Stop Autonomous Weapons?

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A boy swims in the ocean in the Maldives. Nearly the entire island nation lies less than one meter above sea level, making it highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

From Himalayan melt to drowning shores, children lead the climate fight

Climate and Environment From the high Himalayas down to sea level, climate change is no longer a distant threat for children in Nepal and the Maldives – it is a daily struggle: landslides tear through mountain villages washing away homes and farms, while rising seas surge over island shorelines, threatening to swallow entire communities.

‘No Ocean Declaration without small islands’: Delegates push for inclusion as UN summit nears end

Over 50 per cent of marine species face the threat of extinction by 2100.

The world’s oceans are dying. Can a UN summit in Nice turn the tide?

A drone flies over Mount Tamalpais in the USA.

As AI evolves, pressure mounts to regulate ‘killer robots’

A boy and two girls playing music inside a tent in Gaza.

Songs of hope rise from Gaza’s ruins

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People living in areas recently liberated by Ukrainian forces receive aid.

Ukraine: Keeping the lights on during the darkest times

The 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia has had an indelible effect on the civilian population, displacing millions, straining the economy and inflicting physical and mental trauma. During these dark years, the UN has stayed alongside the Ukrainian people, providing aid, necessities and healthcare, and restoring energy supplies.

UN peacekeeping’s long history of support to DR Congo

UN peacekeepers patrol the eastern DR Congo.

‘Massive response’ needed following Gaza conflict’s ‘horrific toll’ on children

Hot meals are distributed to children in Khan Younis, Gaza.

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Food assistance is delivered to displaced people in Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

UN relief chief calls for solidarity, with humanitarians ‘literally under attack’

Humanitarian Aid With the humanitarian sector “under-funded, overstretched, and literally under attack” as crises continue in Gaza, Sudan and beyond, international support is needed more than ever, the UN’s top aid official said on Wednesday in Geneva.

In 2024, civilian deaths in conflict surged by 40 per cent.

Civilian deaths in conflict are surging, warns UN human rights office

Human Rights Civilian deaths in conflict surged by 40 per cent last year, according to new data released by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) with already marginalised groups facing disproportionate levels of discrimination.

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