UN says basic services in Afghanistan are collapsing

Afghanistan is facing the collapse of basic services and food and other aid is starting to run out, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian ...

UN Security Council condemns Turkey leader Erdogan’s position on Cyprus

The UN Security Council on Friday condemned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s call for two states in Cyprus and a move to reopen a resort ...

UN chief warns famine is imminent in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region

The UN humanitarian chief warned Friday that famine is imminent in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region and the country’s north and there is a risk that ...

World Tourism Organization launches first-ever regional office in Riyadh

The United Nations’ World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has announced the launch of its first-ever regional office in the Middle East in Saudi Arabia’s ...

Regional UN humanitarian chief tours Gaza, presses both sides over ceasefire 

After touring rubble-strewn areas of Gaza hit by air strikes during fighting between Israel and Hamas, the top UN aid official in the region appealed ...

Palestinian UN Ambassador calls UNSC inaction on Mideast 'shameful'

Over 52,000 Palestinians displaced by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza: UN aid agency

More than 52,000 Palestinians have been displaced by Israeli airstrikes that have destroyed or badly damaged nearly 450 buildings in the Gaza Strip, ...

UN revises global economic forecast, predicts 5.4 pct growth in 2021

The United Nations on Tuesday responded to the rebounding Chinese and US economies by revising its global economic forecast upward to 5.4 percent ...

Myanmar poverty could double from coup chaos: UNDP report

Political turmoil and disruptions following the coup in Myanmar could undo years of progress and double the number of its people living in poverty to ...

Millions face hunger in Myanmar as crisis worsens: United Nations

Food insecurity is rising sharply in Myanmar in the wake of a military coup and deepening financial crisis, with millions more expected to go hungry ...

UN experts reject UK govt-commissioned review into racial inequality report

UN human rights experts on Monday rejected a review commissioned by Britain’s government into race inequality as an attempt to “normalize white ...

US must halve emissions to elicit global climate response: UN chief Guterres

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres wants the United States to commit this week to at least halving its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 ...

UN rights boss compares Myanmar chaos to Syrian conflict, urges halt to ‘slaughter’

The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday it fears that the military clampdown on protests in Myanmar since the Feb. 1 coup risks ...

UN rights chief warns UK draft law for troops may undermine human rights obligations

The UN rights chief warned London on Monday that a draft law aimed at preventing “vexatious” prosecutions of troops over war crimes allegations risked ...

Thirty-four migrants found dead off Djibouti, drowned after boat capsized: UN

Thirty-four migrants have died after their boat capsized off the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migrants said ...

Saudi Arabia’s Etidal, UN Counter-Terrorism center sign MoU to increase collaboration

Saudi Arabia’s Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology (Etidal) and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Center (UNCCT) signed a memorandum of ...

Myanmar people want UN sanctions, peacekeepers to stop killings: Official

The people of Myanmar have huge expectations from the United Nations and the international community following the Feb. 1 coup, with many calling for ...

UN sounds alarm on pandemic’s dire impact on South Asian children

The coronavirus pandemic may have indirectly contributed to around 228,000 additional child deaths in 2020, 11,000 maternal fatalities and 3.5 million ...

UAE calls on UN Security Council to ‘condemn’ armed groups obstructing aid delivery

The United Arab Emirates urges the United Nations Security Council to “unequivocally condemn the obstruction of the delivery of humanitarian aid by ...

UN envoy to visit Doha to push for Afghan peace: Sources

The United Nation’s envoy for Afghanistan is due to arrive in Qatar on Tuesday to meet with Afghan government and Taliban representatives this week in ...

UN Women says UAE’s latest legislations offer women more rights and protection

As the world marks International Women’s Day, UN Women, the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, has said ...

UN chief calls on Myanmar military to ‘stop the repression’, release detainees

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged Myanmar’s military, which seized power three weeks ago, to halt repression and ...

UK pushes at UN for rich states to share COVID-19 vaccine with poor

Britain has circulated a draft resolution to members of the UN Security Council calling on rich countries to donate doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to ...

Violence in Central African Republic displaces over 200,000: UN

More than 200,000 people have fled fighting in the Central African Republic since violence erupted over a December election result, the UN refugee ...

World Food Program chief highlights urgent need to support vulnerable supply chains

The head of the World Food Program said Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to strengthen vulnerable supply chains to ...

UN chief Antonio Guterres seeks a second five-year term

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council and the president of the 193-member General Assembly on Monday that he ...

UN Security Council condemns Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah in November

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) condemned the Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia on November 23.The Iran-backed Houthi militia launched a ...

UAE ranks 15 in UN’s Global Knowledge Index

The United Arab Emirates ranked 15 in the UN’s 2020 Global Knowledge Index, which measures education, research and development, and innovation in 138 ...

UN experts urge France to revise controversial proposed security law

A group of independent United Nations experts on Thursday urged France to revise its controversial proposed security law, branding it “incompatible” ...

United Nations and Ethiopia reach aid agreement for war-ravaged Tigray

Ethiopia and the United Nations reached an agreement on Wednesday to channel desperately needed humanitarian aid to a northern region where a month of ...