COP28 ends with call to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels; UN’s Guterres says phaseout...
Reacting to the adoption of the outcome document, UN chief António Guterres said that mention of the world’s leading contributor to climate change comes...
INTERVIEW: Actor Natalie Portman celebrates women and girls’ voices
In an interview with UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming on the sidelines of SDG Summit 2023 held at UN Headquarters in New York...
Report card 2: Half-way to the global goals deadline
Launched in 2015, the Agenda set out a 15-year plan to realize 17 interconnected targets, known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and change...
Report card 1: Half-way to the global goals deadline
Launched in 2015, the initiative set out a 15-year plan to realize 17 interconnected targets, known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Since then, the...
INTERVIEW: AI expert warns of ‘digital colonization’ in Africa
One of 38 people members of the new UN advisory body on machine learning, Mr. Ndiaye spoke with UN News about the landscape ahead, building...
Guterres urges G77 and China to drive momentum for global governance reform
More than 130 countries are members of the bloc – the largest grouping of the global South, representing 80 per cent of the planet’s...
Let youth lead, urges new advocacy campaign
As crises continue to unfold, there has been a lack of unity among world leaders in solving challenges for the “collective good”, the Youth...
Sudan catastrophe must not be allowed to continue: UN rights chief Türk
A year to the day since heavy fighting erupted between Sudan’s rival militaries, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned of a further...
WMO confirms 2023 as warmest year on record ‘by a huge margin’
The World Meteorological Organization uses six leading international datasets from across the globe to monitor global temperatures, which reveal a new annual temperature average...
World News in Brief: Emergency funds for Sudan refugees, democracy prevails in Guatemala, climate...
The funds will be used to build shelters, offer cash assistance, build water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, and support onward transportation for new arrivals...
Gaza crisis: Back two-State solution urges UN chief, ‘once and for all’
Speaking at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the UN chief condemned the “barbaric” Hamas-led attacks on 7 October in which approximately...
Biodiversity: What is it and how can we protect it?
What does 'biodiversity' mean and why is it important?In simple terms, biodiversity refers to all types of life on Earth. The UN Convention on...
Another malaria milestone as WHO declares Cabo Verde free of deadly disease
The certification is expected to drive progress on other health fronts in the country such as using the systems built for controlling malaria to...
World News in Brief: Response plan for Somalia launched, mass executions in Iraq, Ukraine...
Somalia was hit by multiple shocks last year, including devastating drought, unprecedented heavy rains and flooding and further mass displacement. Millions of people also...
Europe: 1.4 million lives saved thanks to COVID-19 vaccines
Delivering his first message of the new year, Dr. Hans Kluge stressed that without vaccines, the death toll on the continent “could have been...
First-ever UN report on migratory species reveals complex threats
Of most concern is the threat to migratory fish, with 97 per cent of the species on the brink of extinction. The two greatest...
Tobacco use declining despite industry interference: WHO
Trends in 2022 showed that roughly one in five adults worldwide uses tobacco, compared to one in three in the year 2000.While cigarette smoking...
Rising hunger: UN chief identifies wars, climate chaos as aggravating factors
“Climate chaos and food crises are serious and mounting threats to global peace and security. It is only right that they are addressed by...
World News in Brief: Warmest January on record, Sudan diplomacy push, catching childhood cancer...
Global precipitation reached a near record-high in January on the heels of a record wet December.
Large portions of North America, Asia and Australia were...
World News in Brief: Pandemic treaty in jeopardy, historic IOM appeal, ‘enormous obstacles’ facing...
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was addressing the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board when he said that “several outstanding issues” still needed to be resolved...
Zero waste, more hope in South Sudan
The team is working with local authorities and civil society to find fresh solutions to the young nation’s environmental challenges, one reused plastic bottle...
UNHCR: more than 7 million refugee children out of school
“With the displaced population rising every year, there is a significant and increasing proportion of the world’s children who are missing out on their...
Climate-affected Madagascar adapts to new reality: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
People living in Madagascar are learning to adapt to rapidly altering climatic conditions in what is said to be the fourth most climate change...
World News in Brief: Progress on transfats, Ukraine war update, General Assembly President in...
Denmark, Lithuania, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and Thailand have received the first-ever WHO certificates for demonstrating that they have a best practice policy for industrially...
