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Shaping a better world at Expo 2025 in Japan
How can we build a fairer, more peaceful world while safeguarding the planet? That’s the powerful question at the heart of the United Nations Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.
Read More 13 June 2025 | 6:00 pmNumber of aid workers killed in Gaza conflict, highest in UN history: Guterres
The United Nations paid tribute on Thursday to the 168 staff members who lost their lives in 2024. They include 126 personnel killed in Gaza, all but one of whom served with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA.
Read More 5 June 2025 | 6:00 pmUnited States, Ukraine among new members elected to UN Economic and Social Council
The General Assembly on Wednesday elected a new slate of members to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the principal body responsible for coordinating the Organization’s work on sustainable development and economic issues.
Read More 4 June 2025 | 6:00 pmFive countries elected to serve on UN Security Council
Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia were elected on Tuesday to serve as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council, with two-year terms beginning in January 2026.
Read More 3 June 2025 | 6:00 pmUN calls for ‘immediate and unconditional’ release of aid workers arbitrarily detained in Yemen
As June marks one year since the arbitrary detention of dozens of personnel from the UN, NGOs, civil society organizations and diplomatic missions by the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen, the UN Secretary-General has reiterated his call for their release, urging they be freed “immediately and unconditionally.”
Read More 2 June 2025 | 6:00 pmGermany’s Annalena Baerbock elected President of the 80th General Assembly
Former German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock was elected President of the General Assembly’s 80th session on Monday. Her appointment comes as the regional group that includes Western Europe takes its turn at the helm of the world body.
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UN’s lifesaving programmes under threat as budget crisis hits hard
The UN is facing a deepening budget crisis that threatens lifesaving operations worldwide. From refugee aid in Mozambique to maternal health services in Afghanistan, critical programmes are on the brink of collapse unless urgent funding is secured.
Read More 30 May 2025 | 6:00 pm‘We are the present’: Tajik climate activist urges leaders to include youth voices in dialogue
A young activist from Tajikistan is speaking up to show that her generation can be part of the solution to combat climate change.
Read More 29 May 2025 | 6:00 pmUN honours peacekeepers’ service and sacrifice
The United Nations honoured staff serving at its field missions through several events to mark the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on Thursday.
Read More 29 May 2025 | 6:00 pmUN awards 2025 Mandela Prize to Brenda Reynolds and Kennedy Odede
An Indigenous social worker from Canada and a social entrepreneur from Kenya are the laureates of the 2025 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize, the United Nations announced on Wednesday.
Read More 28 May 2025 | 6:00 pm‘We are women like you’: UN honours peacekeepers for work in gender empowerment
In early summer 2024, Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme of Ghana ventured into sector North of Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan where she was deployed as a military gender advocate with the UN Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA).
Read More 28 May 2025 | 6:00 pmUN faces deepening financial crisis, urges members to pay up
The United Nations is facing a worsening cash crisis that threatens its ability to carry out vital work, Member States warned this week, as the General Assembly’s Fifth Committee met to discuss the world body’s financial health.
Read More 19 May 2025 | 6:00 pmIn Baghdad, Guterres affirms UN will never forget staff killed in Canal Hotel attack
The United Nations will never forget the staff members killed nearly 23 years ago in the attack on its headquarters in Iraq, the Secretary-General said in the capital on Sunday.
Read More 18 May 2025 | 6:00 pmUN needed ‘more than ever before’ says Germany’s candidate to head General Assembly
The former Foreign Minister of Germany outlined her vision for the role of UN General Assembly President, pledging to make the world body more effective, inclusive and focused on results.
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