News headlines in 2022

  1. ‘Tireless’ in pursuit of peace: Guterres pays tribute to former Pope Benedict

    - UN News

    The UN chief paid tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict on Saturday, who has died, aged 95, after standing down as head of the Catholic Church nearly a decade ago, due to ill health.

  2. Arab region registers world’s highest unemployment rate, UN survey finds

    - UN News

    According to the latest UN survey, released on Friday, the Arab region registered a 12 per cent unemployment rate in 2022, the highest in the world.

  3. Ethiopia: Nationwide measles vaccination campaign integrates other live-saving interventions

    - UN News

    UN agencies, the Ethiopian authorities and partners kicked off on Friday, a nationwide integrated measles vaccination campaign targeting more than 15 million children.

  4. UN rights chief on Myanmar refugees and a future of ‘kindness, empathy and unity’

    - UN News

    Days after the latest sea rescue of Rohingya refugees by Indonesian fishing crews, UN human rights chief Volker Türk appealed on Friday for greater regional protections.

  5. 2022 Year In Review: Celebrating women fighting for their rights

    - UN News

    In the last of our Year In Review features, we honour the work of activists helping to protect women’s rights, which once again, came under attack in many countries throughout 2022.

  6. UNESCO ‘deeply saddened’ over death of football legend, Pelé

    - UN News

    Pelé, the Brazilian football legend, who many regard as the greatest player of all time, has died in hospital in Sao Paulo at the age of 82. He had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer since last year.

  7. UN and top aid officials slam Afghan rulers’ NGO ban for women

    - UN News

    Top UN agency officials and civil society organization heads joined forces on Thursday to urge Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to reverse their ban on women working for NGOs that provide aid relief.

  8. 2022 Year In Review: As conflicts rage, international dialogue remains ‘the only hope’ for peace

    - UN News

    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine creating global upheaval, and war, conflict, and unrest blighting all parts of the world in 2022. The UN stressed the importance of international dialogue, and announced plans for a new peace agenda.

  9. Peace needed now, ‘more than ever’: Guterres

    - UN News

    After a year of brutal warfare from Afghanistan to Ukraine, forcing record numbers to flee their homes, the world needs peace in 2023 “more than ever”, said the UN Secretary-General, in his New Year message.

  10. South Sudan: UN and partners make plea for urgent intervention to end ‘escalating violence’

    - UN News

    The UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) together with international partners, have called for the immediate end to mounting violence in the Greater Pibor area by armed youth from Jonglei state. News reports say at least 57 have died since early on Sunday, with more than a dozen injured.

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