News headlines
UN food agency halts operations in Gaza after team attacked
- UN News
The World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Wednesday a pause in the movement of its employees in Gaza until further notice following an attack on a team returning from an aid delivery mission on Tuesday evening, just metres from an Israeli-controlled checkpoint.
‘Lessons of the past forgotten’ as nuclear proliferation continues
- UN News
More than 2,000 nuclear tests have been conducted at over 60 sites around the world since testing began on 16 July 1945, resulting in uninhabitable lands and long-term health problems, Secretary General António Guterres said in his message marking Friday’s International Day to end testing once and for all.
Security Council: A sustainable future for Syria depends on ending the war
- UN News
Senior UN officials warned the Security Council on Wednesday that the world cannot afford to lose focus on Syria, as the humanitarian and political crisis continues to wreak havoc on the country more than a decade after civil war erupted.
Nigeria becomes first in Africa to receive mpox vaccines: WHO
- UN News
Nigeria received 10,000 doses of mpox vaccines on Tuesday, becoming the first African country to obtain vaccines aimed at combating the spread of the new strain of mpox virus.
In Timor-Leste, Guterres celebrates past unity and looks to the future
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres received a warm welcome in the capital of Timor-Leste on Wednesday where he hailed the 25th anniversary of its vote for independence, praising the national unity of the past, and pledging the UN’s unwavering support in the future.
West Bank strikes: UN rights office condemns Israeli military escalation
- UN News
Amid further raids, airstrikes and settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, warned that the Israeli military’s actions risked further enflaming an “already explosive situation”.
Recovering Bangladesh’s Stolen Wealth
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON DC, Aug 27 (IPS) - Bangladesh bleeds as over US$3 billion drains from Bangladesh annually through offshore accounts. According to a recent report, close to US$150 was siphoned off the country during 15 years of kleptocratic Hasina regime's mis-rule. Nearly US$50 billion went out of the country in the first six years (2009-2015) of the Hasina regime.
Nicaragua, China, India among 55 Nations Restricting Freedom of Movement
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (IPS) - At least 55 governments in the past decade have restricted the freedom of movement for people they deem as threats, including journalists, according to a Freedom House report published last Thursday.
UN Secretary General Warns of 'Brutal' Impacts of Climate Change for Pacific Islands
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 27 (IPS) - UN General Secretary General António Guterres warned of the wide-ranging impacts of climate change on a visit to the Pacific islands of Samoa and Tonga.
Biodiversity: Roll Up the Sleeves and Do Something, says Astrid Schomaker, New UNCBD Head
- Inter Press Service
MONTREAL & HYDERABAD, Aug 27 (IPS) - "We are living in a time where nature is regularly raising its hand and saying, 'Look, I'm here and I'm in trouble,' and then bringing us all sorts of natural disasters to the table," says Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD), in an exclusive interview with IPS.
Powered by
