UN health agency spotlights stalled effort to close health divide across...
In the first-ever report of its kind, The Health Equity Status Report, authors share that in many of the 53 countries in the WHO European Region,...
UN chief welcomes prisoner exchange between the Russia and Ukraine
Schoolchildren are bearing long-lasting mental and physical scars of eastern Ukraine’s conflict, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, as...
UN health experts warn ‘dramatic resurgence’ of measles continues to threaten...
“If high immunization coverage is not achieved and sustained in every community, both children and adults will suffer unnecessarily and some will tragically die,”...
Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders ready for talks with UN chief...
The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has been extended for 6 months, as a result of a Security Council Resolution unanimously adopted...
‘€1 million’ fines for rescue boats prompts UN concern for future...
Speaking in Geneva, UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) spokesperson Charlie Yaxley explained that the legislative move came at a time when other European countries had...
Politicization of migrant ‘crisis’ in Hungary making them scapegoats, independent UN...
“Migrants are portrayed as dangerous enemies in both official and public discourses in this country,” said Felipe González Morales, the Special Rapporteur on the...
Human cost of Ukraine conflict is growing, Security Council told
DiCarlo’s briefing to the Council was delivered just days before Ukrainians vote in parliamentary elections on July 21. The Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding...
FROM THE FIELD: facing up to the extreme mental health pressures...
During much of his 30-year career as a humanitarian with the UN, Fabrizio Hochschild, today a senior UN official reporting directly to the Secretary-General, struggled with...
Macron leads EU-wide minimum wage call as Merkel, Medvedev warn of...
In a 45-minute speech at the International Labour Organization’s Centenary conference in Geneva, Mr. Macron insisted that the accumulation of wealth in the hands of the...
Tragedy of Mediterranean deaths continues, as seven drown, 57 rescued: UN...
IOM Greece reported that the deaths bring the total this year to 41, on the so-called Eastern Mediterranean route linking Africa and the Middle...
Children in crisis-torn eastern Ukraine ‘too terrified to learn’ amid spike...
Since the start of eastern Ukraine’s five-year conflict, more than 750 educational facilities on both sides have been damaged or destroyed, UNICEF said, explaining...
Promoting ‘a healthy sustainable future’, the UN health agency engages young...
In the lead up to Monday’s 72nd annual World Health Assembly (WHA), the World Health Organization (WHO) gathered people of all ages and abilities...
Chernobyl nuclear disaster-affected areas spring to life, 33 years on
Sixty per cent of Homiel’s produce - comprising meat, dairy products and handicraft – are exported to neighboring regions and countries while the region...
UNESCO experts ready to assist reconstruction of iconic Notre Dame, following...
That’s what UNESCO World Heritage Centre Director Mechtild Rössler told UN News after visiting the site on Tuesday.
“Horrified by the pictures coming from Paris...
Peacekeeping: A ‘great opportunity’ to develop professionally and personally
Lieutenant Colonel Jorge Frias Barrera speaks from experience. He is on his second tour of duty to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus...