With countries emerging gradually from multiple and converging crises, there is an opportunity to minimize the long-run impacts of these crises on social development and build more resilient societies ...
The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2024 highlights a widespread but often ignored aspect of poverty: social and institutional mistreatment. This hidden violence, which includes ...
UN DESA to host series of public events on 17 October, focusing on solutions to end poverty ...
11 October 2024 — The UN Secretary-General on Friday condemned recent attacks against peacekeeping personnel and premises in southern Lebanon. Read the entire ...
12 October 2024 — Heads of United Nations entities and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) on Saturday renewed urgent calls for the immediate release of their staff arbitrarily ...
10 October 2024 — Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon early Thursday morning, according to UNIFIL, the mission operating along the Security Council-mandated “Blue ...
8 October 2024 — UN humanitarians in Lebanon on Tuesday described the massive challenge of trying to reach some 1.2 million people who have fled heavy Israeli bombardment and evacuation orders ...
7 October 2024 — The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers around the world, according to a new report coordinated by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
9 October 2024 — As turmoil roils the Middle East, senior UN officials provided humanitarian updates on the impact of continued fighting in Lebanon and Gaza, while many ambassadors in the ...
10 October 2024 — As the crisis in the Middle East grinds on, we covered the latest updates from the field and at UN Headquarters as Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked UN peacekeepers from the ...
Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, is UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP28 and is the President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Bogolo Kenewendo is Special Adviser for the UN ...
The world is facing multiple crises, from the lingering effects of COVID-19 to rising conflicts, natural disasters and the accelerating impacts of climate change. These challenges have been ...