Avatar photo

United Nations News

United Nations News - Stories created by the News services of the United Nations.

Website
Let youth lead, urges new advocacy campaign
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@kommumikation?utm_source=instant-images&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mika Baumeister</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a>

Human Rights

Let youth lead, urges new advocacy campaign

As crises continue to unfold, there has been a lack of unity among world leaders in solving challenges for the “collective good”, the Youth Office said in a letter kickstarting...

16 April 2024 · 3 min read

‘Currently unsafe to return’ to Belarus, Human Rights Council hears
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@kommumikation?utm_source=instant-images&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mika Baumeister</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a>

Human Rights

‘Currently unsafe to return’ to Belarus, Human Rights Council hears

Focusing on developments in 2023, the report builds on previous findings in the aftermath of large public protests which erupted in 2020 following a disputed presidential poll. Despite a lack of...

15 April 2024 · 3 min read

Gaza: Aid worker killings prompt temporary halt to UN operations after dark
UN News/Ziad Taleb - Night scenes of displaced persons’ tents in the Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, west of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

United Nations

Gaza: Aid worker killings prompt temporary halt to UN operations after dark

UN humanitarians in Gaza have suspended operations at night for at least 48 hours in response to the killing of seven aid workers from the NGO.

14 April 2024 · 5 min read

First Person: ‘I no longer amount to anything’ – Voices of the displaced in Haiti
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@kommumikation?utm_source=instant-images&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mika Baumeister</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a>

Human Rights

First Person: ‘I no longer amount to anything’ – Voices of the displaced in Haiti

He and others spoke to Eline Joseph, who works for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Port-au-Prince with a team which provides psychosocial support to people who have fled...

14 April 2024 · 4 min read

UN leaders galvanize action for reparations for people of African descent
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@kommumikation?utm_source=instant-images&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mika Baumeister</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a>

Human Rights

UN leaders galvanize action for reparations for people of African descent

Experts and UN leaders exchanged views about the best ways forward, centred on this year’s theme, A Decade of Recognition, Justice, and Development: Implementation of the International Decade for People...

13 April 2024 · 3 min read

Gaza: Resuming night-time aid deliveries, UN reports ‘dire’ conditions
UN News/Ziad Taleb - Children fill containers with drinking water in the Al-Shaboura neighbourhood in Rafah in southern Gaza.

United Nations

Gaza: Resuming night-time aid deliveries, UN reports ‘dire’ conditions

UN officials launched assessment visits to Gaza and its agencies will resume night-time aid deliveries on Thursday after a 48-hour pause.

12 April 2024 · 4 min read

Armed groups continue terror campaign across Burkina Faso
Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@kommumikation?utm_source=instant-images&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mika Baumeister</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unsplash</a>

Human Rights

Armed groups continue terror campaign across Burkina Faso

High Commissioner Volker Türk said, from the capital Ouagadougou, that his local office had been “engaging intensely with the authorities, civil society actors, human rights defenders, UN partners and others...

12 April 2024 · 2 min read