News from the United Nations
- Five countries elected to serve on UN Security Council June 3, 2025Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia were elected on Tuesday to serve as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council, with two-year terms beginning in January 2026.
- Gaza: UN rights chief condemns new killings around private aid hub June 3, 2025UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans were killed early Tuesday “trying to access paltry amounts of food” around a private aid hub in the south of the enclave run by the US and Israel.
- Sudan: Rise in people fleeing to Chad as violence surges June 3, 2025The number of Sudanese refugees in Chad has more than tripled in just over two years amid the ongoing war in their homeland, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said in an alert on Tuesday.
- As displacement surges in South Sudan, regional humanitarian crisis deepens June 3, 2025Since a sharp escalation in fighting in South Sudan in late February, 165,000 people have fled their homes, seeking safety either within the country or across borders, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.
- Five humanitarians killed in ‘horrendous’ attack on aid convoy in Sudan June 3, 2025An aid convoy carrying life-saving assistance for the famine-affected area of North Darfur, Sudan, was attacked on Monday night, killing five humanitarian workers, injuring many more and damaging critical humanitarian supplies.
- World News in Brief: Aid for Syria, children under attack in Mozambique, rights-based climate action June 3, 2025Nearly 16 million people in Syria need urgent humanitarian health support, the UN warned on Tuesday, as aid deliveries continue amid escalating needs, deadly explosive hazards and a severe funding shortfall.
- Haiti: WFP concerned over humanitarian situation as hurricane season begins June 3, 2025As the hurricane season gets underway in the Caribbean, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is sounding the alarm over Haiti’s humanitarian situation.
- Frontline Ukrainian families face perilous task of farming mined fields June 2, 2025As Ukrainian and Russian delegations meet for a second round of preliminary peace talks in Turkïye on Monday, rural communities faced their own challenge: finding something to eat.
- Gaza: Guterres urges probe into killings at food distribution sites June 2, 2025The UN Secretary-General has condemned the reported killing and injury of Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza on Sunday, calling for an investigation into the matter.
- Germany’s Annalena Baerbock elected President of the 80th General Assembly June 2, 2025Former German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock was elected President of the General Assembly’s 80th session on Monday. Her appointment comes as the regional group that includes Western Europe takes its turn at the helm of the world body.