News from the United Nations

• In the face of ‘unprecedented pressure’, EU calls for primacy of international law and partnership March 11, 2025
  The European Union remains committed to upholding international law and defending the United Nations Charter amid growing security threats, the bloc’s top diplomat told the Security Council on Tuesday.
• Bangladesh: Rohingya children’s acute hunger surges amid funding cuts March 11, 2025
  In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements, child malnutrition has surged and cuts to aid funding risk creating a humanitarian “catastrophe”, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.
• ‘Furious kickback against equality’ must end, UN chief tells women activists, as conference adopts landmark declaration March 11, 2025
  At a time of growing backlash against women’s rights, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a stark call to action on Tuesday to civil society representatives gathered for a town hall meeting – part of the ongoing Commission on the Status of Women.
• ‘Haiti’s survival is at stake,’ says UN expert, warning of worsening crisis March 11, 2025
  Haiti is in freefall. Gangs are tightening their grip on the capital, violence is spreading, and “suffering permeates all social strata” in a nation teetering on the brink, according to the UN human rights office’s designated expert on the country, William O’Neill. 
• ‘What’s next?’ Women-led movements fear for the future March 11, 2025
  Women rights advocates gathered at UN Headquarters for the world’s biggest meeting on gender equality have been sharing their concerns about the growing backlash against feminism, and how major funding cuts from donor countries could threaten programmes aimed at improving the lives of women and girls.
• World News in Brief: Syria families executed, Duterte arrested on ICC warrant, Sudan’s healthcare collapse March 11, 2025
  Days of violence against Syria’s mainly ethnic Alawite communities have included the summary execution of entire families, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, confirmed on Tuesday. 
• WHO injects fresh support into DR Congo vaccination drive March 11, 2025
  The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has stepped up efforts to improve vaccination coverage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by providing vital logistical support, including boats and motorcycles to reach remote communities along the Congo River.
• Syria: Children among the dead amid reports of mass killings and looting March 10, 2025
  Children are feared to be among more than 1,000 people reportedly killed in fierce fighting over the weekend in Syria’s coastal northwest, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said.
• World’s largest conference on women calls for equality amid gender backlash March 10, 2025
  Gender equality is a critical goal at a time when the demand for rights faces a global backlash, top UN officials told thousands of diplomats, business and civil society delegates gathered at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday for the world’s largest annual conference focused on women’s issues.
• Gaza power cut impacts safe water access for hundreds of thousands March 10, 2025
  Severe water shortages in Gaza have reached critical levels, with only one in 10 people currently able to access safe drinking water, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday.