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News from the United Nations
- World News in Brief: Sudan refugees, aid for Syrian returnees, MERS alert in Saudi Arabia, Venezuela urged to end secret detentions May 14, 2025More than 40,000 Sudanese have fled to eastern Chad in the past month to escape intensifying violence in Darfur.
- In Berlin, broad backing for UN peacekeeping as global threats mount May 14, 2025More than 130 countries and international partners threw their weight behind UN peacekeeping at a high-level ministerial summit in Berlin on Wednesday, pledging military, tech and political support.
- US-Houthi ceasefire ‘a welcome opportunity’ to advance peace efforts in Yemen May 14, 2025The ceasefire between the United States and Houthi rebels in Yemen provides an opportunity to revitalize the peace process in the Middle Eastern country, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday.
- UN aid office denounces attacks on Gaza hospital May 14, 2025The UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, underlined the need to protect civilians and healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip in a renewed appeal on Wednesday.
- ‘Politically unacceptable, morally repugnant’: UN chief calls for global ban on 'killer robots' May 14, 2025UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for a global ban on lethal autonomous weapon systems – machines capable of taking human lives without human oversight – describing them as “politically unacceptable” and “morally repugnant.”
- Funding cuts in Afghanistan mean ‘lives lost and lives less lived’ May 14, 2025In a remote village clinic in the Bamyan Province in Afghanistan last week, a group of teenage girls were given potentially life-saving reproductive health advice, excited by the small kit of menstrual supplies they had been given.
- 8 million teens in world's wealthiest countries functionally illiterate: UNICEF May 14, 2025Children in many of the world’s wealthiest countries saw marked declines in their academic performance, mental wellbeing, and physical health as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report published by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday.
- A historic course correction: how the world’s shipping sector is setting sail for net zero May 14, 2025Long overlooked as a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, the shipping industry is now at the forefront of a unique display of international cooperation. The shift signals that even the world’s largest transport sector can be steered toward climate accountability.
- Gaza: 57 children reported dead from malnutrition, says WHO May 13, 2025In the aid desert of Gaza, malnourished children are dying while survivors can now expect a lifetime of dire health problems, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
- As funding cuts bite, UN chief announces new dawn for peacekeeping May 13, 2025The future of peacekeeping took centre stage on Tuesday in Berlin as UN chief António Guterres urged Member States to do more to support the global body’s 'blue helmets' and stave off the worst impacts of deep funding cuts.