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News from the United Nations
- ‘Syria simply cannot withstand another wave of instability,’ Security Council hears June 17, 2025A senior UN official has warned against the impact of regional escalation on Syria as the country continues on the path to political transition following the overthrow of the Assad regime last December and nearly 14 years of devastating civil war.
- More Gazans killed trying to get food, healthcare near to ‘full disaster’ June 17, 2025Gaza’s health system is at breaking point, overwhelmed time and again by scores of people killed or injured near aid distribution sites, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
- Afghan women face near total social, economic and political exclusion June 17, 2025In the past decade, the UN has bemoaned the chronically low level of participation by Afghan women and girls in decision-making bodies and in secondary and higher education.
- UN condemns deadly Russian strikes on Ukrainian capital as civilian toll mounts June 17, 2025At least 14 civilians were reportedly killed and more than 100 injured in Kyiv overnight into Tuesday, as Russian drone and missile strikes struck multiple Ukrainian cities in one of the heaviest nights of bombing in months.
- Brutal cuts mean brutal choices warns UN relief chief, launching ‘survival appeal’ June 16, 2025Facing the most severe funding shortfall in the history of humanitarian aid, UN relief chief Tom Fletcher on Monday announced a “hyper-prioritised” appeal for $29 billion to meet urgent global needs.
- Without urgent funding, global hunger hotspots are set to grow, UN warns June 16, 2025Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people have fled to neighbouring South Sudan, seeking refuge from escalating violence that has displaced 12.4 million people and plunged over half the Sudanese population into food insecurity.
- UNHCR forced to make deep cuts, despite rising needs worldwide June 16, 2025The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced on Monday that it is cutting global staffing costs by around 30 per cent, following a comprehensive review of its activities, spending, staffing and structure, prompted by major funding shortfalls.
- Guterres to launch life-saving campaign strengthening mine action worldwide June 16, 2025The UN Secretary-General is set to launch a global campaign to boost support for disarmament and mine action.
- DR Congo: Human rights violations could amount to war crimes, UN experts say June 16, 2025In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwandan-backed rebels, Congolese troops, and allied militias have all committed human rights abuses, some possibly amounting to war crimes, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in Geneva on Monday.
- From Himalayan melt to drowning shores, children lead the climate fight June 16, 2025From the high Himalayas down to sea level, climate change is no longer a distant threat for children in Nepal and the Maldives – it is a daily struggle: landslides tear through mountain villages washing away homes and farms, while rising seas surge over island shorelines, threatening to swallow entire communities.