News from the United Nations

• Accountability for missing persons is ‘crucial’: UN human rights chief April 2, 2025
  2024 saw the highest increase in missing persons in at least two decades, with 56,559 new cases recorded, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
• ‘Attacks on aid workers must end,’ Security Council told April 2, 2025
  Two senior UN officials appealed in the Security Council on Wednesday for an end to attacks against humanitarians and personnel working for the global organization. 
• Myanmar quake: UN calls for urgent protection for vulnerable women and girls April 2, 2025
  Friday’s devastating earthquakes in Myanmar not only caused mass casualties and widespread destruction, they also deepened long-standing gender inequalities – leaving millions of women and girls at heightened risk, UN aid agencies warned on Wednesday.
• Sudan: Sexual violence used as weapon of terror against women and girls April 2, 2025
  Amid alarming reports of sexual violence being used as a weapon of terror across Sudan, UN reproductive health agency, UNFPA, is warning that over 12 million women and girls – and increasingly men and boys – are estimated to be at risk.
• World is ‘failing’ people with disabilities: UN deputy chief April 2, 2025
  The “world is failing” people living with disabilities, UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed has told a major summit which aims to galvanize global efforts to ensure they are fully integrated into all parts of society.
• UN condemns killing of 1,000 people in Gaza since ceasefire collapse April 2, 2025
  UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed grave concern on Wednesday over the human toll resulting from the intensified hostilities in Gaza.  
• Myanmar earthquake latest: Entire communities flattened, aid teams say April 1, 2025
  As the death toll continues to rise in Myanmar after last Friday's earthquake tragedy, UN humanitarians have been rushing to support severely deprived and traumatized victims, warning that the window for lifesaving response is closing.
• Gaza aid worker killings: One humanitarian still missing in mass grave April 1, 2025
  UN humanitarians and partners on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the killing of 15 colleagues on duty in southern Gaza by Israeli forces whose remains were recovered on Sunday from a shallow grave after a week-long rescue operation, noting that one worker is still missing.
• UN-backed forum seeks to boost resilience of world’s Least Developed Countries April 1, 2025
  Policymakers, researchers, the private sector and other stakeholders are meeting in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, over the next three days to chart a path toward sustainable development and resilience for the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs). 
• Guterres calls for greater equality and inclusion as world marks Autism Awareness Day April 1, 2025
  Although people with autism are making enormous contributions to societies across the globe, they still face significant challenges.