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UN chief urges European Parliament to support COVID vac...

The European Union (EU) must use its leverage to ensure people everywhere have access to COVID-19 vaccines, UN Secretary-General A...

91 countries now offer COVID-19 vaccinations to refugee...

UN refugee agency UNHCR, on Thursday welcomed the growing number of countries that have offered COVID-19 vaccines to refugees befo...

UN officials appeal for extension of lifesaving cross-b...

Humanitarian convoys from Turkey that bring lifesaving aid into northwest Syria must continue, UN Secretary-General António Guterr...

Madagascar’s hungry ‘holding on for dear life’, WFP chi...

Thousands of families in southern Madagascar are on the edge of starvation, and “holding on for dear life”, the UN food agency chi...

Central African Republic entrenched in ‘unprecedented h...

Defense forces, soldiers from nearby countries and other security personnel have been fighting an “asymmetric war” against armed g...

UN General Assembly calls for US to end Cuba embargo fo...

A total of 184 countries on Wednesday voted in favour of a resolution to demand the end of the US economic blockade on Cuba, for t...

Secretary-General underlines UN commitment to Libya

Full implementation of a historic ceasefire agreement and the withdrawal of foreign forces are critical for consolidating peace in...

Small businesses unprepared for pandemic-sized climate ...

  Small businesses which make up more than half of the global workforce were 2.5 times more likely to go under than larger firms i...

Link between education and well-being never clearer, UN...

With school closures triggered by COVID-19 disrupting both education and access to nutritious meals, two UN agencies on Tuesday la...

Great Barrier Reef in danger, UN World Heritage Committ...

A United Nations body is recommending that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef be included on a list of world heritage in danger, accor...

Famine knocking at the door of 41 million worldwide, WF...

Famine is already present in four countries but millions more people are at risk, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday...

Slow progress, stubborn cycles of violence, as South Su...

South Sudan, the UN’s youngest Member State, is marking its tenth anniversary of independence amid languishing political progress ...

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