"When war is waged, people go hungry," Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday during a debate on conflict and food security chaired by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Some 60 percent of the world's (...)
"When war is waged, people go hungry," Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday during a debate on conflict and food security chaired by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Some 60 percent of the world's (...)
A surge in violence fuelled by heavily armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, prompted the UN rights chief on Tuesday to express her deep concern over its severe impact on human rights across the Caribbean nation.
"Armed violence has reached (...)
Clashes in Haiti between rival gangs in the capital, Port-au-Prince, have forced hundreds of people to flee their homes, the UN Deputy Spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Speaking at the regular daily press briefing, Farhan Haq said that according to the (...)
For the last two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has focused global attention on the impact of vaccines in fighting the virus. During World Immunization Week, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been raising awareness of the crucial role (...)
Samuel (not his real name) grew up near the Haitian Capital of Port-au-Prince, and has seen his childhood home descend into lawlessness and gang violence. Now a staff member with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in the country, he faces the daily (...)
New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, best know for the 1619 Project, which frames slavery as one of the core elements of the history of the United States, addressed the UN General Assembly during a commemoration of the transatlantic slave (...)
The UN chief has called for $100 million each year in assessed contributions from Member States, to fund the world body's peacebuilding activities, describing such an investment as "a bargain" compared with the punitive costs of (...)
The United Nations on Tuesday remembered the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade and its continued impact on the modern world, by honoring the tradition of resistance to slavery and unity against racism, through personal stories of courage.
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Farmers in the north of Haiti are working to build their resilience to extreme weather patterns in an attempt to better protect themselves from the loss of property and crops that often result from natural disasters.
A large majority of the mainly (...)
Only a tiny proportion of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in developing countries, leading to a widening gap between rich and poor, says the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in a new study released this month.
In September 2021, the World (...)
An agronomist working for the World Food Program (WFP) in Haiti tells UN News that, like the people she helps today, she remembers what it's like to go hungry as a child.
As a child, Rose Senoviala Desir lived in the northern Haitian city of Cap (...)
While humanitarian assistance has been successful in averting a catastrophe, Haiti is experiencing a persistent rise in hunger levels, with many citizens suffering acutely, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
Alerting that 4.5 million (...)
To forge a sustainable future for us all, "women and girls must be front and center, leading the way", Secretary-General António Guterres told the opening session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on Monday.
He described the climate and (...)
The world's largest aircraft, the Antonov AN-225, has been destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, generating alarm and sadness among the aviation world in which it occupies almost cult status.
The (...)
Students in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince are getting used to being back in class after gang violence closed their school for three years.
The Lycée National de La Saline, which reopened in January, is located in one of the poorest, most (...)
Despite some signs of progress in ending the political, economic and humanitarian crisis that has worsened across Haiti since the assassination of its president last year, the situation there remains "fraught and highly polarized", the UN envoy to (...)
Haiti is once more at a 'crossroads', six months after a devastating earthquake hit the south-west of the country, according to the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed.
The Deputy Secretary-General was speaking at an international event (...)
This year's World Radio Day marked on Sunday, focuses on the pertinent theme of "Radio and Trust", at a time when misinformation and disinformation are spreading, and distorting the flow of life-saving facts in relation to public health, as well as (...)
Six months after a devastating earthquake in south-west Haiti which caused the deaths of 2,200 people and injured 12,700 more, the international community is coming together with the government of Haiti to raise up to $2 billion for the long-term (...)
A young Haitian man is rebuilding his life, with the support of the UN, after being held in detention for three years, from the age of 15, when he was wrongfully accused of stealing from a local shopkeeper. Many others, like him, spend a prolonged (...)
Food insecurity is soaring across 20 countries and regions - "hunger hotspots", where conflict, economic shocks, natural hazards, political instability, and limited humanitarian access, are putting millions of lives at risk, UN agencies highlighted (...)
More than eight million new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Americas last week, the highest weekly caseload since the start of the pandemic, the head of the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on (...)
UN Human Rights Chief, Michelle Bachelet, launched on Wednesday a $400.5 million funding appeal for 2022, urging States and private donors to support her "agenda of rights".
Presenting the Office's (OHCHR) Annual Appeal, the High Commissioner said (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced on Wednesday its approval for skier Fayik Abdi to represent the Kingdom in Alpine skiing races at the Winter Olympics.
Abdi will compete in giant slalom during Saudi Arabia's maiden (...)
