UN News

• Sunshine, sea, and sustainable tourism: Indonesian women entrepreneurs adapt to a changing world

  7-1-2023 Flash News UN News 197

  Sustainable tourism is proving to be a viable career option for women in the picturesque North Sulawesi region of Indonesia, where they are making...

• New US border measures ‘not in line with international standards’, warns UNHCR 

  7-1-2023 Flash News UN News 223

  Plans by the Biden administration to expand restrictions on people seeking refuge in the United States are “not in line with refugee law...

• Belarus: Trial of Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski ‘politically motivated’

  6-1-2023 Flash News UN News 138

  The trial of Belarusian rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski is “simply politically motivated” and he should be released,...

• Flexible work arrangements, a benefit to all – ILO report

  6-1-2023 Flash News UN News 186

  Flexible working hours can advance economies and businesses while helping employees and families achieve a better work-life balance, according to a...

• UN working to reduce tensions following Israel minister’s holy site visit

  6-1-2023 Flash News UN News 175

  The United Nations remains ready to support efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East exacerbated this week by the visit of Israel’s new...

• Syria: Chemical weapons pose unacceptable threat, and are a ‘danger to us all’ 

  5-1-2023 Flash News UN News 170

  Any use of chemical weapons anywhere is simply “unacceptable”, the deputy head of the UN Disarmament Affairs office (UNODA) told the Security...

• Europe: Warm start to 2023 breaks records and skiers’ hearts, says WMO

  5-1-2023 Flash News UN News 172

  The unusually warm conditions in Europe that marked the festive season broke records – and likely skiers’ hearts - in several countries on the...

• Ukraine: FAO and EU in $15.5 million bid to avert food crisis threat

  5-1-2023 Flash News UN News 205

  In Ukraine, the country’s farmers and smallholders urgently need more support to avoid a food crisis, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization...

• UN rights chief appeals for end to arbitrary detention

  4-1-2023 Flash News UN News 179

  Arbitrary detention must end “once and for all”, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Tuesday in an appeal to governments everywhere. 

• Syria: Security Council advised to extend cross-border aid access ‘without delay’

  3-1-2023 Flash News UN News 199

  UN agency chiefs appealed to the Security Council on Tuesday to extend a deal guaranteeing cross-border aid access to northwest Syria, that’s due...

• UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ at deaths from South Africa gas tanker explosion

  3-1-2023 Flash News UN News 227

  The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday expressed his deep sadness over the reported death of at least 34 people in South Africa, due...

• Colombia: ‘Renewed hope’ for consolidating peace says Guterres

  2-1-2023 Flash News UN News 189

  The agreement between the Colombian Government and the five largest remaining armed groups there provides “renewed hope for comprehensive peace”...

• ‘Tireless’ in pursuit of peace: Guterres pays tribute to former Pope Benedict

  31-12-2022 Flash News UN News 222

  The UN chief paid tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict on Saturday, who has died, aged 95, after standing down as head of the Catholic Church nearly a...

• Ethiopia: Nationwide measles vaccination campaign integrates other live-saving interventions

  31-12-2022 Flash News UN News 260

  UN agencies, the Ethiopian authorities and partners kicked off on Friday, a nationwide integrated measles vaccination campaign targeting more than...

• UN rights chief on Myanmar refugees and a future of ‘kindness, empathy and unity’

  30-12-2022 Flash News UN News 212

  Days after the latest sea rescue of Rohingya refugees by Indonesian fishing crews, UN human rights chief Volker Türk appealed on Friday for greater...