In a tradition that started when he served as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to shine a light on Muslim communities in distress, Mr. Guterres arrived in…
Read more At Rafah border crossing to Gaza, UN’s Guterres calls for immediate ceasefireSitting in a small, windowless room in a government building in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, Mohamed Yusuf Mohamed loops another audio tape onto the dilapidated machine and presses…
Read more Good morning, Mogadishu! Preserving Somalia’s cultural history, one tape at a timeThe artwork – a ballerina balancing precariously on the rubble – solidified the town’s reputation as a beacon of resilience. Despite Borodianka’s sudden fame, the efforts of its…
Read more Banksy highlights cultural revival amid rubble strewn Kyiv suburbMarking the International Day to Protect Education from Attack, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said it was important to defend “havens of education”. “Education is not only a…
Read more Repel intensifying attacks on schools, urges GuterresMore than 1,000 women and young girls, from 15 to 45, are now learning how to read, write, and calculate for the first time in their lives through…
Read more From the Field: Literacy classes for Afghan girls and womenOver the past week, Russia has carried out aerial attacks on Odesa and two other port cities, Chornomorsk and Mykolaiv, since terminating the landmark Black Sea Initiative on…
Read more UN strongly condemns Russian strikes in Odesa, UkraineSpeaking with UN News one hour after fierce shelling sparked fires across the city, Mr. Rosenfeld said his “Kharkiv is a frontier city” concept is now being sketched…
Read more Ukraine’s ‘Wild West’: Rebuilding a ‘new’ Kharkiv during an invasionHate speech reinforces discrimination and stigma and is most often aimed at women, refugees and migrants, and minorities. If left unchecked, it can even harm peace and development,…
Read more We must work together to reign in ‘toxic and destructive’ hate speechBoth share an emphasis on the rights and freedoms of all people. “The Universal Declaration stated that we are all born equal, and this is exactly what Gibran…
Read more Century-old call for equality resonates todayWFP’s Country Director in Sudan, Eddie Rowe, told reporters in Geneva that in a major breakthrough, the agency distributed food assistance to 15,000 people in both Sudanese Armed…
Read more UN humanitarians complete first food distribution in Khartoum as hunger, threats to children, intensify“I can’t think of a better way than using food to bring everyone to the table,” said Elroi Yee, an investigative reporter and producer of the Dari Dapur…
Read more Malaysia: ‘Everyone has a migration story’, now let’s eatPeriod poverty, or the inability to afford menstrual products, is a serious issue especially in developing countries, an issue menstruating girls and women grapple with monthly and a…
Read more Menstrual Hygiene Day: Putting an end to period povertyThis feature, which focuses on the illegal trade in substandard and fake medicines, is part of a UN News series exploring the fight against trafficking in the Sahel.…
Read more Trafficking in the Sahel: Killer cough syrup and fake medicine“The United Nations and its partners made strides in rolling back the worst food insecurity last year, but these gains remain fragile, and 17 million people are still…
Read more Despite ‘slightly’ improved food security in Yemen, hunger stalks millionsVolker Türk was issuing a clarion call to protect and expand civic space, arguing that it’s the only way to enable us all “to play a role in…
Read more ‘Safe digital public square’ never more important, says Türk“The escalating war is taking a heavy toll on civilians who live close to the front lines, people who cannot go back to their homes, and people across…
Read more Ukraine: UN delivers aid to millions, as civilian suffering continuesThe appeal comes in his message ahead of World Press Freedom Day, celebrated annually on 3 May, in line with a 1993 UN General Assembly resolution. The focus…
Read more Freedom of the press under attack worldwideHe said the history of slavery is one of suffering and barbarity that shows humanity at its worst. “But it is also a history of awe-inspiring courage that…
Read more Fight slavery’s ‘legacy of racism’ through education: GuterresWith myriad objects casting a new light on some of the darkest pages of history, Slavery: Ten True Stories of Dutch Colonial Slavery has been brought to the…
Read more Ground-breaking exhibit on slavery gives new generation ‘hope for humanity’The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, appointed by the UN Secretary-General in 2016 as a United Nations Global Advocate for Cultural Understanding, recently played their first concert at UN headquarters…
Read more Musicians promote ‘empathy, fraternity, solidarity’ between Israelis and Palestinians
