The crisis is affecting agricultural production and food security worldwide, with impacts on farmers but also migrant workers, Máximo Torero told journalists at UN Headquarters in New York. “Temporality matters a lot right now and the clock is ticking very hard, and I think we need to find a solution as soon as possible,” he … Read more
The 2026 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report finds that one in six school-age children are excluded from education, while only two in three complete secondary school. Progress has slowed across most regions since 2015, with conflict and population growth among the main drivers. “Progress in keeping children in school has slowed across almost every region,” … Read more
The figure marks a significant increase from the 52 UN staff in detention this time last year. In Yemen alone, 73 UN staff remain detained by the de facto Houthi authorities, including eight from the UN’s human rights office. In a statement marking the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Membersthe UN … Read more
The resolution spearheaded by Ghana received 123 votes in favour. Three countries – Argentina, Israel and the United States – voted against. and 52 abstained. “Today, we come together in solemn solidarity to affirm truth and pursue a route to healing and reparative justice,” said Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama, speaking ahead of the vote … Read more
At the center of it lies the Strait of Hormuz – one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints – which carries around a quarter of global seaborne oil, along with significant volumes of liquefied natural gas and fertilisers, according to a recent UN reports. To better understand the implications of this disruption, and the … Read more
The crowd gathered outside Sharpeville police station on 21 March 1960 “came armed not with weapons, but with conviction – not to divide society, but to claim their dignity within it” General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock recalled in her opening remarks. But the annual commemoration is about much more than one notorious incident, she said, … Read more
TB is caused by bacteria that most often affects the lungs. Every day, over 3,300 people die from the disease, with Southeast Asia accounting for nearly 40 percent of deaths. Yet it is both preventable and treatable, including by using the antibiotic rifampicin. WHO has issued new guidelines on testing, recommending that countries deploy innovations … Read more
Eight decades on, the aspiration for peace, dignity and equality still resonates as the UN marks 80 years of its existence in New York City – a place now inseparable from the organization’s global identity…but not always destined to be its home. Hunter (now Lehman) college in the New York borough of The Bronx was … Read more
Hot on the heels of a scorching decade, the UN’s weather agency has said that the planet’s climate is “more out of balance than at any time in observed history”. “Between 2015 and 2025, we experienced the hottest 11 years on record,” WMO‘s deputy executive secretary Ko Barrett said. Last year was some 1.43 °C … Read more
Whispers followed her offline. Online, the abuse imploded, unchecked: comments, ridicule, shares, screenshots. She had never consented to any of it. That hadn’t stopped anyone. Within minutes, thousands had seen the content. Within hours, millions. The nightmare had only begun. Days passed before platforms responded. By then, the images had been seen, saved, and replicated. … Read more