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Ukraine war: UN appeals for $2.3 billion to support aid teams’ ‘heroic work’

·January 14, 2026·1 min read

Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022, the UN and its partners have supported people in need in complement to the Government’s assistance, from city residents who continue to face repeated drone and missile strikes, to communities close to the frontline and other evacuated away...

General Assembly approves $3.45 billion UN regular budget for 2026

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·January 2, 2026·1 min read

The budget – approved by the 193-member General Assembly on Tuesday – authorizes $3.45 billion for the coming year, covering the Organization’s three core pillars of work: peace and security, sustainable development, and human rights. While the approved budget is roughly $200 million higher than the Secretary-General’s proposal prepared under...

UN, US sign $2 billion humanitarian funding agreement for 17 crisis-hit countries

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·December 30, 2025·1 min read

Speaking at the signing in Geneva, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher paid tribute to humanitarian workers operating under increasingly difficult conditions, describing the past year as “a very, very tough year for everyone engaged in humanitarian action.” Despite the challenges, he said the agreement, known as a memorandum of...

World News in Brief: Gaza winter storm, $7 billion UNICEF appeal, support for emergency response fund

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·December 11, 2025·2 min read

Following two years of war, most of Gaza’s roughly two million residents are living in makeshift shelters. Humanitarians are working to deliver assistance to communities in flood-prone areas, including by scaling up distribution of winter clothes for children from 5,000 kits a day to 8,000. UN partners leading winter preparedness efforts reported that some 200 families have left shoreline communities for a new site identified by...

UN seeks $1 billion for ‘first-responder fund’ in emergencies

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·December 10, 2025·2 min read

Since 2006, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated nearly $10 billion in more than 110 countries through rapid and strategic financing that often arrives before other sources of support, saving countless lives in the process. But with humanitarian needs rising as crises multiply, the “tank is running on empty – with millions of lives hanging...

Humanitarians launch $33 billion appeal for 2026

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·December 8, 2025·1 min read

This is the immediate priority of the $33 billion Global Humanitarian Overview 2026, launched on Monday, which aims to reach 135 million people overall in 50 countries. “This appeal sets out where we need to focus our collective energy first: life by life,” said UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher. Millions in need The updated GHO follows a year marked...

UN chief warns unpaid dues near $1.6 billion, as budget cuts deepen

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·December 2, 2025·3 min read

António Guterres told the Fifth Committee the UN is facing its most fragile cash position in years, despite sharp reductions already built into next year’s budget plans. “Liquidity remains fragile, and this challenge will persist regardless of the final budget approved,” he said, pointing to the “unacceptable volume of arrears”...

Peacebuilding Fund hits $1 billion milestone amid funding gap

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·November 27, 2025·1 min read

The multi-donor trust fund is the UN’s primary instrument for supporting countries worldwide who are emerging from – or at risk of – violent conflict. The fund sits alongside the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Support Office. The announcement came as the Security Council and the General Assembly passed twin...

Gaza: $70 billion needed to rebuild shattered enclave, says UN

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·October 14, 2025·4 min read

At just 41 kilometres long (25.4 miles) and two to five kilometres wide (1.2 to 3.1 miles), few places in the Gaza Strip had been left unscathed by the constant Israeli bombardment before the latest ceasefire came into effect haltingly last Friday. According to the UN Development Programme Special Representative...

WHO sounds alarm as mental health conditions soar past one billion worldwide

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·September 3, 2025·2 min read

Disorders such as anxiety and depression are exacting a heavy toll on individuals, families and economies, yet most countries are failing to provide adequate support. Mental health problems are widespread across every society and age group and remain the second leading cause of long-term disability. They drive up healthcare costs...

‘The margins of the budget’: Gender equality in developing countries underfunded by $420 billion annually

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·July 6, 2025·1 min read

“The money simply is not reaching the women and girls who need it most,” UN Women said in a news release issued on Monday. This estimate comes in the midst of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development underway in Sevilla, Spain. There, world leaders are working to...

Global biodiversity agreement mobilises $200 billion boost for nature

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·March 1, 2025·3 min read

Delegates met in Rome this week for the resumption of the UN Biodiversity Conference to hammer out an agreement at COP16.2 after attempts to reach a deal on financing at COP16 in Cali, Colombia, fell short last November. It is hoped that the hard-won decisions made by parties to the UN...