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Syria at a crossroads: UN warns fragile transition needs global support

·December 9, 2025·3 min read

The UN on Monday hailed the determination of Syrians working to rebuild their country but cautioned that sustained international engagement is essential to keep the transition from the chaos of a year ago on track – amid ongoing security and humanitarian challenges. “Syrians astonished the world by overcoming years of...

Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns

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·November 30, 2025·3 min read

Launching its 2025 World AIDS Day report, Overcoming Disruption, Transforming the AIDS Response, UNAIDS said international assistance has sharply declined, with OECD projections showing external health funding could fall by 30–40 per cent in 2025 compared with 2023. The impact has been immediate and severe, especially in low- and middle-income...

Global measles cases surge as 30 million children miss vaccines, UN health agency warns

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·November 28, 2025·1 min read

Officials said global outbreaks are accelerating as millions of children remain under-immunized following years of COVID-19 pandemic-related disruption. “Measles remains one of the most contagious respiratory viruses,” said Dr. Kate O’Brien, WHO’s Director of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals. “One person can infect up to 18 others. Many people think measles...

A decisive turning point: Setting global industry on a fairer, greener path towards economic growth

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·November 27, 2025·2 min read

The world is inexorably becoming industrialised, raising the prospects of better jobs and livelihoods for many of the world’s poorest. But, in order to truly benefit the global population and the planet as a whole, international trade and industry must go hand in hand with healthier communities, lower emissions and...

Despite ongoing discrimination, women entrepreneurs are reshaping the Global South, with crucial support from the UN

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·November 26, 2025·3 min read

As a young mother in a remote part of eastern Kenya, Norah Magero struggled to get her child reliable health care. “We faced lots of blackouts, and it was always a race against time to get her vaccinated.” Safely storing and transporting heat-sensitive medical products like vaccines, blood for transfusion...

Violence against women: UN sheds light on global femicide crisis, digital abuse

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·November 26, 2025·1 min read

One day, the anonymous interaction turned into physical stalking. He texted her exactly what she was wearing. “There is a specific terror in being watched by someone without a face,” Ms. Tesfai told UN officials, Goodwill Ambassadors and civil society representatives in New York commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women....

From organic farms to AI chips with a nose: UN summit showcases solutions for transforming the Global South

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·November 24, 2025·3 min read

The “Green Revolution” is believed to have saved millions of lives in India during the 20th century, introducing new scientific techniques that led to a surge in yields, providing food and livelihoods. But the use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides came at a huge cost, both to the environment and...

Industry at the heart of global solutions: Global summit opens in Riyadh

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·November 23, 2025·2 min read

“Industrial development is critical to strengthening economies, fighting poverty, and creating jobs and prosperity,” declared UN Secretary-General António Guterres in his message to the event, delivered by the senior UN official in Saudia Arabia, Mohamed El-Zarkani. Lifting the burden of poverty Delegates from governments, private sector and civil society have...

International Criminal Court: Sanctions threaten global fight against impunity

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·November 12, 2025·2 min read

Annalena Baerbock’s statement came as the assembly discussed the ICC’s annual report in the light of United States’ sanctions imposed on judges and prosecutors this year. The sanctions stem from an executive order in February in response to the UN-backed court issuing arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister and then...

UN chief urges world leaders to drive down global warming

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·November 6, 2025·2 min read

“Every fraction of a degree means more hunger, displacement, and loss – especially for those least responsible. It could push ecosystems past irreversible tipping points, expose billions to unlivable conditions, and amplify threats to peace and security,” Mr. Guterres told leaders in Belém. Failure to contain global heating amounts to...

New climate pledges do little to correct global warming projection, UN warns

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·November 5, 2025·2 min read

The warning comes in the latest Emissions Gap Report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), issued on Tuesday ahead of the COP30 climate conference which opens in Belém, Brazil, next week. Nearly a decade has passed since world leaders adopted the Paris Agreement, which aims to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and preferably to a 1.5°C threshold. Climate action plans...

As global crises deepen, leaders in Doha urge shift from promises to action

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·November 3, 2025·4 min read

The discussions took place at the Doha Solutions Forum for Social Development and the first leaders’ meeting of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, held on the margins of the Second World Summit for Social Development. Learn from each other Opening the Solutions Forum, President of the UN General...