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Guterres highlights ‘maximum impact’ reform agenda

·October 15, 2025·2 min read

Addressing the General Assembly, António Guterres briefed Member States on the structural reforms and programme realignments that are needed across the UN System to make it fully fit for today’s challenges. “My vision for the United Nations system is clear: Entities that work together as one, to deliver better –...

Gaza: More misery as new evacuation orders impact tens of thousands

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·July 17, 2025·2 min read

Those impacted by the orders have been told to relocate to the “already overcrowded” coastal strip at Al Mawasi, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), late Tuesday. Al Mawasi near Khan Younis lacks “the basics for survival”, the UN agency insisted. It has also seen...

Lives of pregnant women and newborns at risk as funding cuts impact midwifery support

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·May 6, 2025·2 min read

But despite their critical role, UN support for midwifery is under serious threat due to severe funding cuts. Each year, three-quarters of all maternal deaths occur in just 25 countries, the majority of them located in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, according to the UN reproductive health agency, UNFPA. Midwives...

Haiti crisis could impact regional and global stability

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·April 20, 2025·1 min read

As heavily armed gangs expand their control and public institutions are facing intense pressure, delivering humanitarian aid on the ground is becoming harder as funding is dwindling. “Haiti has not received the level of attention or funding that is so desperately needed,” said Ms. Pope. Just returned from a high-level...

Gaza: UN humanitarians flag impact on children of return to war

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·April 1, 2025·3 min read

UNICEF’s Rosalia Bollen, who’s on the ground there, said that hundreds of children had been killed and injured – some with severe burns, shrapnel lodged in their bodies, fractures and amputations. “Even on 18 March with that very heavy, intense bombing, children still kept hope because they thought maybe it’s...

Israeli laws blocking UNRWA – devastating humanitarian impact for Palestinians?

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·October 31, 2024·5 min read

What do the laws say? The bills, approved overwhelmingly by Israeli parliamentarians (92 in favour, 10 against) on Monday, would prohibit the country’s authorities from having any contact with UNRWA, and bar the agency from operating within Israel itself. The passage of aid into Gaza and the West Bank requires close...

WMO partnership to highlight damaging impact of climate change on winter sports

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·October 4, 2024·1 min read

The two organizations are joining forces to call attention to the extensive impacts of increasing global temperatures on snow and ice while producing measures to strengthen scientific and sports-related conversations. The partnership is set to begin ahead of the 2024/2025 winter season and will initially last for five years. ‘The tip...

Impact of ‘failed promises’ on climate, evident in Antarctica: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

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·November 30, 2023·4 min read

Maria José Torres Macho travelled to Antarctica with the UN chief, António Guterres, ahead of the global climate conference, COP28, which is getting underway in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates: “The sleeping continent hides under its beauty, its undeniable role as a key climate regulator for the planet. While...

Better data on corruption can reduce its impact, support sustainable development

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·September 3, 2023·1 min read

Ghada Waly, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), was speaking at the opening of the first global conference on the topic. Corruption costs the world roughly $2.6 trillion annually, according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP) – money that could go towards fighting hunger, providing healthcare, and ensuring all children have access...

Sudan crisis still having devastating impact on civilians: UN rights office

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·June 10, 2023·1 min read

“We are concerned by the continued devastating impact of the fighting in Sudan on civilians,” Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told journalists in Geneva. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and military rival, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have been locked in vicious clashes since mid-April. Hundreds have been killed and some 1.2...

More than two years on, impact of Myanmar military coup ‘devastating’

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·March 17, 2023·2 min read

Now in its third year, Noeleen Heyzer said that “the impact of the military takeover on the country and its people, has been devasting.” She thanked Member States for renewing the resolution for the continuation of her mandate and support for an “all-stakeholder approach in promoting a Myanmar-led process, reflective...

Rights expert urges Denmark and Greenland to examine colonial legacy’s impact

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·February 11, 2023·1 min read

The development would represent a key measure to tackle past injustices and create a more inclusive society, said UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Cali Tzay, in a statement at the end of a 10-day visit to the two countries. Inuit people comprise nearly 90...