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Gaza: Ceasefire urgently needed as civilians left with ‘no safe place’ to go

·September 11, 2025·1 min read

“We are witnessing a dangerous escalation in Gaza City, where Israeli forces have stepped up their operations and ordered everyone to move south,” said the Humanitarian Country Team in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. “Nearly one million people are now left with no safe or viable options – neither the north...

Landlocked but not left behind: UN summit in Turkmenistan wraps with bold new roadmap

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·August 8, 2025·5 min read

Held under the theme Driving Progress Through Partnerships, the four-day forum known as LLDC3, brought together Heads of State, senior UN officials, development partners, and private sector leaders to tackle persistent challenges faced by LLDCs, including high trade costs, inadequate infrastructure, and vulnerability to climate change. Anchored by the Awaza...

She fought for the girl the world left behind: Natalia Kanem’s UN legacy

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·July 11, 2025·6 min read

She returns, over and over, to a single image: that of a ten-year-old girl – standing on the edge of adolescence, her future uncertain, and her rights still in grave doubt. “Will she be able to stay in school, graduate, and make her way through the world?” Dr. Kanem wonders....

DR Congo crisis: Aid teams appeal for support to help displaced communities left with nothing

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·June 13, 2025·1 min read

Since the beginning of the year, Rwanda-backed M23 fighters have swept across eastern DRC, taking key cities including Goma and Bukavu. The violence has displaced more than one million people in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. Speaking from the village of Sake in North Kivu, UNDP Resident Representative...

Haiti: spiralling gang violence has left more than one million displaced

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·January 14, 2025·2 min read

Latest data from the International Organization for Migration indicates that more than one million people have been displaced across Haiti so far, up from the 315,000 recorded on 20 December 2023. “The most concrete data we have is that around 1,041,000 people are currently living in displacement in Haiti. Most...

Humanity’s fate can’t be left to algorithms, UN chief tells Security Council

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·December 20, 2024·1 min read

Addressing ministers and ambassadors, António Guterres warned that rapid developments in AI are outpacing humanity’s ability to govern it, raising important questions about accountability, equality, safety and human oversight in decision-making. “Every moment of delay in establishing international guardrails increases the risk for us all,” Mr. Guterres said. “No country...

Israel-Palestine: Gazans ‘left with nothing but impossible choices’

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·October 26, 2023·4 min read

UPDATED: Reports of an overnight Israeli military incursion using tanks in northern Gaza followed another series of calls by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) for civilians in Gaza City to evacuate – warnings which “make no difference” because “people have nowhere to go or are unable to move”, according to...

Ethiopia: Victims ‘left in limbo’ as rights probe mandate ends

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·October 13, 2023·1 min read

The independent rights investigators’ final report comes as their mandate ended on Friday, coinciding with the end of the UN Human Rights Council’s 54th session, leaving victims in limbo. Established by the Council in December 2021, their brief from the Council was to conduct through and impartial investigations into alleged...

USA: Slavery has left a deep and long-lasting legacy on the country, UN experts say

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·May 6, 2023·2 min read

During the visit, the Mechanism visited Washington DC, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, and New York City saying in a press release, that it had been pleased to learn about various promising initiatives that authorities have developed to combat racial discrimination affecting people of African descent. Urging accountability and support...

Guterres strongly condemns attack at Jerusalem synagogue which left at least seven Israelis dead

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·January 28, 2023·1 min read

According to news reports, the incident happened in the Neve Yaakov district in the middle of the evening local time. Israeli police said the attacker, identified as a Palestinian from the Shu’fat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem, had been “neutralized” at the scene. In a statement issued by his...

Central African Republic: UN chief strongly condemns airfield attack which left one peacekeeper dead

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·November 27, 2022·2 min read

In a statement, the UN integrated stabilization mission in CAR, MINUSCA, said the attack at the Obo airfield near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, had taken place on Thursday morning, and that the mission had “immediately opened an investigation into the exact circumstances”...

Burkina Faso: UN chief condemns brutal attack that left scores dead |

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·June 16, 2022·1 min read

The incident occurred on Saturday night when armed men launched an assault on the town of Seytenga, located in the Sahel region in the north of the country. At least 79 people were killed, according to media reports. ‘Spare no effort’ “The Secretary-General calls on the Burkinabè authorities to spare...