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Top UN officials call on parties to swiftly reduce ‘ominous’ surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence

·February 21, 2023·4 min read

“We are witnessing a surge in violence, including some of the deadliest incidents in nearly 20 years,” said Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO). “We have seen ominous signs of what awaits if we fail to address the current instability.” Raising concerns that developments on...

Afghanistan: Top UN delegation tells Taliban to end confinement, deprivation, abuse of women’s rights

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·January 21, 2023·4 min read

Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, the Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, and the Assistant Secretary-General for UN political, peacebuilding and peace operations, Khaled Khiari, spend four days on a fact-finding mission in Afghanistan, to engage with Taliban leaders, and “underscore UN solidarity with the Afghan people”, according to a press release...

UN and top aid officials slam Afghan rulers’ NGO ban for women

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·December 30, 2022·1 min read

Top UN agency officials and civil society organization heads joined forces on Thursday to urge Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to reverse their ban on women working for NGOs that provide aid relief....

‘Fossil fuels are a dead end’, says top UN climate adviser on ‘Decarbonization Day’ at COP27 | Decarbonization, negotiations and US President Biden, on the spotlight at COP27

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·November 13, 2022·12 min read

To meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis, the world must abandon fossil fuels as quickly as possible, Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action told UN News today. “There is no argument around the science at all....

Philippines: Top rights expert appeals to President Marcos over Maria Ressa conviction |

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·July 18, 2022·2 min read

Ms. Ressa, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for her work defending freedom of expression as a co-founder of independent news outlet Rappler, was convicted of “cyber libel” in 2020. It followed publication of an article on alleged corruption involving the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court...

Iran: Top rights expert welcomes Swedish verdict in mass executions case |

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·July 18, 2022·1 min read

The development came after Hamid Nouri – a former Iranian prosecutor and prison officer – was arrested at a Stockholm airport in 2019. He was later charged with war crimes and the mass murder of detainees in Iran in 1988, in line with an order issued by the then Supreme Leader...

Mali: Support ‘deep aspiration’ for reform, top envoy urges Security Council |

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·June 14, 2022·4 min read

El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Mali, urged ambassadors to support the renewal of the mandate of the UN Mission there, MINUSMA, which he heads. Although the West African country continues to face political, security and humanitarian challenges, “they are far from being insurmountable,” he said. Deep aspirations ...