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COP30 kicks off with urgent call to deliver on climate promises and scale up finance

·November 9, 2025·4 min read

After decades of pledges and annual summits from Kyoto to Sharm el-Sheikh, the planet keeps getting hotter and pressure on governments and big business to act – not just talk – has never been greater. Holding COP30 in Belém, at the edge of the world’s largest tropical rainforest, underscores the stakes:...

Workers face worsening inequality without urgent reforms, UN agency warns

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·November 2, 2025·1 min read

That is the warning outlined in a new assessment released on Friday by the UN International Labour Organization (ILO), which urges governments, employers and labour organizations to put dignity and workers’ rights at the centre of economic decision-making. “This report brings together the voices, experiences and proposals of trade unions...

Guterres calls for urgent reform of the Security Council

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·October 25, 2025·6 min read

Mr. Guterres was addressing ambassadors in the iconic chamber in New York on United Nations Day, marking 80 years since its founding. He spoke via video link from the capital of Viet Nam, Hanoi, during a robust open debate on how the UN navigates an uncertain future. As the UN’s...

Sudan: UN rights chief calls for urgent action to protect civilians in El Fasher

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·October 6, 2025·1 min read

“El Fasher is on the precipice of an even greater catastrophe if urgent measures are not taken to loosen the armed vice upon the city and to protect civilians,” he said. Reports of the RSF deploying long-range drones in South Darfur have heightened fears of an escalation in the coming...

Gaza: Guterres calls for ‘all parties’ to commit to US peace plan, as UN agencies stress urgent ceasefire need

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·September 30, 2025·2 min read

Hamas has yet to respond to Washington’s 20-point peace plan, which has the backing of Israel and the wider international community. Hamas leadership had not been consulted on it prior to the announcement but was briefed on the details by Qatari and Egyptian mediators later on Monday, according to news...

UN provides urgent support after ‘massive’ Russian attack across Ukraine

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·September 8, 2025·1 min read

More than 800 drones were launched in waves designed to overwhelm Ukrainian air defences, according to news reports, and a Government building was hit in the capital Kyiv for the first time. Ukrainian authorities reported that four had been killed, with 44 injured. Air-raid sirens continued for 11 hours straight...

The missing half: The urgent need for more women’s representation in the media

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·September 5, 2025·2 min read

“When women are missing, democracy is incomplete,” said Kirsi Madi, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director with the UN gender equality agency, UN Women, responding to the latest analysis. Ms. Madi emphasised that the underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in the media needs to be recognised as a key issue, so that democratic standards are...

In hard-hitting human rights address, Guterres calls for urgent action on Gaza, authoritarianism and climate justice

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·July 26, 2025·5 min read

Recalling his own experience living under dictatorship in Portugal, Mr. Guterres told participants at the Global Assembly of the international rights charity Amnesty International on Friday that the fight for human rights is “more important than ever”. He called on States to uphold international law and defend human rights “consistently...

UN reiterates call for urgent de-escalation amid Iran-Israel conflict, worsening Gaza crisis

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·June 21, 2025·3 min read

In a joint call to de-escalate, UN agencies have warned that further conflict risks triggering new displacement in a region already strained by decades of war and instability. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) noted military strikes have led people in both Iran and Israel to flee their homes in search...

Iran-Israel crisis: UN rights office appeals for urgent de-escalation

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·June 18, 2025·1 min read

Israel began targeting nuclear and military sites across Iran last Friday, prompting a barrage of retaliatory strikes on Israeli cities. “The UN human rights office urges de-escalation and urgent diplomatic negotiations to end these attacks and find a way forward,” said Ms. Al-Nashif. “We are following closely and are aware...

Without urgent funding, global hunger hotspots are set to grow, UN warns

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·June 17, 2025·2 min read

But hunger has followed them. Over 57 per cent of the population in the world’s youngest country to the south is already facing high levels of acute food insecurity. Sudan and South Sudan are among five global hunger hotspots of “highest concern”, trapped in a worsening cycle of conflict, climate...

Urgent action needed to ‘pull Yemen back from the brink of catastrophe’

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·May 21, 2025·2 min read

Tom Fletcher said that with “time and treatment” Noor was able to recover fully. But what happens to a child such as Noor when treatments are limited and time runs out? A group of 116 aid organizations, including 10 UN agencies, called on Tuesday for “urgent, collective action” to prevent...