Home
United Nations
The United Nations Office at Geneva

Nuclear energy watchdog chief raises ‘serious’ safety concerns over sites in Ukraine and Iran

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Nuclear energy watchdog chief raises ‘serious’ safety concerns over sites in Ukraine and Iran 03 March 2025 © IAEA/D. Calma IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi briefs the Board of Governors in Vienna. In his latest address to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on Monday, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi warned of the escalating nuclear safety risks…

Food prices soar as Israel blocks aid into Gaza

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Food prices soar as Israel blocks aid into Gaza 03 March 2025 © WHO The UN delivers supplies to Kamal Adwan hospital in Gaza. Israel’s move to prevent all aid from entering the Gaza Strip after Hamas reportedly refused to accept a plan to continue with phase one of the fragile ceasefire has had an immediate impact, including a 100-fold increase in the price of flour and vegetables…

‘Dangerous nuclear rhetoric and threats’ trigger stark wake-up call: UN chief

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Dangerous nuclear rhetoric and threats’ trigger stark wake-up call: UN chief 03 March 2025 ICAN/Tim Wright Demonstrators call for a ban on nuclear weapons. (file) Dramatically evolving geopolitical tensions amid “dangerous nuclear rhetoric and threats” are a stark wake-up call for States to take action to support the legally binding atomic weapon ban treaty, UN Secretary-General António…

Human Right Committee Opens One Hundred and Forty-Third Session

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Human Right Committee Opens One Hundred and Forty-Third Session 03 March 2025 Meeting Summaries Committee Elects New Chairperson and Bureau, Five New Members Make Solemn DeclarationThe Human Right Committee this morning opened its one hundred and forty-third session, during which it will examine the reports of Albania, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Mongolia, Montenegro and Zimbabwe on their implementation of the provisions of the…

Ukrainians continue to flee the frontline, as war stretches into fourth year

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Ukrainians continue to flee the frontline, as war stretches into fourth year 02 March 2025 © UNICEF/Oleksii Filippov A teenage boy stands in front of a destroyed school in the village of Partyzanske close to the frontline. Communities on the frontline of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine are being killed, injured and displaced on a daily basis, as the war grinds on…

Guterres urges parties to find a way forward on next phase of Gaza ceasefire

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres urges parties to find a way forward on next phase of Gaza ceasefire 01 March 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on the situation in the Middle East. As the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal concludes, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is closely following developments in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian…

‘This is our land’ – Building Gaza’s future from the wreckage of war

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘This is our land’ – Building Gaza’s future from the wreckage of war 01 March 2025 UN News Sufyan Al-Majdalawi inspects the rubble of his home in Jabalia in northern Gaza. At night he sleeps under a tarpaulin sheet on the ruins of his family home. Like others returning to northern Gaza after months of being displaced by war, Sufian Al-Majdalawi clings to whatever he can find…

Bahrain’s pearling legacy: Reviving a millennia-old culture

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Bahrain’s pearling legacy: Reviving a millennia-old culture 01 March 2025 Danat/Bahrain A diver is diving for pearls in Bahrain. Pearling in the Persian Gulf shaped Bahrain’s economy for millennia. Bahrain, with its shallow waters and rich oyster beds, has long been synonymous with pearls, which formed the backbone of the island nation’s economy for thousands of years. Diving for pearls,…

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Concludes Seventy-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Croatia, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda and the United Kingdom

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Concludes Seventy-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Croatia, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda and the United Kingdom 28 February 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its seventy-seventhsession after adopting concluding observationson the reports of Croatia, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 month 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 28 February 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Trade and Development. Escalating attacks on education in HaitiGeetanjali Narayan, United Nations Children…