Egypt: Rights chief calls for immediate release of jailed blogger and activist
Unsplash/Simon Berger / Daily life in Cairo, Egypt. UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk on Tuesday appealed for Egypt to free a prominent blogger and activist whose life is…
Like racism and sexism, ‘povertyism’ should be illegal, UN rights expert says
Marwan Tahtah / the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter during his visit to Lebanon from 1-12 Novemeber 2021 Although the global cost-of-living crisis…
COP27: $3.1 billion plan to achieve early warning systems for all by 2027
UNDRR/Chris Huby / Less than half of the Least Developed Countries and only one-third of Small Island Developing States have a multi-hazard early warning system. With climate-related disasters displacing more…
Sweden: Step up efforts to fight systemic racism, urge UN experts
Unsplash/Tamara Menzi / Street traffic in Stockholm, Sweden. Sweden should step up efforts to fight systemic racism and focus on strategies to restore trust between police and minority groups, said…
The vital role of Syrian women in resolving bitter conflicts
UNICEF/Delil Souleiman / UNICEF-supported volunteers speak with a family about preventive measures to stem the spread of COVID-19 in Hassakeh, Syria. Throughout Syria’s civil war, women have risked their security…
The vital role of Syrian women in resolving bitter conflicts
UNICEF/Omar Sanadiki / A man sells oranges in Douma in Syria after the siege of the city was lifted in 2018. Throughout Syria’s civil war, women have risked their security…
COP27: What you need to know about this year’s big UN Climate Conference
Unsplash/Juanma Clemente-Alloza / The silhouette of the mountains in Sharm El-Sheikh, Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt This year’s UN Climate Conference takes place in Sharm el-Sheikh, against a backdrop of…
Kenya: UN steps up protection for drought-hit women and girls
UNFPA Kenya / Women attend a UNFPA-supported integrated community health outreach session on prevention and response to gender-based violence. Lokapararai village, Turkana county, Kenya. Women and girls are bearing the…
INTERVIEW: Guterres calls for course correction to end geopolitical divisions, tackle climate crisis
UN Photo/Mark Garten / UN Secretary-General António Guterres takes a pilot ship through the Marmara sea in Turkey to view the Brave Commander. Citing a raft of global challenges –…
‘How I became the first UN video game expert, and landed the best job in the world’
UN Video/ Jessica Jiji / Eugenio Gastelum, the first-ever UN video game expert. Eugenio Gastelum has been obsessed with video games since he was a kid. And now, he’s managed…
Adapt and survive: 5 ways to help countries cope with the climate crisis
UNEP/ Georgina Smith / A UNEP project is supporting the government of Zambia to improve water security at Mukubwe Primary School to tackle the impacts of drought. From devastating floods…
INTERVIEW: New General Assembly President will seek every opportunity to build trust
UN Photo/Evan Schneider / Csaba Kőrösi, President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, chairs the first plenary meeting of the session. At left is Secretary-General António Guterres,…
Over 27 million children at risk from devastating record-setting floods
UNICEF/Aldjim Banyo – The rivers Chari and Logone overflow in N’Djamena, after the heaviest rainy season in Chad in thirty years. Overwhelming flooding has affected at least 27.7 million children…
Türkiye: UN experts call for end to harassment of human rights defenders
UN News/Nargiz Shekinskaya Istanbul, the largest city in Türkiye. Five UN-appointed independent human rights experts called on Tuesday for Türkiye to stop using counter-terrorism legislation to intimidate human rights defenders and…