Flagship economic report highlights why global cooperation is key
The UN’s World Economic Situation and Prospects report for 2024 projects a slowdown in global growth from an estimated 2.7 per cent in 2023 to 2.4 per cent in 2024.
World News in Brief: Gaza relief ‘an impossible mission’, COVID spreading fast again, food prices fall
The UN’s relief chief on Friday warned that “Gaza has [...]
INTERVIEW: AI expert warns of digital colonization in Africa
Artificial intelligence (AI) is ripe to help resolve certain major problems in Africa, from farming to the health sector, but Senegalese expert Seydina Moussa Ndiaye is warning of a new “colonization” of the continent by this new technology if foreign companies continue to feed on African data without involving local actors.
Report card 1: Half-way to the global goals deadline
The global push for a safer, greener and more just world, as outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, has reached its halfway mark, but what progress has been made so far?
Report card 2: Half-way to the global goals deadline
Halting unsustainable consumption and production which have contributed to the decline of biodiversity and the health of the world’s marine, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems was central to the establishment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Stories from the UN Archive: Hollywood greats campaign against malaria and polio
Frank Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson were two of the [...]
WHO and partners deliver aid to two Gaza hospitals in high-risk missions
The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners delivered fuel and [...]
‘Act on the lessons of COVID-19’, Guterres says on Epidemic Preparedness Day
The world must prepare for the next pandemic and act [...]
2023 marked by achievements and ‘avoidable suffering’: WHO chief
The past year saw significant milestones and challenges in global [...]
INTERVIEW: Actor Natalie Portman celebrates women and girls’ voices
Investing more in women and girls’ education, safety and economic and social empowerment will speed the drive towards gender parity. That’s according to Academy Award-winning actor, director and activist Natalie Portman.
Dengue spike fuels concerns of public health threat in previously untouched countries: WHO
This year's surprising spike in dengue infections globally represents a [...]
World News in Brief: Latest Sudan fighting displaces thousands, second malaria vaccine, Russian dissidents ‘disappeared’
The latest surge in fighting in Sudan has displaced up [...]
COVID-19: WHO designates JN.1 ‘variant of interest’ amid sharp rise in global spread
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is [...]
UN workers delivering aid to Gaza hospital describe ‘bloodbath’ in overflowing emergency department
UN workers delivering medical supplies to the Al-Shifa Hospital in [...]
World News in Brief: End e-cigarette boom urges WHO, measles surge in Europe, Central Asia; crisis for kids in Lebanon
E-cigarettes, which pose serious health risks, are being “aggressively marketed” [...]
COP28 ends with call to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels; UN’s Guterres says the industry will phase out ‘whether they like it or not’
With an unprecedented reference to fossil fuels, the UN climate [...]
World News in Brief: Investing in primary healthcare, record hunger in West and Central Africa, UNICEF emergency appeal
Half of the world’s population is not fully covered by [...]
‘Rebuild a foundation of hope’ for global human rights: Türk
World leaders gathered in Geneva on Tuesday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), calling for new guardrails to protect rights amid a surge of conflict and other challenges.
Climate advocates demand stronger COP28 language on fossil fuels
The latest COP28 draft outcome text released to negotiators in [...]
World News in Brief: UN anti-corruption conference, global hunger ‘set to soar’, healthy diets unaffordable in Asia-Pacific
Corruption not only robs resources, it robs people of hope, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, as nations gathered in Atlanta, United States of America, for the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).