Ahead of high-stakes General Assembly week, Guterres urges world leaders to ‘get serious – and deliver’
16 September 2025 — UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged world leaders to “get serious – and deliver” as they begin arriving in New York for the high-level week of the 80th General Assembly.
United Nations revises 2026 regular budget proposal, pairing cost reductions with initial reform measures
15 September 2025 — The United Nations has finalised the revised estimates for its 2026 proposed programme budget, outlining more than $500 million in reductions, while also introducing the first measures of the UN80 Initiative - a wider effort to make the Organisation more effective and resilient as it marks its 80th anniversary.
UN’s humanitarian work is ‘underfunded, overstretched, and under attack’
15 September 2025 — “Underfunded, overstretched and under attack” is how the United Nation’s top aid official has referred to the UN and the support it is providing to the humanitarian sector.
Gender equality: UN Women calls for political will and accelerated global action
15 September 2025 — More than 351 million women and girls could still be living in extreme poverty by the end of the decade if current trends persist.
Yemen: UN sounds alarm as famine, fighting and aid worker detentions exacerbate crisis
15 September 2025 — Yemen faces a surge of violence and hunger that threatens millions with starvation and risks destabilizing neighbouring countries. The crisis, deeply linked to wider regional conflicts, is straining humanitarian efforts and heightening tensions across the Middle East.
General Assembly endorses New York Declaration on two-State solution between Israel and Palestine
12 September 2025 — Applause rang out in the UN General Assembly Hall on Friday as countries endorsed a declaration on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and implementation of the two-State solution with Israel.
DPR Korea: UN report finds human rights situation still dire, a decade on
12 September 2025 — The death penalty in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is “more widely allowed by law and implemented in practice” than a decade ago, said a senior UN human rights official on Friday.
Afghanistan: New restrictions on women nationals working for UN, put aid efforts at risk
11 September 2025 — The United Nations in Afghanistan called on Thursday for the de facto Taliban authorities to lift restrictions barring women national staff from entering its premises.
Israeli strike in Doha marks ‘alarming escalation’, warns top UN official, in call to uphold diplomatic norms
11 September 2025 — The Security Council on Thursday heard from the UN’s top political affairs official on Israel’s deadly airstrike in Doha – an “alarming escalation” condemned as a violation of sovereignty that threatens ongoing ceasefire and hostage negotiations in Gaza.
Nuclear watchdog chief announces breakthrough on Iran monitoring
10 September 2025 — The head of the UN’s atomic energy agency announced on Wednesday that a deal has been struck with Iran to resume cooperation on inspections of Tehran’s nuclear facilities.