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Vendors surrounded by garbage sell goods in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Record hunger in Haiti amid rising needs

Escalating armed violence, displacement, economic turmoil and disruptions to local food production are fueling hunger in Haiti and leaving millions at risk, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday.

The conflict in Sudan has displaced over 12 million people, including over three million into neighbouring countires.

Sudan: No respite for civilians amid unrelenting war and aid access barriers

Libya’s fragile transition plagued by deepening economic and political divides

Eleanor Roosevelt of the United States holds an English version of the Declaration of Human Rights poster. (November 1949)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights among new entries to UNESCO Memory of the World Register

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Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief

Rise in violence against civilians in South Sudan

Security Council urged to support eastern DR Congo peace initiatives

Haiti crisis could impact regional and global stability

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UN peacekeepers undertake night patrols.

Situation in South Sudan risks escalating into civil war amid rise in misinformation

Members of a family flee their hometown close to the border of Thailand, in Kayah State, eastern Myanmar.

Myanmar’s people still face daily aftershocks and trauma, say UN aid teams

A woman prepares food in a camp for displaced people in Kassala state in Sudan.

Sudan: 30 million in need of assistance as war rages on

UNCTAD Addresses Annual High-level Panel Discussion on Human Rights Mainstreaming

Ending global trade uncertainty calls for ‘rational decisions’, says head of UN trade agency

Sudan - Two Years of War

Mapping the future of food

Emergency Food Airdrops in Pieri, South Sudan

Testimony of a Genocide Survivor from Rwanda

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Families in Sagaing, affected by the 7.7-magnitude earthquake on 28 March, wait for aid as destruction surrounds them.

INTERVIEW: Urgent aid needed as survivors of Myanmar quake struggle amid long-running crisis

Humanitarian Aid As Myanmar reels from a devastating earthquake, the humanitarian situation is growing increasingly dire – entire communities have been reduced to rubble, infrastructure is shattered and tens of thousands remain in urgent need of aid.

Global trade reached a record $33 trillion in 2024

Tariffs: Job protectors or trade killers?

In Europe energy planners are increasingly concerned about “dunkelflaute”— a period of cloudy, windless weather in winter that undermines both solar power and wind generation

Is climate science the next power source for renewable energy?

The UN Security Council is considering the impact of AI on peace and security.

Mind your language: The battle for linguistic diversity in AI

Waad Al-Kateab stands in front of a bombed-out building in Syria with her daughter in her arms.

‘Is this just a long, beautiful dream?’: Syrian filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab on her country’s future

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People living in areas recently liberated by Ukrainian forces receive aid.

Ukraine: Keeping the lights on during the darkest times

The 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia has had an indelible effect on the civilian population, displacing millions, straining the economy and inflicting physical and mental trauma. During these dark years, the UN has stayed alongside the Ukrainian people, providing aid, necessities and healthcare, and restoring energy supplies.

UN peacekeeping’s long history of support to DR Congo

UN peacekeepers patrol the eastern DR Congo.

‘Massive response’ needed following Gaza conflict’s ‘horrific toll’ on children

Hot meals are distributed to children in Khan Younis, Gaza.

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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (right) and INB Co-Chair Anne-Claire Amprou of France (left) celebrate at the conclusion of negotiations in the early hours of 16 April 2025.

Countries finalize historic pandemic agreement after three years of negotiations

Health In the early hours of Wednesday morning in Geneva, countries finalized a draft global agreement aimed at improving how the world prepares for and responds to pandemics, marking a historic step that will be submitted to the World Health Assembly in May for adoption.

Displaced people in northern South Sudan. (file)

South Sudan on the brink as peace deal falters, UN warns

Peace and Security South Sudan stands at a dangerous crossroads as rising political tensions threaten to derail a fragile peace deal, amid growing fears of renewed conflict in the world’s youngest nation, already buckling under a deepening humanitarian crisis.

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