Deadly Syria earthquake provides chance to move forward: UN envoy (UN)

Renewed diplomatic attention on Syria, and the suffering of its people following the recent deadly earthquake, create new obligations and opportunities to forge lasting...

Pakistan: 10 million deprived of safe drinking water in flood-affected areas (UN climate change)

Six months after catastrophic floods struck Pakistan, more than 10 million people, including children, still lack access to safe drinking water, the UN Children’s...

Counter-terrorism ‘rhetoric’ used to justify rise of surveillance technology: human rights expert (UN)

Some countries and private companies are using “counter-terrorism and security rhetoric” to justify a major increase in the deployment and use of cutting-edge surveillance...

Step up support to Syria-Türkiye earthquake survivors: UN refugee chief (UN)

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Monday underlined the need for greater and urgent international support for survivors of the recent...

Syria rights investigators back calls for earthquake ‘failures’ probe (UN)

Top rights investigators appointed by the Human Rights Council on Monday delivered a highly critical assessment of the role of the Syrian Government and...

Vanuatu emergency: UN supports aid effort after cyclones, earthquake (UN)

UN humanitarian coordinators have deployed to Vanuatu to help with the aid response, a week since back-to-back tropical cyclones and a 6.5 magnitude earthquake...

UN continues to support Pakistan flood response (UN)

Six months after the devastating floods in Pakistan, humanitarians have reached more than seven million people with food and other essential services, the United...

UN Assembly President calls for Apollo 13 ingenuity to navigate flood risks (UN climate change)

Some 1.8 billion people on the planet are threatened by flood risks, the United Nations General Assembly President warned on Saturday, at a water...

Syrian women hope earthquake tragedy opens up possibility for peace (UN)

Critical maternal health services and other programmes for women and girls in north and northwest Syria “have had to scale up massively” following the...

Earthquake disaster: UN chief welcomes Syria decision to open aid corridors (UN)

The UN Secretary-General has welcomed the decision on Monday by the Syrian president to open two further crossing points on the Turkish border to...