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January 20, 2026 3:09 PM
The United Nations Development Programme will move close to 400 staff from its New York headquarters to Germany and Spain, it said late on Monday, following funding cuts by the United States. "The move is part of an ongoing effort to adapt to an evo...
January 19, 2026 10:17 PM
The U.N. warned on Monday that the humanitarian situation in Yemen is worsening and that gains made to tackle malnutrition and health would go into reverse due to funding cuts. "We are expecting things to be much worse in 2026," Julien Harneis, U.N....
January 18, 2026 8:19 PM
A landmark global treaty to safeguard biodiversity in the high seas came into effect on Saturday, providing countries with a legally binding framework to tackle threats such as overfishing and meet a target to protect 30% of the ocean environment by ...
January 16, 2026 6:52 PM
Thousands of people in Nigeria's strife-torn northeast are facing the risk of catastrophic food shortages for the first time in nearly a decade, as aid cuts deepen malnutrition across the region, the U.N. World Food Programme warned on Friday. Aroun...
January 15, 2026 7:02 PM
A new United Nations secretary-general will be elected this year for a five-year term starting on January 1, 2027. The president of the 193-member General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock, asked countries on Wednesday to nominate candidates by April 1, s...
January 4, 2026 11:05 AM
The United Nations Security Council is due to meet on Monday after the U.S. attacked Venezuela and deposed its long-serving autocratic President Nicolas Maduro, a move that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres views as setting "a dangerous precede...
January 1, 2026 10:16 AM
Facing a severe cash crunch, the United Nations has begun 2026 with a reduced budget of $3.45 billion and plans to cut 19 per cent of its workforce. The General Assembly adopted a budget that broadly reflects Secretary-General António Guterres’ p...
December 23, 2025 1:07 PM
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concern over the recent surge in violence in Bangladesh, stressing that minorities must feel safe in the country, his spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said. “We’re very concerne...
December 10, 2025 4:57 PM
United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk said on Wednesday that his office was in "survival mode" due to major funding cuts from global donors, while rights violations and needs in conflict-affected areas surge. "Our resources have been slashed...
November 25, 2025 10:42 AM
India, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women observed on November 25, is highlighting its expanding legal, institutional, and digital measures to protect women from abuse. The United Nations established this day in 20...
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