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A wide view of the UN Security Council chambers as members meet on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

US vetoes resolution on Gaza which called for ‘immediate humanitarian ceasefire’

The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Friday morning New York time to discuss the catastrophic situation in Gaza. This follows Wednesday’s urgent letter by Secretary-General António Guterres – one of the most powerful tools at his disposal – urging the body to help end carnage in the war-battered enclave through a lasting humanitarian ceasefire. A resolution tabled late afternoon in the chamber calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire was vetoed by the United States.

A female fruit vendor demonstrates against corruption in Ghana.

Explainer: How the UN is promoting a ‘global commitment to fight corruption’

Fighting engulfs over two-thirds of Myanmar, fuelling humanitarian needs

The Houses of Parliament in London, United Kingdom.

World News in Brief: Haiti’s humanitarian crisis, disease outbreaks in Sudan, UK sentencing reform

UN Climate Conference COP28

"Fill the Loss & Damage Fund now!" action by CAN International at the UN Climate Change Conference COP28, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

COP28 in Dubai enters final week, negotiations ramp up on emissions cuts, fossil fuels

7 December 2023

Simon Stiell, UNFCCC Executive Secretary speaks to reporters at the UN Climate Change Conference, COP28, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

COP28 is about action, not politics and point scoring, says UN climate chief

6 December 2023

Women from the Brazilian delegation attend an indigenous event during the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

COP28: To save the planet, we need a just and fair renewable energy revolution

5 December 2023

UN cites ‘alarming surge’ in climate change over the past decade as COP28 pushes for global emissions cuts

5 December 2023

Hillary Clinton (centre) and other panelists pose together following a discussion on gender and climate.

COP28: Women and climate advocates driving forward change together

4 December 2023

Nepal-based civil society group Digo Bikas Institute holds an action on loss and damage during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

COP28: Bring the vulnerable to ‘front of the line’ for climate funding

4 December 2023

The burning of fossil fuels is driving climate change.

COP28: Methane pledge by the ‘giants behind the climate crisis’ falls short, says Guterres

3 December 2023

Suriname is the most forested country in the world, but its pristine rainforests are being threatened, among others, by mining for gold, bauxite and kaolin.

COP28: Extraction of minerals needed for green energy must be ‘sustainable and just’, says Guterres

2 December 2023

A boy waiting for his school bus in the Songinokhairkhan district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, where air pollution levels are dangerously high.

Tackling health impacts of climate change and scaling up digital climate action in the spotlight at COP28

2 December 2023

Attendees at the Indonesia Pavilion during the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

COP28: As ‘humanity’s fate hangs in the balance’, UN chief calls for urgent action to prevent planetary crash

1 December 2023

View of the iconic Al Wasl Dome at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which is hosting the UN climate conference COP28.

COP28 talks open in Dubai with breakthrough deal on loss and damage fund

30 November 2023

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Stories of courage and dedication: Humanitarians on Gaza’s front line

Our voices and needs must be put first in climate talks, young people tell COP28

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Thomas White, Director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza (file photo).

‘Everybody is grieving’ in Gaza: UNRWA

A German policeman checks the identification papers of Jewish people in the Krakow ghetto. Poland. Circa 1941.

Stories from the UN Archive: The man who defined genocide

James Elder, Chief of Communications at United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Gaza: ‘Somehow their nightmare has just got that much worse’

A girl rests in a camp for displaced persons in Gaza.

First Person: Trauma, stress and sadness take root in Gaza

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Women UN peacekeepers from Africa are playing an indispensable role in supporting peace and security in communities transitioning from conflict to peacetime.

African women on the frontline of peacekeeping

Peace and Security For over a year, a group of United Nations peacekeepers from Ghana led by Captain Esinam Baah regularly patrolled the “blue line” or the demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel, and visited neighbourhoods in the area, checking in with local families and making sure they were safe.

Village health worker Timothy Mbene Masereka.

Fighting gender-based violence door-to-door with support of Ugandan men

Missile strikes have caused widespread destruction in Gaza.

First Person: ‘Severe shock’ as Gaza neighbourhoods are erased

An invaluable mobile app helping Kenyan pastoralists beat the drought.

Explainer: How AI helps combat climate change

Angela Muhindo in Kasese, western Uganda.

Ugandan woman advocates for her rights after ‘life of pain’

Photo Stories

A farmer works in a rice field in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. (1982)

Veteran UN photographer who was ‘witness to troubled world’ leaves behind a priceless legacy

The former head of UN Photo, John Isaac, who photographed the work of the United Nations during three tempestuous, but also hopeful, decades at the end of the 20th Century has died aged 80.

Rafah crossing, aid ‘lifeline’ into Gaza

UN Secretary-General António Guterres travelled to the Rafah crossing on Friday.

Ukraine: Snapshots of a war

The Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, which is a World Heritage Historic Centre has been damaged by shelling.

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Adriana Scordamaglia, a labour prosecutor from Brazil, during a simulated rescue exercise of the STARSOM project in Peru, an initiative to fight organized crime groups involved in migrant smuggling (file).

Global cooperation critical to combat transnational organized crime

Law and Crime Prevention The UN Secretary-General called for stronger action to fight the growing challenge of transnational organized crime in an address to the Security Council on Thursday.

Men walk through the destroyed streets of Gaza.

Gaza fighting continues amid ‘apocalyptic’ conditions; Security Council to meet Friday

Peace and Security Two months to the day since Hamas’ terror attacks in Israel prompted a massive Israeli military retaliation in Gaza, the situation in the war-torn enclave is becoming “apocalyptic” with hostilities making meaningful humanitarian efforts “nearly impossible”, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday.

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