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A Food Bank agent collects food at a wholesale market in Lima (mercado de mayoristas), Peru.

Continued urgent action needed to prevent food and nutrition crisis from worsening

As millions worldwide continue to go hungry, leaders of five international humanitarian, banking and trade organizations on Wednesday appealed for further urgent action to prevent the global food and nutrition crisis from worsening.

The search for survivors continues following the earthquake which affected Türkiye and Syria.

Earthquake disaster latest: fresh snow compounds Syrians’ misery

Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, briefs the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security.

Ukraine: Influx of weapons ‘must not derail aspiration for peace’, Security Council hears

A mother donates her breastmilk at the first human milk bank to open in Nepal.

Slamming ‘big formula milk companies’, WHO scientist calls for swift clampdown to protect nursing mothers

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UN ‘blueprint’ to protect least developed nations amid global slowdown

Education: More investment in school health, nutrition, will realize childhood potential

Ethiopia: UN refugee agency chief calls for more aid, new long-term strategy

Somalia: $2.6 billion appeal to support millions amid historic drought and famine fears

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Destruction in Gaziantep, the day after the massive quake which has killed more than 8,000 people.

First Person: Türkiye earthquake – 60 seconds of terror

A Zambian woman police officer receives a medal for her service with the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

Zambia: New grant gives boost to women peacekeepers

The search for survivors continues in Samada, Syria following the February 6 earthquake .

‘Huge’ needs across earthquake-hit areas of Syria, amid war, winter and cholera

Workers on a wind turbine in Chaiyaphum province, Thailand.

PODCAST: Filling the 4 trillion dollar development gap

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A UN-run bus takes Ukrainian refugees from Moldova to Romania.

Moldova: The long and winding road to safety

Migrants and Refugees Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, some 700,000 fleeing people have passed through neighbouring Moldova, putting a huge strain on the country’s resources. The UN’s migration agency (IOM) is helping the most vulnerable, and the authorities, to navigate this unprecedented situation.

The streets of Odessa during the Russian invasion.

‘A great victory’: Odesa mayor reacts to UNESCO Heritage List inclusion

Hate Speech: Turning the tide

A new chilli plantation in Inegena, Eastern Indonesia, has helped increase the income of farmers by 50 per cent in the last growing season.

Candlenuts, chilli and chickens: Transforming Indonesia’s rural economy

Make-a-Wish recipient Kale Ilac, and his family at the UN General Assembly Hall

Fulfilling the UN dreams of Kale, a teenager battling cancer

Photo Stories

Displaced children living in a camp in Djugu, which was visited by Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, during his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

2022 in Photos: Struggle, recovery and hope

In 2022, the UN and the world were partially recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic: the Security Council and General Assembly met in person, and senior officials travelled. The UN’s photographers were with them to capture the scene.

Photo Story: South African peacekeepers display courage and compassion wherever they serve

Members of the MONUC’s South African parachute battalion disembark from a military vehicle for patrol duties around the village of Ntamugenga.

Photo story: A watershed moment - transformation the key word at UNGA77

Staff work behind the scenes in the UNTV control room during the General Assembly’s annual general debate and associated high-level meetings.

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First Person: Türkiye earthquake – 60 seconds of terror

Humanitarian Aid When Monday’s devastating earthquakes struck Türkiye and Syria, killing thousands of people, Olga Borzenkova, a spokesperson for the UN migration agency (IOM), was in Gaziantep, Türkiye, one of the most affected areas. She describes her experience, and the emergency response effort that is underway.

Human Rights Officers from MINUSMA conduct regular monitoring visits to a jail in Sévaré, in the Mopti region of Mali.

UN chief ‘deeply regrets’ Mali’s decision to expel senior rights official

Peace and Security The UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday he deeply regrets Mali’s recent decision to declare the top UN human rights representative as persona non grata.

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