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The electricity generated by wind farms reduces the reliance on coal-powered energy.

A liveable future for all is possible, if we take urgent climate action: flagship UN report

A major UN “report of reports” from the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), outlines the many options that can be taken now, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change.

Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, briefs the Security Council meeting on the Sudan and South Sudan.

Sudan holds massive political ‘workshops’, embarks on new transition phase, Security Council hears

Conflict in Yemen has hindered development.

Yemen: Fresh negotiations conclude with release of 887 prisoners

Residents of Pyongyang, DPRK, wait to cross the road.

Spate of missile launches triggers call for unity on Korean Peninsula

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UN underlines commitment to support communities affected by Syria-Turkiye earthquakes

UN ramps up aid as millions affected in cyclone Freddy’s wake

South Sudan: Humanitarians call for justice after latest deadly attack

Rebooting memories of life before the nuclear devastation of Hiroshima

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The Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change.

Announcing new youth advisers, Guterres praises their ‘unrelenting’ drive for climate justice

A road culvert built with an EU-funded UNCDF programme in The Gambia

PODCAST: Resurgence of The Gambia – Meeting the climate challenge

Nicole Mesén is a Nicaraguan activist who entered politics to fight for her rights and those of thousands of people living with disabilities in Costa Rica.

‘Society raises barriers’ to people with disabilities says activist in Costa Rica

Judges hold hearings at the International Court of Justice.

Women in justice: Three trailblazing World Court judges send a powerful message

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Young girls walk home from school in São Tomé and Príncipe.

INTERVIEW: São Tomé and Príncipe readies for graduation day

Economic Development São Tomé and Príncipe is due to graduate from its current status as one of the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs), a journey that is testament to its economic successes, but is not without challenges, as Eric Overvest, the senior UN official in the country, tells UN News.

Former practitioners of female genital mutilation in The Gambia

INTERVIEW: ‘Every other young girl you see in The Gambia has undergone female genital mutilation’

For Ukrainian farmers like Volodymyr Vasyliovych, the war has meant virtual inability to export their produce, with the grim prospect of their harvest spoiling in sheds, while being unable to make necessary investments due to the shrinking revenue.

First Person: Vulnerable Ukrainian farmers plough self-sufficient furrow

The Ten True Stories exhibition at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum focuses on slavery in the Dutch colonial era, from the 17th to the 19th century.

Ground-breaking exhibit on slavery gives new generation ‘hope for humanity’

Seraphine Wakana, UN Resident Coordinator, The Gambia

Changing lives in The Gambia: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

Photo Stories

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

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

South Africa first provided peacekeepers to the United Nations in 1999 when it joined the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). It has been a consistent contributor ever since. Today, South Africa provides 1,189 military and police personnel to UN Peacekeeping making it the 15th largest contributor among all UN Member States. More than 1,100 still serve in the DR Congo with MONUSCO, the successor mission to MONUC.

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

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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An aerial view of Tehran, Iran's capital city.

Iran: possible crimes against humanity, absence of accountability - top rights expert

Human Rights “The most serious human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past four decades” have been committed since the death in police custody of Jina Mahsa Amini on 16 September 2022, Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran said on Monday.

Students wash their hands at a newly built handwashing point at a primary school in Pemba District, Zambia.

190 million children at risk from water-related crises: UNICEF

Climate and Environment A new analysis from the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, shows that some 190 million children in 10 African countries are at the highest risk from a convergence of three water-related threats – inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); related diseases; and climate hazards.

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