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Refugees arrive in the border town of Goris in Armenia.

Karabakh emergency escalates, thousands still pouring into Armenia: UN agencies

Over 88,000 refugees from the Karabakh region have fled to Armenia in less than a week and humanitarian needs are surging, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.

A man fishes on the banks of the Mithi River in western India that has become an open dump for sludge oil and hazardous chemicals.

New UN framework to protect environment from harmful chemicals

People gather outside a hospital in Quetta following the bomb blast in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan.

UN condemns ‘abhorrent’ terrorist attacks in Pakistan

The International Day of Older Persons highlights the contributions older persons make in societies and draws attention to the challenges they face.

Protecting older persons’ rights benefit everyone: UN chief

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Some 200,000 Haitians, mainly in Port-au-Prince (pictured) have been forced by insecurity to flee to temporary locations.

Explainer: Why Haiti is calling for a new international mission

Kavita Belani is the UNHCR Representative in Armenia

Karabakh crisis: ‘People have questions about what will happen to them’

Santa Rose Mary from Uganda, explains how she was bullied online.

‘You can’t even face your own parents’, activist against cyberbullying tells Human Rights Council

Photo Story: UN once again centre stage for world diplomacy

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SDG Action Zone at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.

‘We know the solutions’: Youth offer UN tips for better world

UN Affairs The UN General Assembly (UNGA) wrapped up its high-level week, world leaders flew home, and the security barricades outside UN Headquarters were stored away for next year. UN News spoke with some first-time participants, celebrities, activists, and journalists about their experiences and whether they felt their messages reached the global stage.

A young girl is pictured at her shelter in a displacement camp on Yemen’s west coast.

Yemen: Unsung heroes unite for lasting peace

Small island developing States like Trinidad and Tobago face unique challenges reaching the targets of the SDGs.

‘Staggering proposition’ reaching SDGs for small island States: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

SDG logos are projected in the UN General Assembly Hall in 2022.

Taking the pulse of the planet as the world gathers at the UN

The team celebrates Zubaida’s (centre) penalty kick that helped the Mosul Girls Football Club win the match.

How girls are moving the goalpost in Iraq

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Dennis Francis, President of the General Assembly opens the general debate.

UN once again centre stage for world diplomacy

Leaders from around the world returned to the New York Headquarters of the United Nations for the first fully in-person high-level week at the 78th session of the General Assembly since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ukraine: Snapshots of a war

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

UN ‘blue helmets’: 75 years of service and sacrifice

UN peacekeepers stand guard in Ménaka in southeastern Mali.

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Students at a primary school in eastern Nigeria prepare await the beginning of class.

UNESCO chief calls for ‘intensification’ of investment in girls’ education

Culture and Education The head of the UN, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has urged governments to step up efforts to ensure that half of humanity is not shut out of the classroom.

Six environmental human rights defenders have been arrested in Viet Nam since 2021, according to OHCHR.

Viet Nam: UN rights office condemns crackdown on climate activists

Human Rights The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday expressed grave concern at the spate of recent arrests and convictions of human rights defenders pushing for clean energy reforms in Viet Nam.

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