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Miguel Ángel Moratinos, UN Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia and High Representative for UNAOC, speaks during an interview with UN News.

Collective effort to eradicate Islamophobia, key for creating peace: UN Special Envoy

A woman with blonde hair and dark nail polish is using a smartphone while leaning on a railing outdoors.

An ‘alarming’ two-thirds of children say cyberbullying has increased

Imran Riza, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Lebanon, is seated and listening to displaced people who had to evacuate to safety. He is surrounded by a group of women and children, with media personnel and cameras visible in the background.

Children and families bear the brunt as violence and displacement rise in Lebanon

UNIFIL peacekeepers in camouflage uniforms and blue helmets distribute a crate of food to a civilian man, while another soldier stands by a military vehicle in the background.

Lebanon: peacekeepers highlight Israeli incursions across Blue Line

The future of Gaza in the words of its children

The Same Soil: What Grows After Cocaine

Hallmarks of Genocide

In Thailand, refugees have the right to work

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The smoldering ruins of Nagasaki, about 700 metres from the hypocentre of the explosion, as seen on 10 August 1945.

‘No one should be a hibakusha’: Young Japanese activist’s mission to share atomic bomb survivor stories

Human Rights A Japanese peace activist is hoping to promote global nuclear disarmament by keeping alive the stories of the atomic bomb survivors through the creation of a mobile museum.

Close-up of a person's feet shackled with metal cuffs and chains, sitting on dusty ground in South Sudan, symbolizing detention and the pursuit of justice through a mobile court.

Justice on the move: Mobile courts offer hope for communities in South Sudan

Raul John Aju, a 16-year-old wearing glasses and a yellow and blue striped polo shirt smiles at the camera while sitting at a computer desk with a large monitor displaying video editing software and a green screen backdrop.

‘AI Kid of India’ urges young people to embrace technology

Around 1.4 million people have been displaced in Haiti due to gang violence.

Guns, fashionable clothes and death threats: How gangs in Haiti ensnare children

A young girl in Gaza holds a decorated Ramadan lantern, smiling as she participates in the festive celebration.

Ramadan in Gaza: Deprivation, high prices and the hardships of displacement

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A young girl carries a pot of cooked food in Al-Mawasi, Gaza.

UN ramps up ceasefire support to hungry and war-weary Gazans

The UN is taking the opportunity of the ceasefire in Gaza to ramp up the delivery of aid to the beleaguered people of Gaza.

From podiums to patrols: Taking the pulse of the UN’s busiest week

Delegates gather on the plaza in front of the General Assembly building at UN Headquarters.

Ukraine: Keeping the lights on during the darkest times

People living in areas recently liberated by Ukrainian forces receive aid.

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A view of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.

Venezuela’s repressive State apparatus ‘intact’ despite leadership change

Human Rights Venezuela’s repressive State apparatus remains operational despite the seizure of former President Nicolás Maduro by United States forces on 3 January, according to independent UN human rights investigators.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres receives the Atatürk International Peace Prize from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on a stage.

With Middle East ‘pushed to breaking point’, UN chief urges ceasefire, return to diplomacy

Peace and Security The UN chief on Thursday urged all combatants to cease hostilities in the Middle East, uphold international law, protect civilians and make an immediate return to the negotiating table.

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