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Wind turbines line the coastal highway in Yancheng, China.

Renewable energy transforming the landscape

Renewable energy, if supported by governments, can “truly change the landscape” in terms of achieving equitable access to affordable and clean energy, but only if those governments can move from “commitment to action”; That’s according to the Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

Ambassador Robert A. Wood of the United States votes against the draft resolution on Palestine in the Security Council.

US vetoes Palestine’s request for full UN membership

Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

Guterres appeals for maximum restraint in the Middle East

The General Assembly adopted a resolution in 2012 granting to Palestine the status of non-member observer State in the United Nations. (file)

Palestine’s status at the UN explained

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Gaza: UN experts decry ‘systemic obliteration’ of education system

Assembly President calls for massive investment in sustainable infrastructure

World News in Brief: Rights chief Türk urges peace in DR Congo, Haiti aid update, food insecurity in Timor Leste

Pandemic experts express concern over avian influenza spread to humans

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This automatic sound recording machine captured even the fastest spoken words in the 1940s. (file)

Stories from the UN Archive: Retro cutting-edge tech at the UN

Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA at press conference in UN Geneva, Switzerland

Understanding ‘who's vulnerable’, key to protect women in conflict

Sylvania Burton (l), President of Dominica, with Lorenzo Sanford, Chief of the Kalinago people

Indigenous Kalinago lead the way towards making Dominica ‘climate resilient’

Some people who fled their homes due to Violence are now living in a former theatre in downtown Port-au-Prince.

First Person: ‘I no longer amount to anything’ – Voices of the displaced in Haiti

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Every month, thousands of Sudanese people still migrate to nearby countries like South Sudan and Chad, forgotten and voiceless on an incredibly challenging journey, and nobody knows when it will end.

Rape, murder and hunger: The legacy of Sudan’s year of war

Humanitarian Aid Rape. Murder. Hunger. Corpses filling streets, making it impossible to walk. Sudan was plunged into an ongoing, devastating war one year ago on 15 April, leaving in its wake almost 15,000 dead, eight million civilians on the run, 25 million in dire need of assistance and warnings from humanitarians about famine, aid blockades and a growing list of atrocities on all sides.

A premature baby is fed in a hospital incubator.

Mother makes 200km emergency trip across rural Madagascar to save baby

The Black Lives Matter (BLM) social movement is dedicated to fighting racism and anti-Black violence, especially in the form of police brutality.

Unravelling the legacies of slavery

Rokaya stands in front of her house in Indramayu, West Java.

From desperation to determination: Indonesian trafficking survivors demand justice

Displaced men, women, and children sheltering in a boxing arena in downtown Port-au-Prince after fleeing their homes during gang attacks in August 2023.

How is the UN supporting Haiti’s struggle to overcome violence and instability?

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On 5 March 2024, UNICEF and partners delivered 23 incubators to hospitals in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

PHOTO STORY: 6 months of Gaza conflict leaves many close to famine

Six months after the full-scale invasion of Gaza, 30,000 Palestinians are dead, dozens of children have died of hunger and more than half a million Gazans face starvation. As Israel continues to bomb the occupied territory and restrict the entry of lifesaving goods, the UN is scrambling to respond.

Ukraine: War and restoring a sense of home

A single mother of three children is rebuilding her home with help from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

Gaza’s displaced children: ‘A heartbreaking story of loss and grief’

A five-year-old boy sits on his mattress in a shelter courtyard surrounded by several hundred other displaced people.

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UN Affairs Long before artificial intelligence, UN staff brainstormed and developed innovative solutions in the Organization's day-to-day affairs, so this #ThrowbackThursday we are taking you behind the scenes for a peek at some almost forgotten retro mid-20th century cutting-edge tech at UN Headquarters ahead of World Creativity and Innovation Day, marked annually on 21 April.

Ambassador Gilad Erdan of Israel addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. At left is UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini.

‘Insidious campaign’ by Israel is denying lifesaving aid to Gaza says UNRWA chief

Peace and Security The Commissioner-General of the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) briefed the Security Council in New York on Wednesday as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens, telling ambassadors that life-saving deliveries are being blocked by Israel as part of an "insidious campaign" to push it out of the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

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