The El Niño climate pattern, a naturally occurring phenomenon, can significantly disrupt weather systems around the world, but the human-made climate emergency is exacerbating the destructive effects on people and the planet.
Organized crime gangs in Southeast Asia are migrating operations to remote areas of the region where the rule of law is absent and are using technology to lead what a senior official at the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is calling the “supercharging of illicit economies”, including expanding the trafficking of drugs and people as well as money laundering and fraudulent ‘scam’ activities.
The UN is helping to ensure that developing countries benefit from clean energy. In Madagascar, a promising initiative is showing the potential of clean electrification to change lives.
The fierce fighting between the Sudanese army and rebel RSF forces risks reaching the UN bases in the east of the country, warns the head of IOM, the UN migration agency in the country, sharing his frustration at being unable to reach the millions of civilians in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.
As the war in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian militants reaches the 100 day mark, the UN is working flat out to meet the dire needs of hundreds of thousands of displaced civilians “through one door” at the Rafah crossing, a restriction imposed by Israel that has to change, said the UN newly-appointed Resident Coordinator on Saturday.
The release of GPT-4 in 2023, along with other powerful easy-to-use Artificial Intelligence tools such as deepfakes and voice cloning, led to heightened calls for regulation of the technology. UN News speaks to Carme Artigas, Co-Chair of the UN’s AI Advisory Body, about the group’s recommendations for advancing the international governance of AI.
The suffering of people in Ukraine is likely to deepen and they will fall into more poverty through the winter as they continue to endure an almost two-year-old Russian invasion, according to the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the country, Denise Brown.
With war in Gaza still raging and the death toll of mostly women and children rising by the hour, ensuring accountability is “absolutely critical” to prevent grievances from festering, the UN’s top human rights official said on Thursday.
A staff member with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has shared her experience of living and working during the conflict in Gaza, and her heartrending decision to leave the enclave.
The recent General Assembly resolution calling for a humanitarian truce in Gaza is just one example of how the UN’s most representative body – comprising all 193 Member States - reflects the global conscience.
