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A five-year-old boy holds his younger brother in a displaced persons camp in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Amid a deepening crisis, the UN is striving to assist people in need

15 August 2021
Humanitarian Aid
Interview
A mother and her son, who suffered severe burns when their home was attacked, seek refuge in the Haji camp for internally displaced people in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Fast-moving Afghanistan crisis ‘has hallmarks of humanitarian catastrophe’

13 August 2021
Humanitarian Aid
News Story
People holding a vigil in Yangon, Myanmar (file photo).

‘No time to lose’, stop flow of deadly weapons to Myanmar military now, urges UN rights expert

7 May 2021
Peace and Security
News Story
People holding a vigil in Yangon, Myanmar (file photo).

Myanmar heading towards a ‘full-blown conflict’, UN human rights chief warns

13 April 2021
Peace and Security
News Story
Secretary-General António Guterres addresses participants at the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Cooperation to Promote Peace, Security and Stability event.

UN strengthens ties with Eurasia regional body to tackle terrorism and crime

19 November 2019
Peace and Security
News Story
Kim Song, Chair of Delegation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly’s General Debate. (30 September 2019)

DPRK reports ‘little progress’ since historic June 2018 summit with US

30 September 2019
UN Affairs
News Story
In this file photo, WFP delivers emergency aid to locations in rural Idlib. Amid fears of a Government offensive there, the UN is warning of a possible humanitarian catastrophe.

It’s time to apply maximum ‘moral pressure’ to save lives in Syria’s Idlib: UN negotiator

4 September 2018
Peace and Security
News Story
In this file photo, a woman ties a tarpaulin to use as a makeshift wall in an abandoned building in Dara'a, Syria. Recent intensification in fighting has displaced an estimated 330,000 from the region.

As many as 330,000 displaced by heavy fighting in south-west Syria – UN agency

3 July 2018
Humanitarian Aid
News Story
Staffan de Mistura (on screen), UN Special Envoy for Syria, briefs the emergency Security Council meeting following reports of a chemical weapons attack in Syria.

Security Council urged to prevent ‘uncontrollable escalation’ in Syria

9 April 2018
Peace and Security
News Story
An asylum-seeker enters the ‘Regional Processing Centre’ on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. (file)

Australia-bound asylum seekers left mentally scarred by years of detention on Pacific islands, warns UN refugee official

4 April 2018
Migrants and Refugees
News Story