Disease, hunger, violence threaten millions of refugees in Africa
WHO warns disease and hunger are at alarming levels in the Congo, where almost 10 million people are on the move.
WHO warns disease and hunger are at alarming levels in the Congo, where almost 10 million people are on the move.
On a 14-0 vote with the U.S. abstaining, the council urged a cease-fire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The spending bill also has other 'key pro-Israel provisions' aimed at the U.N. and other international organizations.
After the U.S. vetoed the first three proposals, China and Russia stopped the council's fourth try at a Gaza resolution.
Some 16.7 million people need humanitarian aid in Syria, up from 15.3 million a year ago, as its devastating war drags on.
IUGS rejected declaring that we live in a new epoch defined by far-reaching human impacts on the planet since the 1950s.
Proposed by the U.S. and co-sponsored by China and more than 120 other nations, its passage represented a moment of international cooperation through science diplomacy.
Just 22.3% of all the e-waste - any product that has a plug or battery - was properly collected and recycled in 2022.
Ambient fine particulate matter known as PM2.5 is considered the world’s leading environmental health risk factor.
By far the largest share of the US$236 billion a year in illegal profits comes from forced commercial sexual exploitation.
WMO reports 2023 smashed climate records at previously unimaginable levels, bringing 'misery and mayhem.'
WHO's chief warned that 'a torrent of mis- and disinformation' affects pandemic treaty negotiations restarting this week.
Several top donors including Australia, Sweden, Canada, and the E.U. resumed funding contingent on agency reforms.
A top U.N. official cites strong concerns about mental privacy, which is 'a line that we should not cross at all' as AI develops.
Europe dominates the top rankings as development in half of the world’s poorest nations falls below pre-pandemic levels.
Escalating violence prompts U.N. condemnation as lawless gangs terrorize and displace thousands and impede aid.