UN chief "saddened by loss of life" in Bangladesh, India, Nepal UN chief Antรณnio Guterres said on Friday he was "saddened by the loss of life" and the devastation caused by torrential monsoon rains across much of Bangladesh, India and Nepal. News reports indicate that more than 1200 people have died across the three [...]

Listen to our daily bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, presented by Matt Wells. Today we’ve a special holiday edition, featuring an extended interview with UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien, who’s stepping down from his key role on Thursday. He reflects on the challenges of providing relief to millions, and the frustrations [...]

Cluster munition casualties almost exclusively in Syria Casualties from cluster munitions doubled in the last year and civilians accounted for nearly all of the victims, the UN and civil society partners said on Thursday. Of nearly 1,000 victims identified in 10 countries, almost all were from Syria, according to the Cluster Munition Monitor 2017. The [...]

Democracy in Venezuela is "barely alive” and UN Member States should help prevent the situation from worsening, the UN's rights chief said on Wednesday. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein made his comments in Geneva, where he said he would be asking the Human Rights Council to consider action, after his office released a report indicating state [...]

  Listen to our daily bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, with Matt Wells and Daniel Johnson. In today's programme: The UN Secretary-General releases US$4 million in emergency funding for the stricken people of Gaza, and appeals for Palestinian unity on the ground. And, democracy in Venezuela is "barely alive" says the [...]

  Stop Syrians from "paying the price of political failure": UN relief chief The Security Council needs to find a way to stop the Syrian people from having to pay the dreadful price of political failure. That's the parting message from UN relief chief, Stephen O'Brien, who leaves his post as Humanitarian Coordinator on Thursday. [...]

DPRK must be persuaded to give up missile bid, States tell UN The call to DPRK to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes was echoed by numerous Member States. It comes after North Korea launched a missile on Tuesday that flew over Japan before ditching into the sea. Daniel Johnson has more. The UN [...]

  Myanmar urged to open borders for all fleeing Rakhine violence Access to communities in need of help in Myanmar's Rakhine state remains "severely restricted" amid what the UN has called a "dramatic worsening" of the security situation there. Violence erupted in the state last Friday when attacks on police buildings left dozens of people [...]

Listen to a bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, with Matt Wells and Daniel Johnson. In today’s programme: the UN migration agency tell us people need better options than having to trust people-traffickers along the deadly routes to Europe; and we hear from UN police in South Sudan who’ve cut crime by [...]

  Prevention "the priority" for sustaining peace: deputy UN chief Measures which prevent conflict should be the priority for all Member States and the UN as they try to build a more peaceful world. That was the message delivered to the Security Council Open Debate on Peacekeeping Operations on Tuesday, by Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed. [...]