Humanitarian workers are as "ready as they possibly can be" to deliver aid to people in eastern Aleppo in Syria, a senior UN official has confirmed. Trucks filled with food and supplies for at least 40,000 people are on stand-by at the last border point between Turkey and Syria. But, Jens Laerke, from the UN [...]

Listen to a bulletin of news and features from United Nations Radio, with Jocelyne Sambira and Matthew Wells. In today's programme: Afghanistan has made great progress, but it's also facing "formidable challenges" a UN special envoy told members of the Security Council on Wednesday. And we talk to an expert on disaster risk reduction after [...]

Agricultural "action plan" launched to help stop "superbugs" spreading An "action plan" to help stop the spread of medicine-resistant "superbugs" through the global food supply has been launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The UN agency said the plan would help countries develop their own strategies for tackling the spread of antimicrobial resistance, [...]

The present situation in Afghanistan is hopeful but also presents “formidable challenges”, the UN special envoy to the country has said. Tadamichi Yamamoto who is also the head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) made the remarks during his briefing to the Security Council on Wednesday. In the past 15 years, the war-torn [...]

Mandate extended for UN mission in Liberia, amid stability concerns The mandate for the UN's mission in Liberia (UNMIL) was extended by the Security Council on Wednesday, amid continuing concerns over long-term stability. The Council resolution authorizes a force of more than 1800 military and other personnel to remain until the end of December. The [...]

Children in Yemen are dying "silent deaths" according to the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country. The recent breakdown of a cessation of hostilities agreement has led to an intensification of fighting in the Gulf state. 30 people were killed on Saturday by airstrikes aimed at a water-well north of the capital Sa'ana, adding to [...]

Yellow Fever declared "under control" in Angola An outbreak of Yellow Fever in Angola has been brought under control, UN health experts said Tuesday, but the risk has yet to be contained in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The World Health Organization (WHO) announcement comes after a huge vaccination programme in both countries. [...]

Listen to a bulletin of news and features from United Nations Radio, with Dianne Penn and Daniel Dickinson. In today's programme: European countries are being urged to step up relocation of refugees and migrants And we talk to a senior UN humanitarian official in Yemen about the "silent deaths" of children there

  “Significant drop in violence” in Syria says UN envoy There's been “a significant drop in violence” in Syria following the cessation of hostilities agreement between warring parties, the UN Special Envoy for the country has said. Staffan de Mistura said that the capital, Damascus, and central Syria were calm, although there were reports of [...]

"Unnecessarily slow and challenging." That's how the implementation of a European Union (EU) agreement to relocate thousands of asylum-seekers from Greece and Italy to other countries on the continent has been described by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The agency says effective relocation is critical to increasing European solidarity and responsibility in addressing refugee and [...]