People must draw the line when it comes to the "banalization of bigotry", the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned on Monday. In a hard-hitting speech delivered in The Hague, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called for action to confront European and US demagogues. Jocelyne Sambira has the story. "I am angry" the UN human [...]

Listen to a bulletin of news and features from United Nations Radio, with Jocelyne Sambira. In today’s programme: the United Nations Security Council reaffirms its support for peace in South Sudan as it concludes a three-day visit to the country. And, preparations for the Paralympic Games are underway in Rio de Janeiro, but there has [...]

All Olympic athletes, both able and disabled, deserve recognition and widespread media coverage. That's according to Guozhong Zhang, formerly of the Chinese National Paralympic Committee and current officer for the UN Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Paralympic Games are due to get underway on Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro, two weeks after [...]

  "Keep up fight against hunger" Pope Francis urges UN The leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has called on the UN to "keep up the fight against hunger" the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday. The Pontiff made the remarks during a brief meeting with Mr. Jose Graziano [...]

Leaders of major world economies are being urged to "live up to their commitments" on climate finance, including a promise to provide $100 billion for climate-related projects. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made the appeal during a summit of the G20 group of countries in Hangzou, China. A Green Climate Fund (GCF) was launched in 2014 [...]

This is the news in brief, from the United Nations in Geneva Cholera fears for the Democratic Republic of Congo A massive cholera vaccination campaign is gearing up in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday. The central African country last saw an outbreak in [...]

Listen to a bulletin of news and features from United Nations Radio, with Matthew Wells and Daniel Dickinson. In today's programme: "deep concern" expressed by Security Council members as they arrive in South Sudan on Friday to see for themselves the effects of the latest humanitarian crisis. We'll have a full report. And, without an [...]

Conditions have become "dire" for more than 70,000 mainly women and children trapped on the Syrian side of the border with Jordan, according to the UN humanitarian chief. Stephen O'Brien visited the Syrian war refugees during a trip to Jordan where he has been discussing ways of increasing the flow of aid. Jordan closed the [...]

"Deep concern" was expressed on Friday by the UN Security Council as members arrived in South Sudan, to assess what's been described as a "devastating" humanitarian crisis there. The 15 Council members plan to spend three days in the world's youngest country, visiting Protection of Civilian Sites, talking to senior politicians and UN officials from [...]

Without peace between the new government and ethnic groups in Myanmar there will be "no future" for the country, according to the UN independent expert on human rights there. Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee, was speaking during what's been billed as an historic five-day peace summit taking place in Myanmar, known as the 21st Century Panglong [...]