"Lasting resilience" needed as El Niño hits Central America  Urgent international action is needed to build "lasting resilience" along Central America's so-called "dry corridor". That's according to a crisis meeting of UN agencies and partners in Rome on Thursday, in an effort to raise awareness of the impact of El Niño on the region. The [...]

Peace between the people of Israel and Palestine is possible and everything should be done to achieve it, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday. His message was for all those participating in a conference at the UN in Geneva, which is exploring how to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The focus of any future [...]

Membership of new UN global health task force announced A high-profile list of public figures who will serve on a new Global Health Crises Task Force was announced on Wednesday by UN chief Ban Ki-moon. The task force will produce regular updates on the efforts being made to create a more resilient global response to [...]

More than one-third of the population in South Sudan, or 4.8 million people, will face severe food shortages over the coming months. The warning comes from three UN agencies who say this figure represents the highest level of hunger in the country since the start of a conflict there in December 2013. Erminio Sacco is [...]