Needs still ‘critical’ for Cyclone Idai survivors, says UNICEF chief

Additional 15,000 people expected at Syria’s Al Hol camp after fleeing ISIL fighters

Human Rights Council resolutions wrap

UN experts call for urgent action to end racial discrimination, in wake of New Zealand attack

‘Massive and protracted’ humanitarian crisis in DR Congo can be ‘beaten back’ if donors step up

Idai disaster: Stranded victims still need rescue from heavy rains as UN scales up response

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)’s vice-president, Cornelia Richter, is participating at the UN’s Second High-Level Conference on South-South Cooperation, or BAPA+40, in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires this week. Laura Quinones is there, reporting for UN News and spoke to Ms. Richter.

UN ramps up humanitarian response to Cyclone Idai

UN court increases Karadžić sentence to life imprisonment

South-South cooperation key to fight against global warming: UN chief

Humanitarian emergency getting bigger by the hour, warns UN food agency

DRC’s election of President Tshisekedi 'a momentous transition moment'

Mali violence ‘is worsening’ for civilian in centre and north, warns rights expert

UN will support DR Congo in addressing on-going threats to peace and security  

Syrians continue to suffer from one of the worst conflicts of our time: Guterres 

Terrorist attack in Mali condemned by UN representative in the country

More violence in Idlib frames Brussels Syria pledging conference

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Amend drug laws to eliminate racial discrimination, UN experts say

Syrian civilians still have a strong need for support from the international community, Panos Moumtzis, UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, said on Wednesday.

When Yasmina Guerda from UN News spoke to Mr. Moumtzis, she asked him why the UN still considers Syria to be in a crisis.