Gazans are scraping by on just four hours of electricity per day due to fuel shortages, a crisis which the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, Jamie McGoldrick has called “a terrible situation.” He shared with Reem Abaza, of the UN News Arabic service, his experience with a power shutdown during a visit to a local children’s hospital.

It's time to ‘demystify’ what we know about artificial intelligence (AI), and monitor its development so it’s consistent with human rights and fosters healthy freedom of expression, according to UN Special Rapporteur David Kaye.  The expert also told UN News’s Maoqi Li that he’s ‘deeply concerned’ about increasing pressure on journalists, referencing the recent disappearance of Saudi dissident columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

Tackling poverty needs to begin on a local level, but the international community needs to do more to eradicate this growing scourge, rights defenders said, on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, last Wednesday.  UN News’s Daniel Johnson spoke to three actvists: Jean-Claude Etienne , from Le Collectif 17 Octobre, and  Halima Zaghar and Bertrand Foucher, from Emerjean, who we’ll hear from first.

UN Refugee Agency concerned by threats to migrant caravan headed to US

Biometric data improves aid to displaced people in South Sudan

UNESCO chief condemns death of Pakistan journalist

Mental health, “is not about how the brain works, it’s about relationships.” That’s one observation from UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dainius Pūras, detailing the psychological effects of lacking family unity for children separated from their migrant parents.  Mr. Pūras spoke with UN News's Natalie Hutchison.

Data experts gather to find solutions for the world’s biggest problems at the UN world Data Forum

Ebola in DR Congo: UN chief ‘outraged’ by recent killings of civilians and health workers

UN human rights experts call for end to exclusion of Nigerian women in politics

With a northbound caravan of hundreds of Central Americans reportedly crossing into Mexico on Saturday, Felipe Gonzalez, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, has called on states not to sacrifice human rights for security concerns.

With a northbound caravan of hundreds of Central Americans reportedly crossing into Mexico on Saturday, Felipe Gonzalez, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, has called on states not to sacrifice human rights for security concerns.

The private sector “should not take the lead in poverty alleviation” but it should remain a key obligation of governments to improve the life of the poorest people across the world according to Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.  Mr. Alston believes countries like the United States are increasingly allowing profit-driven private companies, to run services for the estimated 40 million people who live in poverty in the US.  Daniel Dickinson sat down with Philip Alston to discuss his role as an independent observer of poverty.

Female peacekeepers are recognized by the United Nations as being central to the success of the organization’s 14 missions around the world, but substantially increasing the overall number of women remains an elusive goal.  Ahead of a UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) event, Ann Blomberg from The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, DCAF, spoke with UN News.