Ebola outbreak puts DR Congo on an ‘epidemiological knife-edge’

UN raises alarm at ‘substandard’ housing in South Korea

International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is supporting a campaign to vaccinate every child and young person in Fiji against meningococcal disease, the illness which causes meningitis, or inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.

Ebola toll rises to 27 in Democratic Republic of the Congo: WHO

Sharp rise in forced displacement to Central America’s northern States: UNCHR

Alarm at ‘mass expulsion’ of migrants in Algeria: OHCHR

Libyans ‘yearning for united, sovereign nation,’ UN envoy tells Security Council

UN health agency, partners gear up for Ebola vaccination campaign in DR Congo

Methamphetamine trafficking in Asia’s Mekong reaches ‘alarming levels’, UN warns

In this latest episode of the UN Gender Focus podcast, Dianne Penn speaks with Tonderai Chikuhwa from the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, about the estimated 40,000 pregnant Rohingya women in Cox's Bazar refugee camps, many of whom allegedly were raped by Myanmar security forces and allied militias.

UN human rights office (OHCHR) Spokesperson, Ravina Shamdasani, said on Friday there was growing concern for the safety of Noura Hussein Hammad Daoud, who is appealing against her death sentence by a Sudanese court for fatally stabbing the man she was forced to marry, after allegedly being raped by him and suffering other gender-based violence.

Antonio Guterres promotes new disarmament role for UN

Special session on Gaza killings begins at Human Rights Council

UN warns of ‘deteriorating climate’ for human rights defenders in Guatemala

Ebola confirmation in DRC city ‘concerning’: UN health chief

UN mission deploys more blue helmets to troubled South Sudan state

Aid official calls for urgent support for Gaza violence victims

Global economic growth is exceeding expectations this year but heightened geopolitical tension and uncertainty over international trade could thwart progress, according to the World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP), launched today at UN Headquarters in New York.