The situation at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has deteriorated rapidly to the point of becoming "very alarming," Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi warned the Security Council on Thursday afternoon.
Despite an unprecedented scale-up in assistance in Afghanistan over the past year, immense needs still exist and the future looks bleak, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Thursday.
The current humanitarian crisis stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine is having "a disproportionate impact" on persons with disabilities, especially children in institutions there, four UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Thursday.
A new UN-backed humanitarian logistics hub and training centre in Barbados aims to strengthen emergency preparedness and response across the Caribbean, the World Food Programme (WFP) said in announcing the news on Thursday.
A devastating drought in Somalia has reached unprecedented levels, leaving one million people within the country currently registered as displaced, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Thursday.
Military activities around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant in Ukraine must stop immediately, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday, warning of the potential danger to the area and beyond amid ongoing shelling.
The number of young people globally who can't find a job this year is set to reach 73 million – that's a full six million more than before COVID-19 – the UN labour agency said on Thursday.
