With people from all points of the globe crying out for relief and hope, international action on major challenges – from climate to conflict and securing sustainable development – is paralyzed by dysfunction and held hostage to geopolitical tensions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Tuesday.
Almost seven months to the day since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, UN-appointed independent human rights investigators said that war crimes have indeed been committed in the conflict.
With the war in Ukraine showing no signs of letting up, countries must increase efforts to prevent further escalation and end the fighting, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told Foreign Ministers meeting in the Security Council on Thursday.
Citing a raft of global challenges – from climate change and geopolitical division to deepening inequalities and conflict – UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for strengthened international solidarity to address them.
At what he called "the most consequential moment of the last four decades," General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi banged the ceremonial gavel to open the UN General Debate, calling for "solutions through solidarity, sustainability and science" – his motto for the Assembly's 77th session.
Worldwide employment in the renewable energy sector reached 12.7 million last year, a jump of 700,000 new jobs in just 12 months, despite the lingering effects of COVID-19 and the growing energy crisis, according to a new report published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in collaboration with the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO).
The world is falling "far short" of commitments made three decades ago to protect minority communities, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, appealing for concrete action to counter this neglect.
UN independent human rights experts on Thursday strongly condemned the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody following her arrest for allegedly failing to comply with Iran's strict rules on women's dress, by wearing what authorities said was "an improper hijab".
Ethiopia's people are once again "mired…in the intractable and deadly consequences" of conflict between Government troops and forces loyal to Tigrayan separatist fighters, who are alllikely responsible for war crimes, top rights investigators said on Thursday.
Women Heads of State and Government meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Tuesday have highlighted how women's full and effective participation and decision-making are crucial to addressing global priorities.
On Wednesday, the UN announced the 2022 cohort of Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals, recognizing their efforts to bring about a fairer future for people and the planet.
During a private meeting of Heads of State and Government, held on Wednesday at UN Headquarters in New York, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for more action and leadership to tackle the climate crisis, warning that efforts to keep the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels is "on life support".
Since the Myanmar military launched its "disastrous" coup last year, UN-appointed independent human rights expert Tom Andrews said on Wednesday that conditions have worsened, "by any measure".
The salvage of the ageing supertanker FSO Safer, off the Yemeni coast, can now begin, the UN said on Wednesday, after it announced that more than $75 million has been pledged to carry out the vital operation.
The number of people facing life-threatening levels of hunger worldwide without immediate humanitarian aid, is expected to rise steeply in coming weeks, the UN said on Wednesday, in a new alert about looming famine in the Horn of Africa and beyond.
Education has been Secretary-General António Guterres' "guide and touchstone," he said on Monday, the final day of the Transforming Education Summit, warning that it is in "a deep crisis".
The UN Secretary-General and the President of the 77TH General Assembly joined world leaders and Goodwill Ambassadors on Monday in a global call to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and get back on track to building a better world that "leaves no one behind".
Marking one year since Afghanistan's de facto rulers decreed that girls should be excluded from high school, UN chief António Guterres has urged the Taliban to "let them back in" without delay.
A fund set up by the United Nations to build peace, prevent violence, reinforce justice, strengthen the rule of law and security institutions, and boost resilience amongst Haiti's most vulnerable people, is supporting government efforts to restore security and stability in the country.
