Call for urgent agreement on international deal to prepare for and prevent future pandemics

Call for urgent agreement on international deal to prepare for and...

A high-powered intervention by 23 former national Presidents, 22 former Prime Ministers, a former UN General Secretary and 3 Nobel Laureates is being made today to...
Stories from the UN Archive: Poetic traditions at the UN

Stories from the UN Archive: Poetic traditions at the UN

UN rumour has it that the unofficial tradition began almost 40 years ago, when a delegate from the United Kingdom requested the floor to...
Millions at risk from cholera due to lack of clean water, soap and toilets, and shortage of cholera vaccine

Millions at risk from cholera due to lack of clean water,...

Immediate action is needed to stem an unprecedented multi-year upsurge in cholera cases worldwide, according to the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision....
Conflict driving hunger crisis in Sudan, UN officials tell Security Council

Conflict driving hunger crisis in Sudan, UN officials tell Security Council

“As we approach the one-year anniversary of the conflict, we cannot make clearer the desperation that civilians are facing in Sudan,” said Edem Wosornu...
Accountability essential to counter human rights abuse in DPR Korea

Accountability essential to counter human rights abuse in DPR Korea

In an oral update to the Human Rights Council – UN’s paramount human rights body – Deputy High Commissioner Nada Al-Nashif said that DPRK...