Gender, geography and powerbroking in play in race for next UN chief
Why it mattersThe major questions going into the process which is now underway are:Which country will the next UN chief come from?Will a woman be chosen to lead the Organisation…
Sudan: Three quarters of women feel unsafe as war rages on
Fabrizia Falcione, UNFPA Country Representative in Sudan, briefed journalists in New York on a recent assessment based on 95 focus group discussions across 16 out of 18 states.Roughly 1,000 women…
More than 38,000 women and girls killed in Gaza war, UN gender equality agency reports
The overall total includes at least 22,000 women and 16,000 girls and amounts to an average of at least 47 women and girls killed every day, the agency’s Sofia Calltorp,…
More than half of Haitians continue to face food crisis
The update came on Friday, in a release by the World Food Programme (WFP), which has been working with the government and partners to assist 2.7 million people in Haiti…
Shockwaves of Middle East war reach Caribbean as food prices soar
Highlighting the import-heavy status of many Caribbean islands, UN researchers warned on Wednesday that the war – and in particular the Strait of Hormuz shipping and energy crisis – have…
UNESCO grants ‘enhanced protection’ to cultural heritage sites in the Middle East
At the request of the Lebanese Government, UNESCO placed 39 World Heritage sites in the country under so-called “enhanced protection”. But what is “enhanced protection” and what can the UN agency do to help in times of…
Record number of Rohingya refugees died at sea in 2025: UNHCR
Some 5,000 Rohingya refugees are believed to have drowned at sea over approximately the last decade. “This makes, sadly, the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal an unmarked graveyard for…
BM Genel Sekreteri Guterres: Uluslararası Hukuk Güç Üzerinde Olmalı
BM Genel Sekreteri Guterres, Uluslararası Adalet Divanı'nın 80. yılında yaptığı konuşmada, uluslararası hukukun gücün üzerinde olması gerektiğini vurguladı ve hukuk ihlallerine karşı uyarıda bulundu.
Hekim Birliği Sendikası’ndan Sağlıkta Şiddete Karşı Kararlı Duruş
Hekim Birliği Sendikası Genel Başkanı Dr. Hatice Çerci Balcı, sağlıkta şiddete karşı yaptığı açıklamada, hayatını kaybeden hekimleri anarak ortak mücadele çağrısında bulundu.
Deadly Russian strikes on Ukrainians ‘simply trying to live their lives’ must stop, says senior UN official
Standing in front of a bombed-out residential building in the city of Dnipro which came under a sustained attack from Russian strikes late Wednesday night, the top UN official in…
