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UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he was “deeply concerned by the escalation… and the impact the violence is having on the civilian population.” He called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and reiterated his call for the two countries to “resolve any differences through diplomacy.” Following the call for dialogue between Kabul and Islamabad, Summit […]
UN-led teams Secretary General Antonio Guterres have been working on a wide range of proposals since the launch of the initiative in March 2025, covering peace operations, development, human rights and humanitarian action, as well as cross-cutting areas such as data, technology and shared services. This includes efforts to generate efficiency within the UN Secretariat, […]
Just returned from a visit to the country UN womenSofia Calltorp, head of Humanitarian Action, told reporters in Geneva of the suffering inflicted on families left without heat, electricity and reliable shelter amid the harsh winter conditions. Sixty-five percent of Ukraine’s energy generation capacity has been destroyed by targeted attacks. “These energy disruptions are not […]
Thursday February 19, 2026 UN news The UN Security Council is meeting this morning to discuss Sudan as the war approaches its third year and fighting intensifies in multiple regions and civilians face a widening humanitarian catastrophe. Senior UN political and humanitarian officials are expected to brief ministers on a conflict marked by shifting frontlines, […]
Claudio Cordone, briefing ambassadors for the first time as deputy special envoy, pointed to the January 30 ceasefire and integration deal between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as a potentially transformative development. The agreement provides for a phased military and administrative integration of northeastern Syria and includes provisions on the return […]
The United Nations said that his teams attempted to coordinate eight humanitarian missions on Friday and that five were fully facilitated. The remaining three – including a mission to reach a water treatment plant in Khan Younis – were rejected by Israel. Saving lives, beating famine The successful missions collected food and medical supplies from […]
UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at the regular news briefing in New York that the UN Aid Coordination Office, OCHAhad received additional reports of air raids, bombings, shelling – including from the sea – and shootings in residential areas. The violence, he said, “endangers citizens and contributes to the enormous hardship they have endured […]
“The situation remains very volatile and we fear that it will deteriorate further, worsening the already precarious human rights and humanitarian situation in the region,” Türk said, following clashes in recent days between the Ethiopian army and regional forces. The development comes against the backdrop of a deadly conflict in Tigray from 2020 to 2022 […]
In a statement from his deputy spokesman Farhan Haq on Saturday: the UN chief said nearly 10 million people – “more than two-thirds of the population” – now require life-saving humanitarian assistance and “continue to bear the brunt of the conflict”. He expressed deep concern about the fighting, attacks and looting affecting humanitarian and healthcare […]
UN agencies warn that nearly three years of continued violence, limited humanitarian access and declining funding have pushed Sudan into what they describe as the world’s worst humanitarian emergency. An estimated 33.7 million people – about two-thirds of the population – will need humanitarian assistance by 2026. More than 20 million people now need health […]
