Places UN Secretary-General issues stark warning on 'state of the planet' Antonio Guterres called on humanity to end the 'war on nature' in a landmark speech. 04/12/2020
Ethiopia UN, Ethiopia sign deal for aid access to embattled Tigray This will allow the first food, medicines and other aid into the region of 6 million people that has seen rising hunger during the fighting between the federal and Tigray regional governments. 03/12/2020
Good Morning Europe Nobel Peace Prize winning World Food Programme battling challenges of Covid-19 27/10/2020
World China and Russia win seats on UN rights council while Saudis lose Russia and Cuba were running unopposed, but China and Saudi Arabia were in a five-way race in the only contested race for seats on the Human Rights Council. 14/10/2020
Finland Move over, Sanna! Girl, 16, becomes Finland's prime minister for a day A 16-year-old girl assumed the position of prime minister in Finland on Wednesday, in a scheme celebrating the UN’s International Day of the Girl. 08/10/2020
Life Religion plays an ‘enormous’ role in reversing climate change, says UN Faith-based organisations control 8% of the Earth’s habitable land and 5% of commercial forests. 06/10/2020
Yemen UN: Yemen's warring sides to swap more than 1,000 prisoners This marks the first phase of a prisoner-release plan reached earlier this year. 27/09/2020
World Respect for international law 'not optional', says EU chief In a thinly-veiled reference to the UK, EU chief Charles Michel said "respect for treaties, a basic principle of international law, comes to be considered optional even by those who, until recently, were its historical guarantors". 25/09/2020
world news UN chief warns over threat of new Cold War between US and China It came as Donald Trump used the virtual UN meeting to attack China over the emergence of coronavirus. China hit back at what it called "a political virus" and said Trump's accusations were "baseless". 22/09/2020
USA Trump administration declares UN sanctions on Iran 'restored' Mike Pompeo has said that UN sanctions on Iran are restored in a move that most other countries consider illegal. 20/09/2020
Europe UN approves motion on enhanced human rights scrutiny in Belarus Representatives from Belarus, Russia, Venezuela and China had attempted to halt statements from civil society and the UN special rapporteur detailing reports of torture and detentions in Belarus. 18/09/2020
World 'No evidence' that COVID-19 plasma treatment works, warns UN The UN has warned that the use of plasma to treat COVID-19, approved by President Donald Trump on Sunday, is experimental and may not work 25/08/2020
World 2019 was the most dangerous year ever for aid workers According to the UN, 483 aid workers were subject to attacks last year, an 18 per cent rise on 2018 and the highest number ever recorded. 19/08/2020
