UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation in U.N. peacekeeping and political missions topped 100 for the third time in the last 10 years in 2024, according to a U.N. report released Tuesday, which said 65 of the allegations involved women who gave birth after saying...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says women's and girls' rights are under attack and gender discrimination remains deeply embedded in economies and societies. The report released...
Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, speaks during a plenary session in the Congress Hall during the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP) DAVOS, Switzerland (AP)...
Palestinians struggle for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File) UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations said Wednesday that it’s ready to ramp up the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza following a...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the war in Gaza because it was not linked to an immediate release of hostages taken...
Antonio Guterres, United Nations secretary-general, speaks during a plenary session at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations and other international organizations are bracing for...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief sharply criticized the powerful but deeply divided Security Council at...
António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, speaks to the United Nations General Assembly during the Summit for the Future, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) UNITED NATIONS (AP) — World leaders will open their annual meeting at the U.N....
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (C, Front) speaks at a Security Council meeting on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation at the UN headquarters in New York, on March 18, 2024. (Xinhua) UNITED NATIONS -- UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on...
A United Nations Security Council meeting UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that the world is entering "an age of chaos" with a deeply divided Security Council unable to address critical issues such as the Israel-Hamas war. With the war in Gaza...
DUBAI, UAE – The developed countries of the world are being called upon to double climate adaptation financing to $40 billion a year by 2025, so the goals on emissions reduction set forth at the COP28 can be successfully delivered. As emphasized by United Nations Secretary General Antonio...
DUBAI, UAE – Raising warning that current policies and ‘business-as-usual’ development business models have been catapulting the planet’s tumble into ‘crash and burn’ with 3.0-degree Celsius temperature rise, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres sent a clear message to all...
