Defeat for western states as Bahrain, Russia and other nations push through vote to shut down investigationsBahrain, Russia and other members of the UN human rights council have pushed through a vote to shut down the body’s war crimes investigations in…
New UN envoy to Yemen urged to broaden talks to end civil war
Hans Grundberg must recognise more than two factions involved in conflict, says pro-independence groupThe new UN special envoy to Yemen has been urged to broaden negotiations to end the country’s seven-year civil war and include the pro-independence S…
Ethiopia is facing an ‘immense humanitarian crisis’, UN chief warns
The UN estimates conflict has driven 400,000 into famine-like conditions in northern Ethiopia with up to seven million people in need of food assistanceEthiopia is facing an “immense humanitarian crisis” amid civil war and famine, United Nations secret…
War crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Libya since 2016, says UN
Fact-finding mission says migrants and detainees particularly exposed to violations since civil warWar crimes and crimes against humanity including murder, torture, enslavement, extrajudicial killings and rape have been committed in Libya since 2016, a…
Cop26 climate talks will not fulfil aims of Paris agreement, key players say
Major figures privately admit summit will fail to result in pledges that could limit global heating to 1.5CVital United Nations climate talks, billed as one of the last chances to stave off climate breakdown, will not produce the breakthrough needed to…
As world leaders gather at the UN, the violation of Palestinian rights must be on the agenda |
The UN played a crucial role in defeating South African apartheid – it is time to investigate Israel’s unequal regimeThis week, world leaders have gathered in New York for the 76th session of the United Nations general assembly, struggling to prove its…
Cop26: Women must be heard on climate, say rights groups
Those worst hit by global heating are left out of talks, says feminist coalition calling for systemic changeWomen must be enabled to play a greater role at the Cop26 summit, as the needs of women and girls are being overlooked amid the global climate c…
16 million in Yemen ‘marching towards starvation’ as food rations run low – UN
Aid worker describes ‘horrific’ scenes in one hospital where starving and malnourished children ‘look like skeletons’At least 5 million people in Yemen are on the brink of famine and a further 16 million are “marching toward starvation”, as the country…
The UN summit on food systems took two years to plan. It’s offered nothing to help feed families | Michael Fakhri
As the UN food systems summit takes place on Thursday, governments can do much more, writes Michael Fakhri, UN special rapporteur on the right to food The role of the UN’s dozens of independent experts, or special rapporteurs, is to report and advise o…
‘Corporate colonization’: small producers boycott UN food summit
Small-scale farmers and Indigenous groups say big ag offers only false and self-interested solutionsHundreds of civil society groups, academics and social movements are boycotting the first UN global food summit amid growing anger that the agenda has b…