Gender equality will take 300 years to achieve, according to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.

Afghanistan under the Taliban government is the “most repressive country in the world” for women’s rights, with authorities trapping women and girls.

“The ship has reached the shore,” conference chair Rena Lee announced at the UN headquarters in New York on this morning.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) decided to temporarily suspend humanitarian flights in North Kivu and neighbouring Ituri province.

North Korea rejected on Wednesday condemnation by the United Nations chief of its recent ballistic missile launches.

Landmines and unexploded munitions injured or killed more than one person every day in Myanmar last year, the United Nations said.

Actor and activist Jane Fonda warned that humanity is “losing the ocean,” as two weeks of negotiations begin at the United Nations on a treaty to protect the high seas.

More than 140 trucks carrying desperately-needed aid have crossed into rebel-held northwestern Syria from Turkey since a giant earthquake.

During the first-ever pledging conference for education in emergencies, countries and other donors vowed to provide $826 million

The UN’s cultural agency UNESCO said it was ready to provide assistance after two sites listed on its World Heritage list in Syria and Turkey.

The UN has also condemned the attack on the SANDF soldiers and expressed condolences for the family of the fallen peacekeeper.

Africa got a boost at the 2022 United Nations Climate Conference, new projects will look into reforestation and forest conservation.

Efforts to eliminate industrially-produced fat have a long way to go with five billion people exposed to toxic fat added to many food products.

The United Nations human rights chief on Monday called on Eswatini to swiftly and impartially investigate the brutal killing of prominent opposition politician and human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko.

UN rights experts on Monday deplored a reported rise in abductions, forced marriages and conversions of girls from Pakistan’s religious minorities.

UN rights chief Volker Turk called Friday for protection from online hatred and an end to dehumanising identity politics in 2023.

The Taliban must immediately revoke their policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, the UN rights chief insisted Tuesday, condemning their “terrible” consequences.

Iraq, a top oil exporter, must diversify its economy and pursue a “greener growth model”, said the World Bank.

“…The television has become … the main, not to say the sole, source of information, culture, and entertainment …”

China has been the most populous country but it will be coming second as a new country is expected to lead with the highest population.

The family of Egypt’s jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah, who is refusing food and water, demanded information on his health.

The UN has called on Egypt to immediately release Alaa Abdel Fattah, a jailed dissident on hunger strike, saying his life was at risk.

We look back on this day in world and South African history, remembering the people and events that shaped the world we live in today.

We look back on this day in world and South African history, remembering the people and events that shaped the world we live in today.

Zimbabwe to receive food relief from the UN World Food Programme as the country faces extreme food challenges.