Home
United Nations
The United Nations Office at Geneva

Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts warn

2 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts warn 21 May 2025 UN News/Laura Gil A workstation in a raided scam centre in the Philippines; the text in blue reads ‘increasingly prosperous.’ Southeast Asian nations should do more to protect people from being reeled into scam farms, top independent human rights experts said on Wednesday.…

UN alarmed after warning shots fired at foreign diplomats in the West Bank

2 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home UN alarmed after warning shots fired at foreign diplomats in the West Bank 21 May 2025 © UNICEF/Ahed Izhiman Children in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank looking at the destroyed shelters following recent military operations. The UN has called for an investigation following reports that Israeli forces opened fire on a diplomatic delegation near the Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank…

Biodiversity loss demands urgent global action, says UN chief

2 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home Biodiversity loss demands urgent global action, says UN chief 21 May 2025 UN News/Vibhu Mishra A tiger cools off in a stream on a hot day in Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Thanks to efforts by local communities and the government, the park’s tiger population has rebounded but the species remains critically endangered. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on countries to radically…

Four children dead in ‘horrific’ attack on school bus in Baluchistan: UNICEF

2 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home Four children dead in ‘horrific’ attack on school bus in Baluchistan: UNICEF 21 May 2025 © Unsplash/Muneer Ahmed A street view of Khuzdar in Balochistan Province, Pakistan. An “horrific” attack on a school bus in Pakistan’s Baluchistan Province on Wednesday which left six dead – including four children – has been condemned by the UN children’s agency…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

2 days 23 hours ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 20 May 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World…

Afghanistan’s returnees at a crossroads between collapse and recovery

3 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home Afghanistan’s returnees at a crossroads between collapse and recovery 20 May 2025 © UNHCR/Oxygen Empire Media Pro At a UNHCR centre near the Torkham border, an Afghan family recently returned from Pakistan receives a health consultation. Afghanistan stands at a critical juncture, where the large-scale return of refugees could either plunge the country deeper into crisis or contribute to a…

Organized crime groups increasingly embedded in gold supply chain

3 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home Organized crime groups increasingly embedded in gold supply chain 20 May 2025 © UNICEF/Claudia Berger A sample of gold taken from a mine. The global drive for renewable energy technologies has sharply increased demand for so-called critical minerals, heightening the risk of crime, corruption, and instability across supply chains as organised crime groups infiltrate the mining industry…

‘Keep the lights on’ for women and girls caught up in crisis

3 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Keep the lights on’ for women and girls caught up in crisis 20 May 2025 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba A woman holds her daughter as they wait during a nutrition screening at a UNICEF-supported clinic in the Gaza Strip. Women and girls living through humanitarian crises are at risk of being overlooked – just as they are at their most vulnerable.…

Nations adopt historic pledge to guard against future pandemics

3 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home Nations adopt historic pledge to guard against future pandemics 20 May 2025 UN Ghana The UN Resident Coordinator in Ghana, Charles Abani, receives a COVID-19 vaccination (file) After three years of negotiations sparked by the COVID-19 crisis, countries have adopted the world’s first-ever international agreement to better prevent, prepare for, and respond to future pandemics. The new accord…

AI threatens one in four jobs – but transformation, not replacement, is the real risk

3 days 1 hour ago Breadcrumb Home AI threatens one in four jobs – but transformation, not replacement, is the real risk 20 May 2025 © Unsplash/Hitesh Choudhary ILO researchers first developed a methodology in 2023, and later refined it in 2025, to estimate the potential effects of generative AI on existing occupations, and then in a second step, on employment. 20 May 2025 Women and clerical workers face the highest risk of…