Nairobi, 2 September 2026 – Global temperature rise is set to cross 1.5°C, likely within the next few years, pushing climate risks and impacts to increasingly dangerous heights, but it is still ...

Vitalii Zakharchuk, UN Ukraine RCO Senior National PSEA Coordinator, spoke about how isolation turns people into targets for abusers, why transparency from organizations like Doctors Without Borders ...

Fields can’t be planted, roads can’t be used, communities are unable to return home. With support from the United Nations, mine action efforts are helping to address these challenges through ...

Today, 1 September, Dr Silviu Domente arrived in Kyiv to begin his work as the new WHO representative in Ukraine. He succeeds Dr Jarno Habicht, who led WHO in Ukraine for 8 years. We are pleased to ...

This thirty-eighth report by OHCHR on the human rights situation in Ukraine covers the period from 1 December 2023 to 29 February 2024.

India is critical in determining the success of the SDGs, globally. At the UN Sustainable Development Summit in 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted, “Sustainable development of one-sixth of ...

17 July 2025, Ukraine – As Ukraine braces for another harsh winter amid escalating hostilities and continued strikes on critical infrastructure, the United Nations and humanitarian partners today ...

This fortieth periodic report by OHCHR describes key human rights developments in Ukraine from 1 June to 31 August 2024. In addition, this report presents OHCHR assessment of the overall scope and ...

In 2024, jointly with partners, the UN worked on restoring critical water, transport and social infrastructure for over 3 million people while over 10 million benefited from the rehabilitated energy ...

Ukraine’s bitter cold winter weather – dropping regularly to -20°C – combined with the cumulative destruction of housing and energy and heating infrastructure are making winter seasons increasingly ...

Matthias Schmale, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, has repeatedly stressed that the scale of humanitarian needs remains immense — as the frontline shifts and hostilities persist without pause ...

The attacks have crippled energy systems and left millions without heating, electricity or water amid freezing temperatures, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Monday.