© Unsplash/Alessandro Stech | The Peace Park in Hiroshima. The UN Secretary-General called for nuclear disarmament on Tuesday as the world marked 79 years since the bombing of Hiroshima, promising that the UN will “spare no effort to ensure the horrors of that day are never repeated.” On 6 August 1945, the United States dropped a bomb […]
UN Story has published a video detailing the mechanics of peacekeeping and the UN’s role in conflict resolution. Why do wars start? How do we end them? UN mediation expert Asif Khan explains the complex world of peacemaking, examining the challenges, successes, and how everyone can play a part. Discover why peace agreements break down, […]
© UNRWA/Ashraf Amra | People search for their belongings in the rubble in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza. 6 December 2023 Invoking a rarely used article of the UN Charter, Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called on the Security Council to “press to avert a humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza and unite in a call for […]
16 October 2023 Less than a kilometre from Gaza, pallets of food, fuel, water, and medicine are among the hundreds of tonnes of lifesaving aid packed into a long convoy of trucks idling on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, as drivers await Israel’s green light so they can reach 2.3 million besieged […]
What does it take to get food, medicine, emergency education, and shelter to record numbers of people in some of the most dangerous places on Earth? The UN does this around the world, including in Afghanistan, Haiti, Sudan, Ukraine, and the occupied Palestinian territory. One in every 33 people (that’s 242 million people) on the […]
The United Nations has been working in the Middle East region around the clock to de-escalate the Israeli-Palestinian crisis by engaging key actors and providing emergency assistance to civilians on the ground. As the conflict intensified amid escalating violence, a complete blockade of food, water, and vital services was put in place by Israel as […]