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The latest round of a large-scale polio vaccination campaign in Gaza targeting some 600,000 children under age 10 got underway on Saturday.

Aid operations in the Gaza Strip continue to reach people from north to south with critical assistance, including cash, the UN humanitarian...

Language is one of the distinctive features that makes us human, and a new book supported by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Org...

Accelerating economic recovery is critical to reverse Syria’s decline and restore stability, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said in a r...

The UN Secretary-General on Thursday condemned the “parading” of coffins earlier in the day containing the bodies of dead Israeli hostages b...

The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, condemned efforts by Israeli officials on Tuesday to shut down an UNRWA-run training centre in...

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that the mass polio vaccination campaign in Gaza which began successfully last...

The reconstruction of Gaza and the occupied West Bank will require an estimated $53.2 billion over the next ten years, according to the late...

Explosive ordnance continues to claim lives across Syria, with more than 430 deaths and injuries reported since December, nearly a third of...

As the UN and partners continue to deliver life-saving assistance across the Gaza Strip, the scale of needs remains overwhelming, requiring...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the latest round of hostage releases in Gaza and the continued implementation of the ceas...

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, emphasized the potential of Africa and its young population and called for global reforms to rig...

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday condemned the intensifying Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank, warning that n...

More than 825,000 people who were displaced within Syria have returned to their areas of origin since December, the UN humanitarian affairs...

The UN is racing against time to expand humanitarian relief and prepare for the monumental task of rebuilding Gaza, as a fragile ceasefire h...

A lasting peace is still possible in Yemen but requires commitment, courage, and action from all sides, the UN Special Envoy for the country...

Lifesaving aid continued to reach Gaza on Thursday while UN humanitarians warned that needs remain enormous after 15 months of constant Isra...

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has voiced deep alarm at the growing number of children killed, injured and displaced in the occupied West B...

The UN Special Envoy for Syria on Wednesday called on the country’s caretaker authorities to make the transition to democratic rule inclusiv...

Flags at all UN offices in Yemen are flying at half-mast this week following the death of a World Food Programme (WFP) staff member who had...

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are crucial to economic growth – yet gender inequality in these fields remains wides...

AI is already transforming our world but its power rests “in the hands of a few”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Tuesday in...

A return to war in Gaza must be avoided at all costs, UN Secretary-General António Guterres insisted on Tuesday, amid fears that the three-w...

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Monday for Israel and Hamas to ensure that all people they are holding are treated humanely. 

The forced displacement of Palestinian communities in the northern part of the West Bank is escalating at an alarming pace, the UN agency th...