Politics

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe    Humanitarian aid has been stalled near the Rafah, Egypt, border crossing since 14 October 2023.

October 20, 2023   Humanitarian Aid

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe        UN Secretary-General António Guterres (centre left) talks to the media at the Rafah crossing.

October 20, 2023   Humanitarian Aid

UN Photo/Manuel Elías    

Members of the UN Security Council vote on a draft resolution draft resolution on the situation in the Middle East.

October 18, 2023   Peace and Security

Screenshot   US vetoes the Brazilian-led draft resolution on the Israel-Gaza crisis.

October 18, 2023   Peace and Security

UN News   

Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Afghanistan and head of the UN mission in the country.

October 04, 2023   Peace and Security

UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras  

The Security Council adopts, by recorded vote, a resolution authorizing the creation of a Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti.

IOM/Gema Cortés  

Migrants who pass through Central America to Costa Rica often face discrimination and can be the victims of hate speech.

October 01, 2023   Human Rights

UNFPA Vietnam 

The International Day of Older Persons highlights the contributions older persons make in societies and draws attention to the challenges they face.

October 01, 2023   Human Rights

Unsplash/Nijwam Swargiary 

Fake news - news articles that are intentionally and verifiably false and designed to manipulate people’s perceptions of reality - has been used to influence politics.

UN Photo    

The “Non-Violence” (or “Knotted Gun”) sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd on display at the UN Visitors’ Plaza.

October 01, 2023   Peace and Security