Politics

Fresh Israel-Palestinian Islamic Jihad truce prevents ‘full-scale war’

Ziad Taleb     Palestinians survey the aftermath destruction after a bomb hit Gaza over the weekend.

August 8, 2022    Peace and Security

Security Council examines capacity building for sustaining peace in Africa

UNICEF/Francis Emorut     Students receive meals at a school in northern Uganda.

August 5, 2022   Peace and Security

Attacking a nuclear plant ‘suicidal,’ UN chief tells journalists in Japan

UN Photo      UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivers remarks at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo.

August 8, 2022   Peace and Security

Japan: Press Cambodia to End Trade Union Crackdown

Photo: Webshot

August 8, 2022. Tokyo

DR Congo: Blinken Visit Tests US Support for Democracy, Rights Focus on Elections, Repression, Corruption, Rampant Violence in East

Photo: Webshot

August 8, 2022   Washington, DC

From the Field: Outreach across the Horn of Africa

UN Photo / Ali Bakka

A view of the Karashal Internally Displaced People's camp in Sool region, in a photo taken on 5 June 2022
 

August 8, 2022   Peace and Security

From Hiroshima, UN chief calls for global nuclear disarmament

Ichiro Mae/UN Photo       The Secretary-General António Guterres attends the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima.

August 5, 2022    Peace and Security

Nuclear-free world is possible, test-ban treaty chief says

CND/Henry Kenyon

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) campaigns to scrap nuclear weapons and create genuine security for future generations.

August 5, 2022   Peace and Security

Step up protection for activists who challenge big business in Colombia

UN Colombia/Bibiana Moreno

New sculpture at UN honours rights experts killed in DR Congo

UN Photo/Mark Garten

Secretary-General António Guterres (left) and Ann Christin Linde, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, attends the inaugural ceremony of the Abused Ammunition Sculpture.