Children, refugees pay hefty price of global aid funding crisis
News / 24th March 2025Children, refugees and displaced people worldwide are paying the price for the deep-seated funding crisis that has engulfed the international aid sector, made worse by pronounced cuts in Washington, the UN children’s report.
Humanitarian system at breaking point as funding cuts force life-or-death choices
News / 13th March 2025The UN’s top relief official has warned that the humanitarian system has reached breaking point, with funding cuts forcing life-or-death decisions over which aid programmes to sustain or shut down.
UN regrets US exit from global cooperation on health and climate change agreement
News / 23rd January 2025UN agencies have responded to the new US administration’s executive orders ending its relationship with the World Health Organisation and the Paris Climate Agreement.
Famine spreading amid 'unprecedented' humanitarian crisis in Sudan: UN
News / 7th January 2025Multiple U.N. leaders addressing the UN Security Council have urged action to tackle the spiraling humanitarian crisis unfolding in war-torn Sudan, which has contributed to roughly half of the country facing acute food insecurity.
In New Year’s Message, Guterres urges countries to drastically slash emissions and ‘exit this road to ruin’
News / 1st January 2025UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for making 2025 “a new beginning” in his message for the New Year.