Both the following statements were made on 20 June 2025, one week after Israel started the war against Iran. Israel on Iran Media stakeout before a UN Security Council meeting in New York by Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel … Continue reading →
We reported in May that the UN is facing a worsening cash crisis that threatens its ability to carry out vital work on delivering aid to the poorest people in the world. By 16 June the UN had received only … Continue reading →
This conference was cancelled. See this page for more details. An International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two State Solution will be held in New York on June 17-20, 2025. … Continue reading →
United Nations News reported on 19 May that the UN is facing a worsening cash crisis that threatens its ability to carry out vital work. Because of member states’ current underpayments of contributions – $2.4 billion in unpaid regular budget … Continue reading →
May 20 The video below shows part of a press briefing at noon on 20 May 2025 by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, dealing with the situation of aid entering Gaza but not being distributed as well as … Continue reading →
On Wednesday 16 April, UNA-UK hosted former UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch-Brown was the speaker in the first of a new series chaired by UNA-UK’s Chair Ian Martin. Malloch-Brown’s subject was UNordered World: Trump, the UN and the Rest He … Continue reading →
The UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict was established in 1999 following the publication, in 1996, of a report by Graça Machel entitled the “Impact of Armed Conflict on Children”. Her report … Continue reading →
The following interview was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 28 January 2025, the day before an Israeli law came into force banning UNRWA, the UN relief agency, from operating in Gaza, a Palestinian territory which Israel illegally occupies. Evan … Continue reading →
Palestine and the UN have been inextricably linked since the organization was founded. UN departments have been criticizing Israel’s actions for over a year. UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese even wrote two reports documenting the genocide in Gaza. Despite that, … Continue reading →
Article written by UNA Coventry volunteer Estelle Marufu, Sociology undergraduate at Coventry University. If you’re anything like me, the United Nations (UN) might have first entered your consciousness passively, catching glimpses on the news as a child. It might have … Continue reading →