The Latest Breaking News from United Nations

As the Cop16 biodiversity conference begins, scientists and academics say human activity has pushed the world into a danger zone

UNHRO warns of potential destruction of Palestinian population in northern Gaza due to ongoing Israeli military offensive. Over 42,000 dead and widespread ...

Hundreds evacuate after Israeli military says it will strike areas linked to Al-Qard Al-Hassan, a US-sanctioned banking system

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged "significant investment" in a fund created to safeguard Earth's biodiversity as he addressed delegates to the world's biggest nature protection conference in Cali, Colombia.

UN special coordinator says ‘nightmare in Gaza is intensifying’ and calls for immediate end to violence

UNIFIL says Israeli forces ‘deliberately’ damaged one of its positions in southern Lebanon.

As officials from around 200 countries prepare to meet in Colombia for the Cop16 biodiversity summit starting Monday, world-respected British zoologist Jane Goodall said there was little time left to reverse the downward slide. She wants the United Nations meeting to lead to action rather than "words and false promises".

Ruth Davis named special representative for nature ‘to put climate and nature at the heart of our foreign policy’

Emmanuel Macron has banned Israeli companies from the Euronaval Salon defence fair in Paris next month

Policies such as cash payouts for bicycle commuters have knock-on effects including reduced pollution and better physical and mental health

UN raises alarm over escalating violence in Gaza, particularly in northern region after Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia.