Over 1,000 humanitarians killed in three years, Security Council hears
09 april 2026 - 07:40:54New York, US (PANA) - At least 326 humanitarians were killed in the line of duty across 21 countries during [...] Full text...
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Russian military control of Ukraine nuclear plants cause for grave concern, nuclear energy agency warns
06 april 2026 - 18:24:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Reports that Ukraine’s, and Europe’s, largest nuclear power plant is under the control of Russian forces [...] Full text...
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Deminers race to keep up with military technology
03 april 2026 - 16:45:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In conflict zones where new technologies are making landmines more dangerous, deminers must innovate at the [...] Full text...
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Ukraine: danger is only increasing, warns UN human rights office
26 march 2026 - 14:36:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the “danger is only increasing”, particularly [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for immediate release of 118 detained UN staff
25 march 2026 - 19:47:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for the immediate release of the 118 UN staff currently [...] Full text...
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War-driven energy price spikes highlight value of renewables: UN climate chief
16 march 2026 - 12:52:59Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The disruption of global energy supplies is being felt worldwide, the UN’s top climate change official [...] Full text...
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Search for next UN Secretary-General in full swing
15 march 2026 - 07:17:03New York, US (PANA) - The search for the successor of UN Secretary-General António Guterres has officially begun in the [...] Full text...
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Nearly 700,000 displaced in Lebanon as Middle East crisis escalates
09 march 2026 - 14:29:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On day 10 of the war engulfing the Middle East, UN agencies on Monday reported massive [...] Full text...
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‘Domicide’ on the increase as conflicts proliferate, warns top rights expert
06 march 2026 - 08:02:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The mass destruction of homes due to conflict around the world has continued to cause massive [...] Full text...
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Russian gas tanker sinks in waters between Libya and Malta
05 march 2026 - 07:20:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ports and Maritime Transport Authority has announced the sinking of a Russian gas tanker [...] Full text...
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UN Human Rights Council says use of force must not become the norm
05 march 2026 - 06:56:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A senior United Nations official warned in Geneva on Wednesday against the normalisation of force in [...] Full text...
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At least 55 Ghanaians killed in Russia–Ukraine war, says Ghana FM
27 february 2026 - 12:55:52Accra, Ghana (PANA) - At least 55 Ghanaians have been killed fighting in the war in Ukraine, with two others [...] Full text...
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Ukraine: ‘Use every diplomatic tool to end this war’, top UN official tells Security Council
25 february 2026 - 18:52:57New York, US (PANA) - The international community must “use every diplomatic tool” to bring an end to the war [...] Full text...
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Ukraine wakes to more violence as Russia's invasion enters fifth year
24 february 2026 - 16:34:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops on 24 February 2022 shattered the peaceful aspirations [...] Full text...
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Doing what’s right is ‘not a spectator sport’, Human Rights Council warned
23 february 2026 - 14:55:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Geneva, delegates from more than 120 countries gathered on Monday to mark 20 years of [...] Full text...
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Ukraine’s women at breaking point after four years of war as attacks on energy, healthcare continue – UN humanitarians
20 february 2026 - 18:49:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, millions in Ukraine struggle to keep the lights on and [...] Full text...
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IMF Executive Board completes the fourth review for Burkina Faso
19 february 2026 - 07:59:43Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday approved a 48-month arrangement [...] Full text...
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Four years of war in Ukraine: Childhood has ‘moved underground’, displacement continues – UN humanitarians
17 february 2026 - 18:02:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Civilian suffering shows no sign of letting up in Ukraine as the four-year-mark of Russia’s full-scale [...] Full text...
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As conditions worsen in Ukraine, refugees struggle to return
16 february 2026 - 19:41:42Kyiv, Ukraine (PANA) - As Ukraine prepares to enter the fifth year of the full-scale Russian invasion on 24 February, [...] Full text...
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General Assembly President urges Europeans to ‘stand up’ for the UN
11 february 2026 - 07:42:01Strasbourg, France (PANA) - The President of the United Nations General Assembly appealed on Tuesday for Europe to protect the [...] Full text...
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Ukraine war keeps nuclear safety on a knife-edge, UN watchdog warns
08 february 2026 - 07:59:48Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Attacks on Ukraine’s power system highlight how the ongoing war threatens the safety of the country’s [...] Full text...
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Keeping ‘hope alive for younger generations’ in Haiti as funding falters
06 february 2026 - 16:39:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Haiti is facing one of the world’s most acute humanitarian crises, driven by escalating gang violence, [...] Full text...
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Ukraine: Civilians injured, miners killed, in separate Russian attacks
03 february 2026 - 18:19:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A fresh wave of Russian strikes overnight across Ukraine injured several people and left thousands “without [...] Full text...
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Building healthy bridges towards peace: WHO launches $1 billion appeal
03 february 2026 - 17:00:39Geneva, Switzerland ( PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday launched its 2026 global appeal for nearly $1 [...] Full text...
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UN watchdog warns Ukraine war remains world’s biggest threat to nuclear safety
31 january 2026 - 14:11:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The war in Ukraine remains the world’s biggest threat to nuclear safety as a fifth year [...] Full text...
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Violence roiling Nigeria extends beyond religious lines, amid a deepening humanitarian crisis (By Fabrice Robinet, UN News)
30 january 2026 - 08:41:18Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - When the United States ordered airstrikes on Christmas Day against Islamist militants in northern Nigeria, officials [...] Full text...
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UN chief warns ‘law of the jungle’ is replacing rule of law
27 january 2026 - 05:18:36New York, US (PANA) - Warning that the “rule of law is being replaced by the law of the jungle”, [...] Full text...
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Keeping people warm amid hostilities and harsh winter weather in Ukraine
25 january 2026 - 14:01:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As people in war-torn Ukraine face the coldest winter in more than a decade, authorities and [...] Full text...
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UNHCR responds to mounting crises despite funding shortfalls
20 january 2026 - 07:57:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite severe funding shortfalls, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, responded to a surge of complex emergencies [...] Full text...
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Secretary-General on UN at 80: Humanity strongest when we stand as one
17 january 2026 - 18:27:59London, UK (PANA) - The first session of the UN General Assembly opened on 10 January 1946 at Central Hall [...] Full text...
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UN chief in London for 80th anniversary of first UN General Assembly meeting
17 january 2026 - 09:21:35London, UK (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in London on FRiday where he will participate in a special event to mark the [...] Full text...
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Ukraine: Families in ‘survival mode’ amid Russian strikes and deadly cold
16 january 2026 - 15:09:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Families across Ukraine are in “constant survival mode” amid ongoing waves of Russian missile and drone [...] Full text...
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UN chief warns of a world in chaos as impunity and unpredictability spreads
15 january 2026 - 20:02:57New York, US (PANA) - In his final annual address outlining his priorities, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the [...] Full text...
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The UN is ‘worth fighting for’: General Assembly President
15 january 2026 - 08:18:03New York, US (PANA) - With the multilateral system under pressure and under attack, Member States must fight for the [...] Full text...
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Ukraine war: UN appeals for $2.3 billion to support aid teams’ ‘heroic work’
13 january 2026 - 16:27:50Kyiv, Ukraine (PANA) - Amid ongoing and intensifying Russian attacks across Ukraine, the UN on Tuesday launched a $2.3 billion [...] Full text...
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Ukraine: Massive overnight attack leaves millions in the dark
09 january 2026 - 19:22:04Kyiv, Ukraine (PANA) - UN agencies are supporting efforts on Friday to get energy services up and running in Ukraine, [...] Full text...
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Drones, fear and exhaustion: The daily reality of providing aid to Ukraine
07 january 2026 - 16:29:50Kherson, Ukraine (PANA) - Almost four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, aid teams continue to adapt to the [...] Full text...
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UN agency rolls out three-year plan to safeguard Ukraine’s bread basket
06 january 2026 - 18:42:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ukraine’s agricultural sector remains under intense pressure as the war continues to disrupt food production and [...] Full text...
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Security Council: New faces, old tensions as five nations take their seats
03 january 2026 - 07:28:07New York, US (PANA) - From deploying peacekeepers to conducting quiet – but at times heated – diplomacy, the UN [...] Full text...
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Health advances marked 2025 as wars and funding cuts strained systems
01 january 2026 - 03:15:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From eliminating deadly infections to expanding access to lifesaving vaccines, 2025 delivered meaningful progress for global [...] Full text...
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Ukraine: Attacks disrupt heating as temperatures plunge
31 december 2025 - 19:37:17Kyiv, Ukraine (PANA) - Recent attacks across Ukraine have killed civilians, damaged critical infrastructure and cut heating and power supplies [...] Full text...
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Sexual violence against children ‘entrenched, systemic and widespread’ across DR Congo, UNICEF warns
31 december 2025 - 06:41:49Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Sexual violence against children has become entrenched, systemic and increasingly widespread across the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...
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Sexual violence against children ‘entrenched, systemic and widespread’ across DR Congo, UNICEF warns
30 december 2025 - 20:53:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence against children has become entrenched, systemic and increasingly widespread across the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...
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UN, US sign $2 billion humanitarian funding agreement for 17 crisis-hit countries
30 december 2025 - 00:09:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations and the United States on Monday formalised an agreement under which the US [...] Full text...
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Ukraine suffering continues as electricity is cut for days amid ongoing Russian attacks
17 december 2025 - 19:42:02Kherson, Ukraine (PANA) - Imagine living through a war and not being able to make a meal or heat your [...] Full text...
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Ex-UN chief Ban warns Security Council risks irrelevance without reform
16 december 2025 - 07:51:03New York, US (PANA) - Gathered around the Security Council’s iconic horseshoe table, ambassadors were challenged on Monday to look [...] Full text...
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UNHCR chief Grandi urges solidarity to counter toxic scapegoat rhetoric
16 december 2025 - 07:13:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Asylum is becoming increasingly politicised as humanitarian funding shrinks – and it’s against this backdrop that [...] Full text...
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Ex-UN chief Ban warns Security Council risks irrelevance without reform
15 december 2025 - 19:46:09New York, US (PANA) - Gathered around the Security Council’s iconic horseshoe table, ambassadors were challenged on Monday to look [...] Full text...
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UN Alliance of Civilizations urges youth to reaffirm peace as a global priority (By UN News)
14 december 2025 - 07:37:54Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - In a world shaped by conflict and digital noise, the High Representative for the UN [...] Full text...
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UN Human Rights Office in 'survival mode', says rights chief
11 december 2025 - 08:02:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As human rights violations in conflict-affected areas around the world increase, the UN Office of Human [...] Full text...
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Peace proves relative in Gaza with no let-up in deadly airstrikes
10 december 2025 - 18:07:47Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, as airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to kill and maim Palestinians, UN human [...] Full text...
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UN seeks $1 billion for ‘first-respondent fund’ in emergencies
09 december 2025 - 19:45:01New York, US (PANA) - Countries rallied at UN Headquarters on Tuesday to shore up a key humanitarian fund that [...] Full text...
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Kherson maternity ward struck as attacks on Ukraine’s health care escalate and the fourth winter of full-scale invasion sets in
06 december 2025 - 19:56:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On Thursday, 4 December 2025, a maternity ward in Kherson was attacked, damaging walls, windows, doors, [...] Full text...
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2026 FIFA WC: The groups after the draw
05 december 2025 - 19:35:04Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The following are the groups for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be hosted by [...] Full text...
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Cold, displaced and in darkness, Ukrainian civilians brace for another winter of war
03 december 2025 - 17:30:02Kharkiv city, Ukraine (PANA) - As Ukraine enters its fourth winter under full-scale invasion, millions of civilians face renewed hardship [...] Full text...
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Human rights group urges ICC member states to oppose US sanctions on Court
02 december 2025 - 12:42:32The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - States must firmly oppose the US government’s threats and sanctions against the International Criminal Court [...] Full text...
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Landmine casualties hit four-year high as treaty setbacks deepen
01 december 2025 - 17:39:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Civilian deaths and injuries from landmines and explosive remnants of war have risen to their highest [...] Full text...
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Sudanese PM, UN envoy discuss security, humanitarian crisis
30 november 2025 - 15:34:21Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idriss and Ramtane Lamamra, the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General, [...] Full text...
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Ex-South African president Jacob Zuma’s daughter resigns from Parliament
28 november 2025 - 15:16:12Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Former South African president Jacob Zuma’s daughter and member of the main opposition UMKhonto weSizwe [...] Full text...
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UN envoy to press for Sudan dialogue
28 november 2025 - 07:40:16Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, is preparing to travel to Port [...] Full text...
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Top Sudanese General gives conditions for peace
27 november 2025 - 08:44:18Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A top Sudanese General has spelled out conditions to end the devastating war in the East [...] Full text...
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G20 Leaders' Summit adopts declaration - Spokesperson
23 november 2025 - 07:11:33Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Presidential Spokesperson Vincent Magwenya has confirmed that the leaders of the G20 have [...] Full text...
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It’s time for leadership and vision, Guterres tells G20 in South Africa
21 november 2025 - 18:29:16Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - A South African flag-coloured King Protea flower – symbolising hope and regeneration – is the [...] Full text...
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Conflict and hunger ‘two faces of the same crisis’, UN deputy chief tells Security Council
17 november 2025 - 19:55:58New York, US (PANA) - For millions of people worldwide caught up in conflict, “war and hunger are often two [...] Full text...
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Ukraine faces ‘unprecedented housing crisis’
17 november 2025 - 15:02:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ukraine is facing what has been described as an “unprecedented housing crisis” three and a half [...] Full text...
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Ukraine faces ‘unprecedented housing crisis’
16 november 2025 - 18:21:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ukraine is facing what has been described as an “unprecedented housing crisis” three and a half [...] Full text...
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Ukraine: UN condemns latest deadly attack targeting civilians in Kyiv
14 november 2025 - 17:11:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Several civilians were killed and many others injured, including children, in a large-scale Russian attack on [...] Full text...
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UN refugees chief calls for greater refugee protection and funding
07 november 2025 - 09:01:03New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees appealed on Thursday for more solutions to address forced [...] Full text...
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UN refugees chief calls for greater refugee protection and funding
07 november 2025 - 07:38:39New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees appealed on Thursday for more solutions to address forced [...] Full text...
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Battlefields to wastelands: UN warns conflicts are destroying ecosystems worldwide
07 november 2025 - 07:22:37New York, US (PANA) - From Gaza to Ukraine and beyond, conflict has caused widespread death and destruction, but it [...] Full text...
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IAEA warns of fragility of nuclear non-proliferation regime
30 october 2025 - 07:36:42New York, US (PANA) - The head of the world's nuclear watchdog has citeed Iran, Syria and Ukraine as fronts [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief underlines need for a permanent ceasefire and accountability in Gaza
16 october 2025 - 07:50:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Recovery in Gaza must also include accountability for violations, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [...] Full text...
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Why are over 670 million people going hungry?
15 october 2025 - 19:57:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than eight percent of the world population or around 673 million people are not getting enough [...] Full text...
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Civilians in Ukraine face death and injury amid new attacks
10 october 2025 - 17:33:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At least 214 civilians were killed and almost 1,000 injured in Ukraine last month, the UN [...] Full text...
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We are not powerless in face of Gaza, West Bank, Ukraine atrocities, insists UNHCR chief
06 october 2025 - 15:54:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Monday took aim at the “deliberate abandonment” [...] Full text...
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IMF announces appointment of Dan Katz as First Deputy Managing Director
04 october 2025 - 07:30:31Washington, DC, USA (PANA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has approved the appointment of Mr. Dan Katz [...] Full text...
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‘Hot debates about hot topics,’ a strength not a weakness, says UNGA80 president
02 october 2025 - 06:36:35New York, US (PANA) Over 190 world leaders spoke from the General Assembly podium during high-level week – underscoring the [...] Full text...
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‘House of diplomacy and dialogue’: UN wraps up high-level week with calls for peace, climate action and reform
30 september 2025 - 05:52:27New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations remains “the house of diplomacy and dialogue” in a divided world, General [...] Full text...
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‘We don’t believe in giving up’ deputy UN chief tells New York festival crowd
28 september 2025 - 17:30:55New York, US (PANA) - Deputy UN Secretary-General Amina Mohammed thanked the crowd at New York’s Global Citizen Festival on [...] Full text...
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Youth to UN: ‘Listen to us. Invest in us. Partner with us’
26 september 2025 - 05:22:18New York, US (PANA) - With nearly half the global population under 30, the UN continues to emphasise the indispensable [...] Full text...
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DRC president warns 'the rhetoric of war is gaining ground'
24 september 2025 - 05:12:51New York, US (PANA) - The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, has [...] Full text...
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Liberia's President calls for climate justice
24 september 2025 - 05:03:10New York, US (PANA) - Liberia's President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has highlighted his country's upcoming Security Council term saying "while [...] Full text...
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UN’s Guterres to world leaders: Choose peace and cooperation over chaos
23 september 2025 - 15:28:55New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General opened the General Assembly high-level debate with a stark message: the world [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa to address UN General Assembly
23 september 2025 - 06:23:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa is leading a South African delegation at the United Nations General [...] Full text...
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UN marks 80th anniversary of its founding
22 september 2025 - 15:56:14New York, US (PANA) - Music, memories and messages of peace filled the UN General Assembly Hall on Monday as [...] Full text...
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UN presses ahead with mission for a better world despite global headwinds
19 september 2025 - 04:48:46New York, US (PANA) - During a year of escalating global turmoil – from widening wars and economic hardship to [...] Full text...
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UN must evolve to ‘stand strong’ for the next 80 years: General Assembly president
17 september 2025 - 21:25:05New York, US (PANA) - As the United Nations marks 80 years of existence, it must adapt and evolve to [...] Full text...
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Kenyan mercenary in Russia flees into Ukrainian military camp on battlefront
17 september 2025 - 16:07:01Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A Kenyan mercenary who was tricked into the Russian military has surrendered to Ukrainian forces on [...] Full text...
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UN: World leaders should commit to human rights, international justice - HRW
17 september 2025 - 09:19:41New York, US (PANA) – World leaders gathering at the United Nations General Assembly from 22-30 September should commit to protecting [...] Full text...
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Ahead of high-stakes General Assembly week, Guterres urges world leaders to ‘get serious – and deliver’
16 september 2025 - 19:47:30New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged world leaders to “get serious – and deliver” as [...] Full text...
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IAEA chief urges countries to recommit to nuclear non-proliferation
16 september 2025 - 07:09:48Vienna, Austria (PANA) - At the start of the 69th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in [...] Full text...
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States should uphold ban treaty on cluster munitions
16 september 2025 - 06:22:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Governments should reinforce the global ban on cluster munitions and call upon those still using or [...] Full text...
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UN’s humanitarian work is ‘underfunded, overstretched, and under attack’
16 september 2025 - 06:12:19New York, US (PANA) - “Underfunded, overstretched and under attack,” is how the United Nation’s top humanitarian aid official has [...] Full text...
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First ever EU-Egypt summit scheduled for Brussels on 22 October
12 september 2025 - 10:17:05Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The President of the European Council, António Costa, together with the President of the European Commission, [...] Full text...
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Libya and Malta discuss ways to promote bilateral relations
10 september 2025 - 14:27:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan interim Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of National Unity, [...] Full text...
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‘No ordinary session’: Baerbock opens UN General Assembly with call for courage and reform
10 september 2025 - 08:01:15New York, US (PANA) - As the UN General Assembly opened its 80th session on Tuesday, new President Annalena Baerbock [...] Full text...
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Attacks on schools surge by ‘staggering’ 44 per cent over the past year
10 september 2025 - 07:53:00New York, US (PANA) - Attacks on schools in conflict zones around the world have increased by a “staggering 44 [...] Full text...
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South Africa postpones naval exercises with Russia and China
09 september 2025 - 07:27:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Department of Defence has requested a postponement of joint exercises with the [...] Full text...
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UN provides urgent support after ‘massive’ Russian attack across Ukraine
08 september 2025 - 18:29:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A baby was among those killed overnight into Sunday during what was reportedly Russia’s largest aerial [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief denounces ‘glorification of violence’ and attack on rule of law
08 september 2025 - 13:15:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN rights chief Volker Türk on Monday condemned what he called a worldwide “glorification of violence” [...] Full text...
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MSF's new international president Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim assumes work
03 september 2025 - 09:11:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has chosen Dr Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim as its new International [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa addresses Ukrainian crisis with European leaders
24 august 2025 - 14:46:21Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – European leaders have expressed appreciation in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s commitment to supporting efforts aimed [...] Full text...
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Health and aid workers targeted in conflicts around the world, UN agency says
24 august 2025 - 06:26:17New York, US (PANA) - From Gaza to Sudan, wars are being waged on the very systems set up to [...] Full text...
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Reclaiming a policy role for economists (IMF Blog by Karen Dynan, Professor of Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard University and nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute of International Economics)
22 august 2025 - 11:58:55Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Acknowledging missteps, listening well, defending data, and avoiding jargon will help the profession engageEconomists have [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief decries ‘relentless intensification’ of US sanctions against International Criminal Court staff
21 august 2025 - 20:01:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United States must stop ramping up sanctions against officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC), [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council hears about rising conflict-related sexual violence amid falling resources
20 august 2025 - 07:40:35New York, US (PANA) - Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, briefed the Security Council’s open debate [...] Full text...
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UN upholds readiness to support peace efforts in Ukraine
19 august 2025 - 21:16:24New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed recent diplomatic efforts spearheaded by the United States towards [...] Full text...
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South African, Russian presidents discuss Ukrainian conflict
19 august 2025 - 09:31:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday received a briefing from Russian President Vladimir Putin on [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa briefed on Ukraine peace process
12 august 2025 - 07:06:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday confirmed that he has been briefed by [...] Full text...
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Hiroshima, 80 years on: ‘Real change’ needed to end existential nuclear threat
06 august 2025 - 20:16:45Hiroshima, Japan (PANA) - The world changed forever 80 years ago this Wednesday when the United States dropped an atomic [...] Full text...
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The Debate over Falling Fertility: IMF Finance & Development (By David E. Bloom, Professor of Economics and Demography at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
06 august 2025 - 12:21:08Washington DC, USA (PANA) - A decline in global population later this century may threaten human progress, or it may [...] Full text...
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A Moving History: IMF Finance & Development (By Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at Oxford University)
06 august 2025 - 10:46:10Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The history of migration is the story of humanity and its progress. It’s a story [...] Full text...
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Russia bent on Internet blocking, control, and isolation
01 august 2025 - 11:50:04New York, USA (PANA) - For years, Russian authorities have been meticulously expanding their legal and technological tools to carve [...] Full text...
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Russian attack on Ukrainian prison kills 16: UN rights monitors
29 july 2025 - 21:05:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An attack on a prison in the south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine on Monday reportedly left [...] Full text...
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‘By women, for women’: 15 years of the UN agency championing gender equality
29 july 2025 - 20:46:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -Fariba, a young Afghan woman, had just begun a university degree in 2021 when the Taliban returned to [...] Full text...
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Global hunger declines, but rises in Africa and western Asia: UN report
28 july 2025 - 19:17:24Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An estimated 8.2 percent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger [...] Full text...
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UN warns of escalating human toll in Ukraine amid relentless aerial attacks, mounting aid shortfall
26 july 2025 - 16:12:06New York, US (PANA) - Russian aerial attacks continue to intensify across Ukraine, exacting a rising toll on civilians and [...] Full text...
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In hard-hitting human rights address, Guterres calls for urgent action on Gaza, authoritarianism and climate justice
26 july 2025 - 07:33:25New York, US (PANA) - The world is facing a “moral crisis” marked by rising authoritarianism, deepening inequality and a [...] Full text...
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Global current account balances widen, reversing narrowing trend (IMF Blog By Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas)
23 july 2025 - 12:26:04Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Global current account balances widened by a sizable 0.6 percentage points of world GDP [...] Full text...
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‘Perfect storm’ of global crises drove years of food price surges: FAO
23 july 2025 - 07:44:28New York, US (PANA) - The chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Máximo Torero Cullen, previewed its [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN scales up response plan as humanitarian needs rise in Tawila
23 july 2025 - 05:56:19New York, US (PANA) - As the humanitarian crisis deepens in Sudan, the UN and partners have revised and scaled [...] Full text...
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‘Peace is a choice’: UN chief urges diplomacy as wars spread from Gaza to Ukraine
22 july 2025 - 20:40:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Warning that the world is failing to uphold international law as wars stretch from Gaza to [...] Full text...
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UN’s Guterres declares fossil fuel era fading; presses nations for new climate plans before COP30 summit
22 july 2025 - 17:43:12New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary‑General António Guterres declared the world has “passed the point of no return” on [...] Full text...
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IMF's First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath quits to rejoin Harvard economics faculty
22 july 2025 - 08:45:20Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has announced the departure of Gita Gopinath, [...] Full text...
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Salvaging SDGs still possible, but countries must act now: Guterres
21 july 2025 - 18:41:59New York, US (PANA) - Citing new global agreements on pandemic preparedness, ocean protection and development financing, UN Secretary‑General António [...] Full text...
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From crisis to classroom: How the UN supports education in conflict zones
17 july 2025 - 16:20:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From makeshift furniture in Gaza to metro classrooms in Ukraine and solar-powered tablets in Sudan, the [...] Full text...
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Ukraine: Civilians under fire in record numbers as attacks surge
15 july 2025 - 16:09:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Relentless missile and drone strikes by Russian forces have killed and injured hundreds of civilians in [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UNICEF mourns seven children killed queuing for water
14 july 2025 - 20:35:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of UN child rights agency UNICEF has called for Israel to review its rules [...] Full text...
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We need a new Growth Compact (IMF Blog By Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, IMF’s economic counsellor and director of the Research Department)
09 july 2025 - 12:29:54Washington, DC, United States (PANA) – Policymakers are grappling with how to boost growth and expand opportunities.Early in the last [...] Full text...
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US tariff delay deepens trade uncertainty, warns top UN economist
09 july 2025 - 07:18:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A leading UN trade official warned on Tuesday that the United States’ decision to delay the [...] Full text...
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A different type of mistreatment of a journalist held by militias in Sudan’s war By Mohamed Osman Adam
08 july 2025 - 17:52:27Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For almost eleven months, I fought to restore self-esteem so that I could resume writing and [...] Full text...
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EC activates flexibility in EU fiscal rules for 15 member states to increase defence spending
08 july 2025 - 12:25:35Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Tuesday activated the national escape clause under the Stability and Growth Pact [...] Full text...
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‘Cooperation is humanity’s greatest innovation,’ UN chief declares at BRICS summit
07 july 2025 - 22:05:55Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday warned that the environment is being attacked on [...] Full text...
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UN chief condemns Russian strikes on Ukraine, warns of nuclear safety risk
07 july 2025 - 16:13:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Saturday strongly condemned Russia’s latest wave of drone and missile attacks in [...] Full text...
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Adhering to bans on mines only in peace time will not work: UN rights chief
03 july 2025 - 06:36:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official on Wednesday expressed grave alarm that six European countries are [...] Full text...
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EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNTIL FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2025, AT 9:1:30 PM UTC. Extreme poverty rising fast in economies hit by conflict, instability – World Bank report
27 june 2025 - 08:16:11Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Conflict and instability are taking a devastating toll on the 39 economies afflicted by them, [...] Full text...
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Eighty years on, UN Charter marked by reflection, resolve – and a run (Feature by By Vibhu Mishra, UN News)
27 june 2025 - 05:50:48New York, US (PANA) - It wasn’t an average Thursday morning in Manhattan. In the early hours, UN diplomats (and [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief flags rising gender-based violence
25 june 2025 - 05:41:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gender-based violence is rising - especially in conflict – something which is a “shameless repudiation of [...] Full text...
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Some 122 million people uprooted, in a world where solidarity is threatened
21 june 2025 - 06:04:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With more than 122 million people worldwide uprooted by war, violence, and persecution—a historic high—their access [...] Full text...
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‘Behind each crisis, people are suffering,’ Türk tells Human Rights Council
17 june 2025 - 07:47:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Eighty years after the United Nations was established to end war, uphold fundamental human rights and [...] Full text...
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Displacement doubles while funding shrinks, warns UNHCR
12 june 2025 - 07:14:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With 13.5 million people displaced by over 13 years of brutal civil conflict, Syria used to [...] Full text...
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‘It is an elephant’: Ukraine’s unexploded mine problem
06 june 2025 - 19:17:54New York, US (PANA) - In Ukraine, overnight attacks continued into Thursday morning, resulting in 45 casualties and significant damage [...] Full text...
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United States, Ukraine among new members elected to UN Economic and Social Council
04 june 2025 - 20:02:38New York, US (PANA) - The General Assembly on Wednesday elected a new slate of members to the UN Economic [...] Full text...
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Germany’s Annalena Baerbock elected President of the 80th General Assembly
03 june 2025 - 06:06:34New York, US (PANA) - Former German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock was elected President of the General Assembly’s 80th session [...] Full text...
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As AI evolves, pressure mounts to regulate ‘killer robots’ (By Conor Lennon, UN News)
01 june 2025 - 15:30:59New York, US (PANA) - A world in which algorithms determine the fate of soldiers and civilians alike is no [...] Full text...
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UN’s lifesaving programmes under threat as budget crisis hits hard
31 may 2025 - 09:46:12New York, US (PANA) - The UN is facing a deepening budget crisis that threatens lifesaving operations worldwide. From refugee aid [...] Full text...
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2025 FIFA U-20 WC: Mixed fortunes for African sides in group stage
30 may 2025 - 10:50:47Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Africa’s four representatives at the upcoming FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025 discovered their group-stage opponents [...] Full text...
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UN rights mission deplores deadly Russian strikes in Ukraine
25 may 2025 - 17:21:56Kyiv, Ukraine (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has deplored a deadly wave of Russian [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa to meet Trump at the White House on Wednesday
21 may 2025 - 08:50:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa and a senior government delegation is preparing for a [...] Full text...
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Protection of Civilians week will work to address ‘culture of impunity’
20 may 2025 - 05:11:49New York, US (PANA) - Over 50,000 civilians have been killed in Gaza since October 2023. In Sudan, the figure [...] Full text...
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International Criminal Court: Deputies take over amid Prosecutor misconduct probe
20 may 2025 - 05:02:00The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Deputy Prosecutors of the International Criminal Court have assumed leadership of the Office of [...] Full text...
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World Health Assembly opens amid high-stakes pandemic treaty vote, global funding crisis
20 may 2025 - 04:48:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The 78th World Health Assembly opened on Monday with a broad appeal to global solidarity, as delegates [...] Full text...
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‘We are still waiting for our loved ones’: Families of the abducted speak out
16 may 2025 - 17:58:53New York, US (PANA) - Two families – one still waiting for answers 75 years after a father was taken [...] Full text...
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UN needed ‘more than ever before’, says Germany’s candidate to head General Assembly
16 may 2025 - 07:47:18New York, (PANA) - The former Foreign Minister of Germany outlined her vision for the role of UN General Assembly [...] Full text...
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Number of internally displaced breaks new record with no let-up in conflicts, disasters
13 may 2025 - 19:35:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A record 83.4 million people have been forced from their homes around the world, fuelled by [...] Full text...
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UN aviation council finds Russia responsible for downing of Malaysia Airlines flight
13 may 2025 - 16:48:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN body has found that Russia was responsible for the 17 July 2014 downing of [...] Full text...
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European Council sets out priorities for the audiovisual media sector
13 may 2025 - 08:56:19Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - EU-wide rules governing television and on-demand services need to reflect the rapidly changing landscape for audiovisual [...] Full text...
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UN refugee chief regrets flouting of international humanitarian law in conflicts
29 april 2025 - 07:54:00New York, US (PANA) - Thousands of lives have been “destroyed in the pursuit of supremacy”, as international humanitarian law [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Ukrainian President Zelensky cuts short South Africa visit
24 april 2025 - 10:55:42Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday cut short his South African visit after Russia's [...] Full text...
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Ukrainian President Zelensky arrives in South Africa
24 april 2025 - 07:52:35Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on Thursday morning landed at the Waterkloof Airforce Base in [...] Full text...
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EU Council reviews framework for control, accountability of international arms trade
14 april 2025 - 12:13:54Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday concluded the review of the EU framework for arms export control, [...] Full text...
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Ukraine crisis: ‘Even wars have rules,’ UN relief chief tells Security Council
08 april 2025 - 20:28:07New York, US (PANA) - Nearly 13 million people in Ukraine urgently need humanitarian aid as displacement, psychological trauma and [...] Full text...
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Ukraine: Mine contamination is lethal legacy of Russia’s invasion
07 april 2025 - 18:52:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 100 million people in more than 60 countries and territories live under the threat [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief urges probe into Russian attack that killed nine children in Ukraine
07 april 2025 - 14:14:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Sunday for an investigation into the Russian [...] Full text...
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South African opposition condemns Zelenky's State visit
07 april 2025 - 09:37:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African opposition MP Party (MKP) has condemned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's State visit on [...] Full text...
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World Health Day: Focusing on women’s physical and mental health around the world
06 april 2025 - 14:48:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Monday’s World Health Day highlights a critical issue for global health: the particular vulnerabilities faced by women [...] Full text...
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WHO brings countries together to test collective pandemic response
04 april 2025 - 20:06:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over the past two days, WHO convened more than 15 countries and over 20 regional health [...] Full text...
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‘Every piece tells a story’: Bombs to beauty, from Gaza to Ukraine
04 april 2025 - 17:54:34Kiev. Ukraine (PANA) - What happens to bombs after they land? Some explode. Some don’t, leaving behind a deadly legacy [...] Full text...
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IMF approves 2-year US$4.5 billion Flexible Credit Line arrangement for Morocco
03 april 2025 - 10:39:28Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a successor two-year arrangement for Morocco under the Flexible [...] Full text...
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World is ‘failing’ people with disabilities: UN deputy chief
03 april 2025 - 08:51:32Berlin, Germany (PANA) - The “world is failing” people living with disabilities, UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed has told a [...] Full text...
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Rights group: Backsliding on landmines endangers civilian lives
01 april 2025 - 09:55:39New York, US (PANA) - The International Day for Mine Action on 4 April is a moment to highlight the [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges govts to pursue comprehensive justice for Sudan on 20th anniversary of Darfur ICC referral
31 march 2025 - 11:23:58The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – Ongoing atrocities fuelled by rampant impunity and an accountability gap across Sudan require comprehensive justice [...] Full text...
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Zelensky’s State visit to South Africa postponed to 24 April
25 march 2025 - 08:52:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's State visit to South Africa has been postponed from 10 [...] Full text...
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UN humanitarian aid chief praises EU for protecting desperate populations globally
20 march 2025 - 08:32:55Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - With the US withdrawal, the pace and the scale of that withdrawal, the European stake in [...] Full text...
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EU approves third payment of close to €3.5 billion to Ukraine
17 march 2025 - 12:17:26Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Ukraine will soon receive approximately €3.5 billion after the European Council approved a third payment of [...] Full text...
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Cape Town to host EU-South Africa summit on Thursday
12 march 2025 - 11:05:27Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The eighth summit between the leaders of the EU and South Africa will take place in [...] Full text...
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Ukraine reels from one of the deadliest days of war
10 march 2025 - 14:22:32Kiev, Ukraine (PANA) - Attacks across Ukraine on Friday reportedly left 21 civilians dead and scores injured, making it one [...] Full text...
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‘Naked struggle for power and resources’ leaves civilians paying unbearable price: UN human rights chief
04 march 2025 - 07:30:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 120 conflicts rage around the world from the DR Congo to Gaza and from Sudan to [...] Full text...
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‘Naked struggle for power and resources’ leaves civilians paying unbearable price: UN human rights chief
03 march 2025 - 20:22:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 120 conflicts rage around the world from the DR Congo to Gaza and from Sudan [...] Full text...
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Ukrainians continue to flee frontline, as war stretches into fourth year
02 march 2025 - 14:52:43New York, US (PANA) - Communities on the frontline of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine are being killed, injured and [...] Full text...
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US aid cuts will make world ‘less healthy, less safe and less prosperous’: Guterres
01 march 2025 - 05:29:36New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday that severe cuts to humanitarian and development funding [...] Full text...
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US funding cuts confirmed, ending lifesaving support for women and girls
28 february 2025 - 15:29:32New York, US (PANA) - The United States has cut $377 million worth of funding to the UN reproductive and [...] Full text...
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US funding cuts confirmed, ending lifesaving support for women and girls
28 february 2025 - 06:10:14New York, US (PANA) - The United States has cut $377 million worth of funding to the UN reproductive and [...] Full text...
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New report flags severity of US funding cuts to global AIDS response
27 february 2025 - 05:56:16New York, US (PANA) - Shuttered clinics and health workers laid off around the world reflect the widespread, negative toll [...] Full text...
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Ukraine three years on: Pain, loss, solidarity and hope for a better future
24 february 2025 - 16:51:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Today, 24 February 2025, marks the third year of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and [...] Full text...
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World’s ‘warmongers’ must end disdain for global order, UN chief insists
24 february 2025 - 12:02:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With no end to numerous protracted conflicts - not least in Ukraine, three years to the [...] Full text...
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UN in Ukraine prepares for the worst, hopes for the best
22 february 2025 - 16:26:36New York, US (PANA) - As the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches its third year, a flurry of diplomatic [...] Full text...
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Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has sown ‘psychological terror’, warns top aid coordinator
22 february 2025 - 09:58:23Kiev, Ukraine (PANA) - In the nearly three years since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country’s people have [...] Full text...
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Ukraine: Three years of war reverses progress for women and girls
19 february 2025 - 23:15:54Geneva, Switzerland( PANA) - Three years of war in Ukraine have reversed decades of progress for women and girls, leaving [...] Full text...
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Amid ‘clear’ threat of nuclear war, Guterres tells Security Council multilateral off-ramp is essential
18 february 2025 - 19:44:18New York, US (PANA) - Strengthening international cooperation and delivering on a UN pact that calls for reforming global governance, [...] Full text...
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Sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine paramount, Security Council hears
17 february 2025 - 21:37:04New York, US (PANA) - A senior UN political affairs official on Monday reaffirmed that any peace deal in Ukraine [...] Full text...
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Strike on Chernobyl: ‘No room for complacency’ says atomic energy watchdog
14 february 2025 - 20:17:13Kiev, Ukraine (PANA) - Ukrainian authorities said on Friday a Russian drone strike with a high explosive warhead struck the [...] Full text...
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Eighth EU-South Africa summit set for 13 March 2025
13 february 2025 - 05:07:59Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - European Council President António Costa, together with the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, will [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian charity to suspend US-funded work in some 20 countries
11 february 2025 - 09:38:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) says it will, for the first time in its history, have [...] Full text...
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Why does family planning save lives? (Feature by UNFPA)
09 february 2025 - 08:23:53New York, US (PANA) - Sakina Sani was forced into marriage at the age of 12, amid war and food [...] Full text...
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Bridging the divide: General Assembly President on UN reforms and Africa’s digital future
08 february 2025 - 10:15:53New York, US (PANA) - The landmark year in the life of the UN has prompted introspection and a fresh [...] Full text...
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UNHCR appeals for urgent life-saving aid amid financial uncertainty
07 february 2025 - 10:54:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With critical funding now uncertain, the UN Refugee Agency says refugee families face the risk of [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams 'reckless', 'vindictive' US sanctions against ICC
07 february 2025 - 06:11:13Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, has criticised the US for imposing sanctions on the International [...] Full text...
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Benin: An African pioneer – IMF Country Focus
04 february 2025 - 07:29:07Porto-Novo, Benin (PANA) - Benin faced a number of negative spillovers in 2022: a deteriorating regional security situation at its [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief launches $500 million global appeal
31 january 2025 - 05:26:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) on Thursday launched an appeal for $500 million to fund [...] Full text...
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