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Migration crisis: 73% of Europeans wants EU to do more

Migration has been an EU priority for years. Since 2015 the EU has taken several measures to manage the migration crisis as well as to improve the asylum system. According to the latest Eurobarometer poll, 73% of Europeans still want the EU to do more to manage the situation.

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In London, Secretary-General Guterres spotlights UN reform initiatives to rescue multilateralism

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Secretary-General António Guterres.

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Buddha's message of compassion 'timeless' says UN chief on international day

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Buddhist monks meditate at the Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, Nepal.

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Central African Republic: UN Mission condemns deadly attack on peacekeepers

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Peacekeepers with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).

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More than one million children have fled escalating violence in South Sudan

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A one-month-old baby girl from South Sudan sleeps on a mat in Bidibidi refugee settlement, Uganda.

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News comment by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Mediterranean crossings over the weekend

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Syrian refugees are rescued in the Mediterranean Sea by crew of the Italian ship, Grecale, March 2014.

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International Criminal Court may investigate migrant-related crimes in Libya, Security Council told

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International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda briefs the Security Council on the situation in Libya.

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Unimpeded access, humanitarian funds urgently needed in Yemen – senior UN relief official

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Much of Taiz, Yemen, has been destroyed by two years of fierce fighting.

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Nigeria: UNICEF welcomes release of 80 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram

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After more than two years of being held hostage by Boko Haram, in northeast Nigeria, one of the Chibok girls recounts the horrific conditions they experienced.

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South Sudan: UN peacekeepers deployed to enable aid delivery to Upper Nile's Aburoc area

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Access to safe water is vital for thousands of civilians sheltering in and around Aburoc, South Sudan.

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