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Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria at a press conference after meeting with the ISSG Humanitarian Access Task Force.

The coming winter is the latest threat to children affected by crises in the Middle East. As UNICEF races to provide warm clothing, winter supplies and blankets before the cold sets in, the organisation is facing a $60 million gap that could leave up to 1.5 million children exposed to the cold.

The World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$24 million contribution from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to support food assistance to highly vulnerable Afghans affected by conflict, displacement, natural disasters, and seasonal hunger.

The powerful head of the Senate Armed Services Committee says there are still a lot of unanswered questions about the Oct. 4 ambush in Niger that killed four U.S. soldiers.

Secretary-General António Guterres meets with internally displaced persons in Bangassou, Central African Republic.

UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld holding a press conference at UN Headquarters on 24 March 1960.

Turkey has freed eight human rights activists, pending the outcome of their trials for alleged terrorism.

Senior members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly are in Italy this week exploring challenges, exchanging experiences and assessing strategies related to developing a comprehensive response to large movements of migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean.

Since October 2016, inter-communal tensions fueled by armed groups have continuously increased. In the absence of an effective judicial system and of the delivery of State services, armed groups have continued perpetrating violent and destabilizing acts, of which the civilian population is the main victim.

In a month’s time, children from around the world will be taking over key roles in media, politics, business, sport and entertainment to voice their support for millions of their peers who are unschooled, unprotected and uprooted, UNICEF said on Oct 24. The takeover, set for November 20, marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the mobilisation of the first World Children’s Day.