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Ukraine and Russia are major global wheat suppliers, and Russia is also a large fertiliser exporter

Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, UN meet on grain exports

Russian, Ukrainian and Turkish military delegations have met with UN officials in Istanbul, CNN Turk said, starting talks on resuming exports of Ukrainian grain from the Black Sea port of Odesa as a global food crisis worsens.

Business • 13 Jul 22

The circumference of a boy's arm is measured during a nutrition screening in Lomusian, Karamoja region, Uganda

UN says real risk of multiple famines this year

There is a "real risk"of multiple famines this year, UN chief Antonio Guterres has said and urged ministers meeting on food security to take practical steps to stabilise food markets and reduce commodity price volatility.

World • 24 Jun 22

The Irish, UN and Lebanese flags flying during a medal parade in UNIFIL Lebanon

UN calls for guarantees as peacekeepers 'threatened'

The UN's mission in Lebanon has called for the country's military to guarantee the security of its peacekeepers, alleging personnel were "threatened" by armed men yesterday.

World • 13 Jun 22

The United States holds the rotating Security Council presidency

UN Council to vote on tougher North Korea sanctions

The United Nations Security Council is to vote on a resolution aimed at toughening sanctions on North Korea after it fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, diplomats have said.

World • 26 May 22

The FAO has cut its projection of world wheat production in 2022 to 782 million tonnes from 784 million last month

Food prices ease slightly in April after record surge

World food prices eased slightly in April after hitting a record high in March, pushed lower by vegetable oils and cereals, the UN food agency said today.

Business • 06 May 22

The UN refugee agency, said 4.8 million Ukrainians had left the country since the Russian invasion on 24 February

Many migrants may not have homes to return to - UN

Many of the nearly five million people who have fled Ukraine will not have homes to return to, the United Nations has said as another 40,000 people fled the country in 24 hours.

World • 16 Apr 22

The FAO's food price index, which had already reported a record in February, surged by 12.6% last month

World food prices hit record high over Ukraine war

World food prices jumped nearly 13% in March to a new record high as the war in Ukraine caused turmoil in markets for staple grains and edible oils, the UN food agency said today.

Business • 08 Apr 22

Nearly six out of 10 Ukrainian refugees - 2,384,814 so far - have crossed into Poland

UN says 'tragedy must stop' as 4.1m Ukrainians flee

The number of Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia's war in their country has crossed 4.1 million, the United Nations said today, adding: "This tragedy must stop".

Ukraine • 01 Apr 22

A boy fishes on the Kesanki Lake in Akaslompolo, Kolari in Lapland, Northern Finland

Finland the happiest nation again, Ireland up to 13th

Finland has been named the world's happiest country for the fifth year running, in an annual UN-sponsored index that ranked Afghanistan as the unhappiest, closely followed by Lebanon. Ireland ranked 13th.

World • 18 Mar 22

The UN's Under-Secretary-General of Disarmament Affairs told the meeting the UN 'was not aware of any biological weapons program in Ukraine'

UN dismisses claim of biological weapons programme

Western countries have accused Russia of spreading "wild" conspiracy theories at the United Nations after Russia's envoy told diplomats that the United States and Ukraine had researched using bats to conduct biological warfare.

Ukraine • 11 Mar 22

A Reuters witness said several people, including African migrants, died in the attack

UN condemns deadly Saudi-led coalition strike in Yemen

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen yesterday that reportedly killed at least 60 people in a detention center in the Houthi-held Saada province.

World • 22 Jan 22

The UN is now projecting a significant deficit in working hours in 2022 compared to before Covid-19 emerged

Pandemic still taking heavy toll on jobs - UN

The Covid-19 crisis is continuing to hit jobs hard around the world, the United Nations said today, warning it could take years for employment levels to reach pre-pandemic levels.

Business • 17 Jan 22

People collect supplies from a food bank in Lebanon

UN envoy on poverty says Lebanon failing its people

The Lebanese government is failing its people, the UN envoy on extreme poverty Olivier De Schutter has said, warning that the country is on course to becoming a failed state.

World • 12 Nov 21

The World Food Programme has distributed food to internally displaced people affected by the conflict

UN report highlights 'extreme brutality' in Tigray war

The UN rights chief has slammed the "extreme brutality" of the year-long war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, voicing alarm that a recent state of emergency would inflame the situation.

World • 03 Nov 21

Protesters have continued to defy Myanmar's security forces since a military coup in February 2021

UN fears 'mass atrocity crimes' in northern Myanmar

The United Nations has said it fears an even greater human rights catastrophe in Myanmar amid reports of thousands of troops massing in the north of the country, which has been in chaos since a February coup.

World • 23 Oct 21

Production Gap report found that total fossil fuel production would likely increase until at least 2040

Planned fossil fuel output shatters 1.5C target - UN

The world's nations are currently planning to produce more than double the amount of coal, oil and gas consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the United Nations has said.

Climate Change • 20 Oct 21

Micheál Martin speaking at the UN Assembly in New York

Martin urges UN to act on Covid, conflict and climate

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has told the United Nations General Assembly that the climate crisis threatens our very existence on the planet.

Ireland • 25 Sep 21

Daily life in Kabul as the UN warns basic services threatened to collapse 'completely'

UN warns of 'humanitarian catastrophe' in Afghanistan

The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution requiring the Taliban to honour its commitment to let people freely leave Afghanistan.

World • 31 Aug 21

A woman passes by a beauty salon in Kabul, where photos of women have been covered in black pain

UN rights chief fears for women, girls in Afghanistan

The UN rights chief has voiced grave concern at the situation in Afghanistan under the Taliban, urging them to honour commitments to respect the rights of women and girls.

World • 24 Aug 21

Boris Johnson and Joe Biden 'resolved to continue working closely together' (File)

Biden, Johnson agree to hold G7 summit on Afghanistan

US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson discussed Afghanistan yesterday and announced a virtual summit of the G7 leaders on the crisis, the White House has said.

World • 18 Aug 21

The IPCC report found that Arctic ice is shrinking and sea levels are rising

Report warns climate change is 'widespread, rapid'

Climate change is widespread, rapid and intensifying, according to an influential UN report released this morning.

World • 09 Aug 21

Wildfires have produced a record amount of carbon emissions Yakutia, Siberia

Apocalyptic fire and rain as UN climate report looms

Where once the scientific community said that it was difficult to say climate change was responsible for individual weather incidents, scientists are increasingly finding that events like heatwaves and extreme rain are influenced by human-induced climate change.

Analysis and Comment • 07 Aug 21

The UN's International Labour Organization said the labour market crisis created by the pandemic was far from over

Pandemic plunges 100 million more workers into poverty

The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed over 100 million more workers into poverty, the UN said today, after working hours plummeted and access to good quality jobs evaporated.

Business • 02 Jun 21

Protesters hold homemade shields as they prepare to face off against security forces in the city of Yangon

'The repression must stop,' envoy on Myanmar tells UN

The United Nations special envoy on Myanmar has demanded an end to the military's "repression" of protesters, appealing to the Security Council to act on the "desperate pleas" from the country.

World • 05 Mar 21

An Israeli bulldozer during demolition of a Bedouin encampment in the north of the occupied West Bank

Ireland joins UN calls for Israel to stop demolitions

The United Nations, Ireland, and four other European members of the Security Council have called on Israel to stop demolitions of Bedouin settlements in the Jordan Valley.

Israel • 27 Feb 21