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WFP Scales Up Nepal Flood Response as Remote Communities Remain Isolated
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is expanding its emergency response in Nepal as remote communities affected by severe flooding continue to face difficulties accessing food and essential supplies. WFP reported on 4 September that it was scaling up operations while communities remained isolated. The agency has been moving food assistance into hard-to-reach areas…
UNICEF: Emergency Supplies Reach Nepal as Flood-Hit Communities Remain in Crisis
UNICEF has stepped up its emergency response to devastating flash floods in Nepal, with a flight carrying 84 metric tonnes of critical humanitarian supplies arriving in Kathmandu on 4 September. The supplies include essential items for children and families affected by flooding in the Bhotekoshi–Trishuli river basin. UNICEF said the assistance is being dispatched to…
UNESCO Pushes Stronger Digital Platform Governance Across Western Balkans
UNESCO has backed 197 multi-stakeholder recommendations aimed at improving digital-platform governance and strengthening public-interest journalism across Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. The recommendations promote a rights-based approach to digital platforms while addressing disinformation and supporting journalism as a public good. UNESCO said the recommendations were developed through an EU-funded regional project…
UN Advances Major Reform Under UN80 Initiative
The UN General Assembly has advanced a significant institutional reform under the Secretary-General’s UN80 Initiative, endorsing the merger of the UN System Staff College and the UN Institute for Training and Research. According to the Secretary-General’s office, the two institutions will be replaced by a new entity, the UN Institute for Capability and Learning Innovation…
UN Security Council Focuses on Syria’s Chemical Weapons Legacy
The UN Security Council has turned renewed attention to Syria’s chemical-weapons legacy following revelations concerning previously undeclared material and the discovery of an undeclared chemical weapons cache. The Council met on 3 September to receive briefings on the latest developments and discuss the way forward. UN Security Council reporting said the meeting followed information from…
UN Security Council Focuses on Syria’s Chemical Weapons Legacy
The UN Security Council has turned renewed attention to Syria’s chemical-weapons legacy following revelations concerning previously undeclared material and the discovery of an undeclared chemical weapons cache. The Council met on 3 September to receive briefings on the latest developments and discuss the way forward. UN Security Council reporting said the meeting followed information from…
FAO: Global Food Prices Rise in August as Sugar and Cereals Lead Increases
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported a renewed rise in international food commodity prices in August, with its Food Price Index increasing 1.9 percent from July. FAO said its index averaged 133.3 points in August 2026, up 2.5 points from the revised July figure and 2.5 percent higher than a year earlier. Cereal…
UNICEF: One in Five Children Surveyed Experienced Technology-Facilitated Sexual Abuse
UNICEF has warned of a major online child-protection crisis after a new study estimated that 20 million children aged 12–17 — almost one in five surveyed children — experienced at least one form of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation or abuse across 21 countries in a single year. The UNICEF report found that more than 15 million…
WHO: Bhutan Becomes First South-East Asian Country to Eliminate Dog-Transmitted Human Rabies
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Bhutan’s elimination of dog-transmitted human rabies as a public-health problem, making it the first country in the WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve this milestone. WHO said Bhutan has recorded zero human deaths from dog-mediated rabies since June 2023. The achievement follows more than a decade of investment…
UN General Assembly Prepares for 81st Session as Global Leaders Head Toward High-Level Week
New York, United States (HRNW) – Preparations are intensifying at United Nations Headquarters ahead of the opening of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly on 8 September 2026. The upcoming session will bring Member States together for high-level diplomatic discussions on international peace and security, development, humanitarian crises and global cooperation. The September…