UN chief: ‘We are in a race against time to help the Afghan people’

Describing a “nightmare unfolding in Afghanistan”, the United Nations’ Secretary-General, António Guterres, warned on Thursday that the world is “in a race against time to help the Afghan people.” https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2022/01/1109712
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Act now to prevent Desert Locust catastrophe in Horn of Africa: UN agencies

10 Feb 2020

With the rainy season fast approaching, countries in the Horn of Africa are in a race against time to tackle a Desert Locust invasion amidst ongoing humanitarian challenges, the United Nations warned on Monday. 

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Lace up and join the UN to help win #TheHumanRace against climate change

02 Aug 2021

The United Nations is encouraging everyone across the world to participate in the literal race against the climate emergency. 

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World News in Brief: UN anti-corruption conference, global hunger ‘set to soar’, healthy diets unaffordable in Asia-Pacific

11 Dec 2023

Corruption not only robs resources, it robs people of hope, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, as nations gathered in Atlanta, United States of America, for the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).