1+ hour, 2+ min ago  (320+ words) Blocking children from social media is no substitute for making platforms safe in the first place, the UN human rights office warned Friday, as it issued a 10-point framework urging governments and tech companies to go further and faster to…...

3+ hour, 20+ min ago  (725+ words) The dire conditions in the Gaza Strip are trapping children "in an endless cycle of suffering" and their heartbroken parents can only look on, an official with the UN child rights agency UNICEF said on Friday in a fresh appeal…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (371+ words) More than 840, 000 people die each year from health conditions linked to risks such as long working hours, job insecurity, workplace harassment and bullying, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO)." The way that jobs are designed,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (832+ words) More than two years of unrelenting violence, displacement and loss have pushed children and young people in Palestine into what one UN official describes as a "profound mental health emergency, with girls facing heightened risks, including a resurgence in child…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (562+ words) Children in Gaza are voicing their demands for the future through a UN-run initiative that seeks to amplify their voices and restore the "fundamentals of childhood. Through expressing their hopes for peace in art, poetry and models that they have…...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago  (834+ words) The staggering amount of harmful AI-generated online content has prompted an urgent call from across the UN system for a raft of measures to protect children from abuse, exploitation and mental trauma. Cosmas Zavazava, Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (678+ words) World leaders meeting at the UN General Assembly'have adopted a historic global declaration to tackle noncommunicable diseases and mental health conditions together, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday. The agreement marks the first time governments have committed to…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (502+ words) One in 10 doctors and nurses in Europe experience suicidal thoughts, a new survey carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe has revealed. The landmark survey, funded under WHO/Europe's project with the European Commission " coinciding with World…...

8+ mon, 2+ day ago  (884+ words) The text, negotiated over five months, will go before the General Assembly for approval in just a few weeks" time. It was adopted at a high-level meeting at UN Headquarters late on'Thursday, where heads of State, government leaders and health…...

8+ mon, 4+ day ago  (267+ words) For the first time, mental health care will be a focus of an official meeting of the General Assembly on Thursday 25 September. World leaders are expected to agree on a set of principles designed to drive global action to help…...