Reiterating his conviction that the fossil fuel age is coming to an end, the questions is, will it happen in time to save the planet, UN Secretary-General António Guterres asked journalists at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice on Tuesday.

“There is a dramatic effort from the fossil fuel industry to distort the reality…the cheapest way to produce energy is through renewables,” he said. “We need to accelerate that transition.”

CLIP – Fossil industry trying to distort the inevitable, UN chief says

Susan Gardner, Director of Ecosystems at the UN Environment Progamme (UNEP), talks to UN News about the role of the UN Ocean Conference happening in Nice, France. 

Audio credit: Fabrice Robinet, UN News

CLIP - Director of Ecosystems at UN Environment Programme at the UN Ocean Conference

Ensuring that parents have opportunities for “decent work” is essential to reducing the number of young people, currently estimated to be 138 million globally, who are engaged in child labour, according to the UN.  

The internationally-agreed goal was to end child labour by 2025 and while the number has decreased by 12 million since 2020, millions of children are still working in dangerous or unregulated work places and are being denied the right to an education and a safer, more secure future. 

The Child Labour report released by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) highlights the trends in jobs involving young people and suggests how the practice can be brought to an end completely.  

UN News’ Naima Sawaya sat down with Benjamin Smith, an expert at the ILO and began by asking him to explain what constitutes child labour. 

Audio credit: Naima Sawaya, UN News 

‘Decent work for the parents’ is key to solving child labour

• We’re nearly at point of no return to save our oceans: UN chief 
• Sudan emergency: We need more help to prevent famine, says WFP
• At least three dead in new Russian drone assault on Ukrainian cities 

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News
Music composed and produced by Joachim Harris. All rights reserved 

UN News Today 10 June 2025 - UN Ocean Conference, Sudan crisis, Ukraine

UNIFIL Spokesperson Andrea Tenenti explains key elements of Resolution 1701. Also in this episode: an interfaith event for peace in Yaroun and Indonesian peacekeepers deliver clean water to Al-Qusayr village.

Episode 28

الناطق الرسمي بإسم اليونيفيل أندريا تيننتي يشرح العناصر الرئيسية للقرار 1701. وفي هذه الحلقة أيضًا: لقاء بين الأديان من أجل السلام في يارون وقوات حفظ السلام الأندونيسية توزع المياه النظيفة على قرية القصير.


الحلقة رقم 28

UNIFIL Statement (10 June 2025)

بيان صادر عن اليونيفيل (10 حزيران 2025)

• At least eight migrants are dead after smugglers force passengers off Red Sea boat: IOM
• Gaza aid obstacles remain, say UN aid teams in shattered enclave
• The world pledged to ban child labour – so why are 138 million kids still working? 

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News
Music composed and produced by Joachim Harris. All rights reserved. 



UN News Today 11 June 2025 - migrants in Red Sea, Gaza aid obstacles, child labour

Last December, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) held historic hearings from addressing States’ obligations under international law to combat climate change, a process spearheaded by small island nations facing existential threats.

UN News caught up with Vishal Prasad, Director of Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change at the UN Ocean Conference. 

CLIP: 'Climate change in the Pacific is an existential crisis'

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