Security Council: UN calls for safe, unimpeded passage of aid to Ukraine
The Security Council in New York on Tuesday debated the latest barrage of Russian missile and drone attacks that have targeted multiple cities across...
UN and EU humanitarians appeal for more support for Haiti
“What Haitians want the most is peace, that will allow them to return to school, to farm their fields, to access basic services such as...
Middle East crisis: Dramatic uptick in violence in Gaza, Israel and Lebanon
The development comes as the UN's top official in Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert began an official visit to Israel to meet senior government officials, after insisting...
Haiti: Displaced women face ‘unprecedented’ level of insecurity and sexual violence
A new report by UN Women reveals the dire living conditions and lack of security faced by some 300,000 displaced women and girls amid ongoing...
Pact for the Future: World leaders pledge action for peace, sustainable development
The Pact along with its annexes, the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations, was adopted by consensus, despite a last-minute proposal...
Tribute to Don Rojas: A True Revolutionary
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Internationally acclaimed journalist, political consultant and exemplary Director of Communications and International Relations for the Institute of the Black World 21st...
Guatemala: UN rights chief concerned over polarization, inequality, racism
“It was a priority for me to come to Guatemala at a crucial moment in its history, and to support the country in its...
Journey of a Security Council resolution
The 15-member Council is charged with taking action, through resolutions and decisions, on any threats to international peace and security, but sometimes adopting a...
The Bio of a True Revolutionary: Don Rojas
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Don Rojas is the Director of Communications and International Relations for the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), and...
‘All hands on deck’ in Antigua and Barbuda as small island States chart course...
The Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) will bring together governments, the UN, civil society, the private sector and leading youth...
‘Entire social fabric’ unravelling in Haiti as displacement continues
The number of people forced to flee their homes has jumped from 362,000 in early March when violence spiked in the capital Port-au-Prince to...
IOM Chief and COP29 Presidency to Address Climate-Peace-Human Mobility Nexus During UNGA
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New York, 22 September – The COP29 Presidency and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) will co-host a High-Level Roundtable on...
Reparation Information Thought Series – Reparations Rising: California’s Next Steps
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Monday, September 23, 2024, 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT — Join us for Reparations Rising: California’s Next Steps to...
In Antigua, island youth build ‘wall of commitment’ to turn tide against climate crisis
The SIDS Global Children and Youth Action Summit taking place this weekend on the University of the West Indies campus of the beautiful island nation...
LIVE: UN Summit of the Future
Ensuring that world leaders consider the impact their actions will have on the billions yet to be born this century, whilst addressing the inclusion...
Small island development ‘a test case’ for climate and financial justice, says Guterres
Some of the key developments so far on day one of the conference where leaders from governments, the UN, civil society, business, academia and...
Venezuela: Guterres calls for ‘complete transparency’ following disputed presidential election
Following hours of delays, incumbent Nicolás Maduro was formally declared winner of the disputed presidential election held on Sunday, securing a third term in...
White people have never forgiven Haitians for claiming their freedom
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Behind the vicious Trump-Vance attacks on Haitian immigrants is a long history of making the people of Haiti pay for the...
SIDS drowning in debt and ‘running on empty’, warns Guterres in Antigua
That’s the warning from UN Secretary-General António Guterres on day two of the pivotal Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4), taking...
UN hub reaches remote Pacific islanders: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
“They do not want to leave their ancestral places, even if they go under,” said Jaap van Hierden.
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Sudan: UN chief alarmed at full-scale assault on El Fasher
UN chief António Guterres called on Lt. General Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo to act responsibly and immediately order a halt to the RSF attack,...
Eddy Kenzo, Bobi Wine, Bebe Cool … musicians who turn to politics
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By Musinguzi Blanshe, The Africa Report —
Popular musician Eddy Kenzo (aka Edrisah Musuuza) was appointed to be Uganda’s new senior advisor...
More climate funding needed to ‘transition from rhetoric to decisive action’
That was the strong message from President of the Western Pacific nation of Palau Surangel Whipps speaking at an Interactive Dialogue on Wednesday during...
New, bold ideas thrive towards the UN Summit of the Future
Making the world fairer, safer and more sustainable for all was at the centre of a fan of bold, new ideas unfolding throughout the...
