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South Sudan refugee, athlete, Olympian is newest UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
A track and field athlete from South Sudan who was forced to flee conflict as a child was on Tuesday named a Goodwill Ambassador...
UN ‘actively assisting’ in response to huge explosions at Beirut port
The United Nations has said that it is “actively assisting” in the response to the horrific explosions that ripped through the port area of...
Refugees In The Outbreak Of The Pandemic
The COVID-19 today is having an adverse impact on our lives although it has brought exceptional changes in climate and human behavior. The increasing...
We Need a New Social Contract: But What The UN is Calling For Creates More Problems Than Solutions
At the time of his arrest, Nelson Mandela was an armed freedom fighter. His 28 years in prison only hardened his resolve and socialist...
Winds of Change
The winds of change have, unlike ever before, cast reservations over the international order of reverence. As each nation scrambles to keep its citizens...
COVID-19: World leaders to stay at home, in first ‘virtual’ UN General Assembly
The General Debate of the General Assembly, traditionally the most high-profile UN event of the year, will be a slimmed-down affair this September, with...
COVID-19 highlights need for renewed, inclusive multilateralism
António Guterres was speaking on Friday, during the High-Level Segment of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) session, to review progress towards achieving...
Evaluating the Relevance of Ceasefires in Light of the UN Global Ceasefire Quandary
Theoretically, ceasefires can be classified into two broad categories, preliminary ceasefires — declared before a political agreement is reached, as a part of the...
‘Strengthen multilateralism’ to combat global terrorism
Although the pandemic has posed one of the greatest challenges since the UN’s founding 75 years ago, Vladimir Voronkov, head of the UN Office...
Fresh evidence of war crimes committed by all sides in Syrian conflict, probe finds
In its latest report, the Commission of Inquiry on Syria highlighted the military campaign launched late last year in Idlib Governorate by pro-Government forces, to retake...