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Turkish diplomat elected President of historic 75th UN General Assembly
Turkish diplomat Volkan Bozkir was elected President of the forthcoming session of the UN General Assembly in a vote held on Wednesday that was...
A legal analysis of the United Nations response to Covid 19: How the Security Council can still help
The Covid-19 pandemic, which plagues the world currently has brought to light the inherent deficiencies in the International Legal order and its ability to...
Return of Global Stewardship: The UNSC should urgently address Covid-19 – addendum
Authors: Amb. Hasmy Agam and Prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic
Further to the points of view undersigned authors expressed nearly two months ago it is to...
75 years on from the Nazi defeat, many still suffer impact of conflict
On 8 and 9 May, the UN commemorates the millions who lost their lives during the Second World War, the tragic conflict that led...
COVID-19: Act now or risk ‘unimaginable devastation’ globally
Unless countries across the world act together now, the COVID-19 pandemic will cause “unimaginable devastation and suffering around the world”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres...
Leadership for Thought: Non-Permanent members lead the Security Council through COVID-19
China held the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council in March this year: COVID-19 was deemed not to be a security issue. By...
Guterres calls for global ceasefire to focus on ‘the true fight of our lives’
In an appeal issued today, UN Secretary-General António
Guterres urged warring parties across the world to lay down
their weapons in support of the bigger battle against
Covid-19: the common enemy that
is now threatening all of humankind.
In his statement...
“The Threat is Real”: Is the USA playing a dubious role in UNSC since 9/11?
Post-world war the
second is the genesis of the USA as the major superpower and after the
breakdown of the Soviet Union, USA had become the...
OHCHR’s intervention in Citizenship Amendment Act: An opportunity to expand the Indian human rights discourse
Author’s: Tanaya Thakur and Amit Kumar*
The office of United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has sought permission from the Supreme
Court of India to...
UN urge warring Libyan factions to negotiate
The UN’s Libya mission and world powers on Tuesday urged the country’s
warring parties to engage in peace efforts, as doubts hung over talks set...