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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...
Israel’s illegal annexation plans for Palestine, ‘disastrous’ for wider Middle East
“Annexation is illegal. Period. Any annexation. Whether it is 30 per cent of the West Bank, or five per cent”, Michelle Bachelet stated, adding...
Special Session of the UNGA related to COVID-19 to be convened at the initiative of Azerbaijan
When dystopian scenarios became our everyday reality with COVID-19 reigning over our lives and divesting large numbers of world population of their normal routines,...
US sanctions against international court staff a ‘direct attack’ on judicial independence
The decision by the United States to authorize sanctions targeting staff at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is “a direct attack to the institution’s...
UN restrictions on arms supplies to Iran must remain in place
The global arms embargo against Iran, imposed by UN in its Security Council Resolution 2231, will, shockingly enough, be lifted in five months.
If it's lifted, the obvious...
Kenya wins final contested seat on Security Council
Kenya has been elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, defeating Djibouti for a seat designated for African countries.
UN Member States chose...