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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...
Mobile game aims to bridge gap between citizens and leaders on climate action
Millions
of people worldwide will get to share their views on climate
action through a UN campaign launched on Thursday aimed
at connecting them with Governments and policy makers.
The
Mission 1.5 campaign is built
around an internet...
Asian Pop Culture for the UN Sustainable Futures
As a 16-year-old high school student in Taiwan, I’ve struggled to find
opportunities to make an impact on international issues. Like many passionate
students who are...
UN rights expert: US Middle East peace plan ‘lopsided’
A United States plan released this week to resolve the
decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is “lopsided” and will only entrench occupation, an independent UN human rights
expert said on...
UN Security Council reform high on the agenda
Russia’s acting Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made it clear once again
recently that it is high time the United Nations Security Council had among
permanent members...