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Uncertainty and Instability: The World in Two Words
“I would use two words to describe the state of the world today:
uncertainty and instability,” said António Guterres, Secretary-General of the
United Nations. Guterres made...
UNDP: Reshaping the Global Development Agenda
The establishment of United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) ushered a new era during the course of United Nations (UNs)
exemplary journey. In September 2000 at
the Millennium...
The office of the UN Deputy Secretary General and reforms of the United Nations system
On 31 May 2018, UN Secretary General, in
his remarks to the UN
General Assembly in New York at the adoption of the resolution on repositioning
the...
India not qualified for UNSC
The most powerful forum, United Nations
Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United
Nations, charged with ensuring international peace and...
Guterres: ‘Real change’ involving women in peace and security, still too slow
The Women Peace and Security agenda must continue to be “one of the top priorities of the
United Nations”, Secretary-General
António Guterres told the Security Council on Tuesday, in
an...
Guterres: We must do everything possible to avoid global ‘fracture’ caused by US-China tensions
Tensions around global trade and technology continue to rise and the
international community needs to “do everything possible” to prevent the world
being split into two...
Actions not words: What was promised at the UN’s landmark climate summit?
UN Secretary-General warned leaders not to come to his
landmark Climate Action Summit with beautiful speeches, but to present concrete
plans for cutting harmful greenhouse gas...
If we want sustainable development, we have to work together
The
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is our plan for the future. It aims to
transform our world and to improve people's lives for more prosperity and...
Is the world living up to its climate commitments?
As the United Nations gears up for the September Climate Action Summit in New
York, one of its most high-profile climate conferences in recent times,...
The transformers: UN Champions who dared to reimagine their worlds
A corporate titan with an unconventional agenda; the food specialists
who looked outside the (takeaway) box; the ocean explorer whose name has become
synonymous with conservation:...