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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:...
UN Role as a Peacemaker in Kashmir
United Nations was established in 1945, giving hope to the weaker states
for a peaceful world without any suppression from the powerful. The Charter of
UN...
Kashmir Once Again Playing out as Diplomatic Theatre at the United Nations
Friday’s
closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council on Jammu and Kashmir marked the
first time in over 50 years since the issue was discussed at...
Geneva Conventions mark 70 years of ‘limiting brutality’ during war
In commemorating the 70th anniversary of the landmark Geneva
Conventions, the president of the United Nations Security Council hailed the “significant
body of law”, describing it as...
UN: Libyans fighting the wars of others inside their own country
Fighting in Libya “shows no signs of abating”, the head of the
United Nations Support Mission (UNSMIL), told the Security Council on Monday, painting
a grim picture of worsening humanitarian...
Asia and Pacific on course to miss all Sustainable Development Goals
Unless progress is accelerated, Asia and the Pacific are on course to
miss all of the 17 Goals of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...
Threat from petty criminals who turn to terrorism, a growing concern
The less predictable threats represented by small-time criminals who
have opportunistically embraced terrorism, are a source of growing concern, the
UN Security Council heard on Tuesday....