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Cyprus President to UN Assembly: ‘Do we have the resolve to make peace our top priority?’
- UN News
President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, emphasized the need for the UN to live up to its founding principles to ensure respect for the sovereignty of all States, and discussed steps to tackle the climate crisis during his address to the annual General Assembly debate in New York.
‘Humankind no longer pins its hopes on the UN,’ Zelenskyy tells Security Council
- UN News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday called for expanding the UN Security Council and reforming the right of veto granted to its permanent members, in his first in-person address around the iconic horseshoe table.
War in Sudan: ‘Brutal fight’ must end as civilian suffering intensifies
- UN News
Civilians continuing paying a heavy price as the “senseless violence” between rival militaries continues in Sudan, the UN’s political affairs chief said on Wednesday.
UN sets out bold solutions to rescue SDG finance
- UN News
Taking urgent steps to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, world leaders launched a high level dialogue on Financing for Development on Wednesday.
On UNGA margins, world leaders bolster bedrock of international law
- UN News
At the heart of global diplomacy within the iconic UN Headquarters in New York, another significant yet often less featured deliberation is unfolding this week: the Treaty Event.
Debt crisis in developing countries weighing down SDG push, Rwanda’s Kagame warns
- UN News
In his address to the UN General Assembly in New York, Rwandan President Paul Kagame discussed the lack of progress toward achieving Sustainable Deveopment Goals (SDGs), reducing conflict around the globe, and finding wasy to boost international cooperation.
‘Humanity has opened the gates to hell’ warns Guterres as climate coalition demands action
- UN News
“Horrendous heat is having horrendous effects”, the UN chief declared on Wednesday, as a broad global coalition of “movers and doers” politicians, business and civil society gathered in New York for the first ever Climate Ambition Summit.
World News in Brief: Afghan rights, Armenia-Azerbaijan ceasefire, road safety campaign
- UN News
Afghanistan’s de facto authorities have been using torture as a tool to extract confessions from prisoners, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Wednesday.
Global leaders discuss healthier future for all: Top 5 fast facts
- UN News
Some 4.5 billion peoplemore than half the global population, do not have enough access to essential health services, an issue that world leaders and ministers will tackle at a series of high-level meetings at the UN this week.
UN Must Live Up to Its Promises of Gender Equality ---and Support Women
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) - In 2015, the UN’s 193 member states adopted 17 goals for the health of the world that together comprise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be reached worldwide by 2030.
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