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Trust in UN’s cornerstone ideals ‘crumbling’: King Abdullah II of Jordan
- UN News
Addressing world leaders at the UN General Assembly, King Abdullah II of Jordan warned that the United Nations is facing an unprecedented crisis, one that threatens its legitimacy and undermines global trust in its moral authority.
UN’s Guterres urges global solutions as uncertain world edges toward a ‘powder keg’
- UN News
The world is locked in a “purgatory of polarity” with a growing number of governments and others feeling entitled to a “get out of jail free card”, Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN General Assembly, which opened its annual high-level meeting on Tuesday.
Lebanon escalation: Have we learned nothing from Gaza, UN humanitarians ask
- UN News
As Lebanon mourns the victims of a wave of Israeli airstrikes believed to have left hundreds dead, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday against a return to the “dark days of 2006” when full-scale war broke out, calling for an urgent de-escalation and the protection of civilians.
Sudan crisis must not be forgotten by world leaders, says UN food agency
- UN News
Ongoing heavy fighting in Sudan has continued to kill and uproot the country’s people who global leaders should remember as they gather in New York on Tuesday, UN humanitarians have said.
LIVE: Join forces to take ‘more sustainable path’, Guterres tells world leaders
- UN News
We are on an unsustainable course, the UN Secretary General has just told world leaders gathered for the UN general debate in New York – but growing impunity, inequality and chaos can be replaced by more accountability, justice and opportunity and a future of solutions, not endless conflict. Follow all the action live, as speakers take to the podium for the general debate. UN News app users can tune in here.
Summit of the Future: Youth Driven Action Needed to Tackle Nuclear and Climate Crises
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 23 (IPS) - Driving the Summit of the Future's core messages of international solidarity and decisive action are young people who are determined to address the intersecting issues that the world contends with today.
It Is Time to Save The Deep Sea
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 23 (IPS) - This week's United Nations General Assembly marks nearly 20 years since the body first resolved to restrict bottom trawling on the world's seamounts, submarine mountains that rise thousands of feet above the sea floor and comprise some of the most biologically rich marine ecosystems on the planet.
UN Assembly President urges nations to sustain momentum from Summit of the Future
- UN News
The President of the UN General Assembly urged all nations to sustain their momentum toward decisive action and to advance the outcomes of the Summit of the Future as it concluded on Monday.
Afghanistan: No future without women’s participation
- UN News
Afghan women earned the right to vote more than a century ago. Today, under Taliban rule, they are practically erased from public life and even banned from singing.
Torture ‘a common and acceptable practice’ in Ukraine war, UN investigators say
- UN News
Russian authorities are using torture “with a sense of impunity” in the ongoing war in Ukraine, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva heard on Monday.
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