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Improving the way we run the world…and beyond

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Improving the way we run the world…and beyond 16 September 2024 UN Photo/Rick Bajornas The Peace Monument sculpture in the garden of UN Headquarters by the Croatian sculptor Antun Augustincic, depicting a woman riding a horse with an olive branch in one hand and a globe in the other. The UN and other bodies set up in the wake of World War Two, are struggling to cope effectively with today’s…

A new global peace plan for ‘uniquely dangerous’ times

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home A new global peace plan for ‘uniquely dangerous’ times 16 September 2024 © UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov People watch a building on fire following a missile attack in Ukraine. (file) With conflict and violence at record levels, the UN Member States have called on Secretary-General António Guterres to come up with a template for a more peaceful, secure world. The “New Agenda for Peace” will be a…

Gender equality: Distant, yet achievable

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gender equality: Distant, yet achievable 16 September 2024 © UNICEF/Frank Dejongh A woman feeds a child at the Adré refugee site in the east of Chad. While progress has been made worldwide on gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment, critical gender gaps remain in all 17 of the Sustainable Development Goals, according to the latest Gender Snapshot report released Monday by UN…

Climate change: Ozone layer still well on track for full recovery

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Climate change: Ozone layer still well on track for full recovery 16 September 2024 UN Photo/R. Kollar The ozone layer can protect the environment. New evidence in the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) annual Ozone and UV Bulletin published on Monday reveals strong evidence that the ozone layer is well on track for a long-term recovery…

How aid is (and is not) getting into Gaza

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home How aid is (and is not) getting into Gaza 16 September 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children and their families fetching water from a UNICEF-supported water tank in Deir Al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. A relentless siege, deadly targeted attacks and chronic restrictions on lifesaving aid deliveries into the war-torn Gaza Strip by Israeli forces: that’s just some of what aid workers are grappling…

More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in Gaza, top UN official tells Security Council

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in Gaza, top UN official tells Security Council 16 September 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Sigrid Kaag, Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Gaza. Not enough progress is being made in getting desperately needed aid and commercial goods into Gaza, the UN…

Summit of the Future Explainer: Time to rethink ‘outdated and ineffective’ international financial architecture

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Summit of the Future Explainer: Time to rethink ‘outdated and ineffective’ international financial architecture 16 September 2024 © FAO/Luis Tato Women sell okra at a market in Tanout, Niger. Some of the world’s poorest countries spend more on debt repayments than on health, education and infrastructure combined, severely hampering their chances of developing their economies. At the …

OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS / SPECIAL PROCEDURES Press Conference

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS / SPECIAL PROCEDURES Press Conference 16 September 2024 Press Conference Announcement Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967 (online) Tlaleng Mofokeng, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health  (online)George Katrougalos, Special Rapporteur on the…

Health teams brave war conditions in Sudan to save newborn babies

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Health teams brave war conditions in Sudan to save newborn babies 15 September 2024 © UNFPA Sudan/Sufian Abdul-Mouty Midwives and other health professionals at the Khartoum Maternity Hospital, Sudan.. The civil war in Sudan has brought to country’s health system to its knees. UN mobile health teams are attempting to plug the gaps, crossing conflict zones to help pregnant women to give birth…

Unchecked AI threatens democracy, warns UN chief

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Unchecked AI threatens democracy, warns UN chief 15 September 2024 UNDP/Rochan Kadariya Young Mozambicans show the finger marked with blue ink after voting in the general elections in Mozambique. Left unchecked, artificial intelligence (AI) could destabilize democratic systems by spreading disinformation, fueling hate speech and distorting public opinion through deepfakes, the UN Secretary-…