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What’s going on with the world (and the future) at the UN?

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home What’s going on with the world (and the future) at the UN? 16 September 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Scene from UN Headquarters in New York It’s the season to take on global challenges, from forging a healthier planet to putting the brakes on nuclear weapons, as world leaders and leading experts land at UN Headquarters in New York in mid-September for the General Assembly’s annual High-…

Sanitary disaster in Gaza ‘worsening by the day’, warns UNRWA

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Sanitary disaster in Gaza ‘worsening by the day’, warns UNRWA 16 September 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Families collect water from a UNICEF-supported facility in Deir al-Balah, in the Gaza Strip. Overcrowded shelters in Gaza, a lack of running water and the constant threat of disease are making conditions worse by the day for people in the enclave, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA…

Protect future generations from global decisions made today

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Protect future generations from global decisions made today 16 September 2024 © UNICEF/Howard Elwyn-Jones In Glasgow, Scotland, people take part in a Fridays for Future demonstration for climate action, led by youth climate activists and organized on the sidelines of the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). Ensuring that world leaders consider the impact their actions will have on the…

The push to connect a digitally divided world and counter AI threats

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home The push to connect a digitally divided world and counter AI threats 16 September 2024 © FAO/ Fahad Kaizer Farmers in Bangladesh have access to digital platforms to reach a wider market and get better prices for their crops. A surge in the development of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) tools is already improving lives but is also bringing fresh urgency to calls for regulation, as more…

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…