World leaders adopt pivotal UN Pact for the Future
Sep 22, 2024 — World leaders are at UN Headquarters in New York this Sunday where they adopted the potentially game-changing Pact for the Future by consensus, with a small group of just seven countries holding out, having failed to pass a last-minute amendment. The centrepiece of the Summit of the Future is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine the multilateral system and steer humanity on a new ...
UNGA79 - UN News
The stage is set for the general debate of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Opening amid growing calls for more international cooperation to address challenges such as climate change, poverty and inequality, while also tackling the fallout from ongoing conflicts and global health crises, the session will see world leaders heading to NY to deliver their statements in the ...
Pact for the Future: World leaders pledge action for peace, …
22 September 2024 UN Affairs. World leaders on Sunday adopted the Pact for the Future, a landmark declaration pledging concrete actions towards a safer, more peaceful, sustainable and inclusive world for tomorrow’s generations. The Pact along with its annexes, the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations, was adopted ...
Afghanistan: Taliban rule has erased women from public life, …
13 August 2024 Women. Three years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan has led to the “striking” erasure of women from public life, which is also reflected at the community and household levels, a senior official with the UN agency championing gender equality said on Tuesday. Alison Davidian, UN Women Country Representative in Afghanistan ...
Sudan Conflict - UN News
Sudan is, once again, becoming a nightmare of mass ethnic violence. The suffering is growing by the day, with almost 25 million people now requiring humanitarian assistance. They are enduring a nightmare of violence, hunger, collapsed infrastructure, displacement and extreme weather. Secretary-General António Guterres in remarks to the UN Security Council
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UN General Assembly demands Israel end ‘unlawful presence
Sep 18, 2024 — Threat to peace and security. The Assembly “strongly deplored the continued and total disregard and breaches” by the Government of Israel of its obligations under the UN Charter, international law and UN resolutions, stressing that such breaches “seriously threaten” regional and international peace and security.. It also recognized that Israel “must be …
Climate change: Ozone layer still well on track for full recovery
Sep 16, 2024 — The UN weather agency said ozone could recover to 1980 levels - before any hole in the ozone layer appeared - by around 2066 over the Antarctic if current policies remain. This could also lead to full recovery of the layer by 2045 over the Arctic and 2040 for the rest of the world. Matt Tully, Chair of WMO ’s Scientific Advisory Group on ...
Stop global warming to turn the tide on sea level rise: UN …
Sep 25, 2024 — Former General Assembly President Dennis Francis commended UN Member States for taking decisive action on the issue of sea level rise. He said the meeting marks the starting point towards “an ambitious declaration” by the General Assembly in September 2026. “ The declaration is an opportunity to secure prosperity, dignity and rights of ...
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Russia ‘can only be forced into peace’ …
24 September 2024 Peace and Security. The UN Security Council is meeting for a high level briefing on the Ukraine war. The UN Secretary-General told foreign ministers and ambassadors that Russia's invasion of Ukraine since 2014, when Moscow took Crimea, was "a clear violation of the UN Charter. ” We'll have full coverage as it happens, and UN ...