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Security Council LIVE: Gaza ceasefire, aid crisis dominates agenda as ambassadors meet on the Middle East

·October 23, 2025·1 min read

The UN Security Council is meeting in New York to debate the Middle East. The session comes amid faltering progress on the fragile Gaza ceasefire and mounting humanitarian needs after two years of war, with famine still looming in parts of the territory. Ambassadors will likely discuss yesterday’s ICJ advisory...

Guterres highlights ‘maximum impact’ reform agenda

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·October 15, 2025·2 min read

Addressing the General Assembly, António Guterres briefed Member States on the structural reforms and programme realignments that are needed across the UN System to make it fully fit for today’s challenges. “My vision for the United Nations system is clear: Entities that work together as one, to deliver better –...

A mandate for change: UN releases proposals for streamlining of tasks as part of major reform agenda

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·August 1, 2025·5 min read

Mandates – requests or directives for action issued by the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council – have multiplied significantly since 1945. Today, there are more than 40,000 active mandates, serviced by around 400 intergovernmental bodies. Together, they require more than 27,000 meetings a year...

Water Action Agenda takes shape in Stockholm flowing on from landmark conference

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·August 22, 2023·2 min read

World Water Week is taking shape from Monday in Stockholm, Sweden. This is an annual gathering of thousands of organizations and individuals – Government experts, UN officials, scientists and academics – who come together to rethink how water is being managed. Serious challenges loom Among them is the President of...

New agenda sets sail with bold action as UN Water Conference closes

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·March 26, 2023·4 min read

The Agenda sets out a series of action-oriented game changing commitments, from making smarter food choices to re-evaluating water as a powerful economic driver, and part of the Earth’s cultural heritage. Water-secure future for all The conference, and its 2,000 participants, forged an “ambitious vision”, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres...

COVID-19: China infection surge on agenda at WHO coronavirus meeting

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·January 4, 2023·1 min read

In Geneva, a spokesperson for the WHO confirmed during a scheduled press briefing that Chinese scientists had been invited to participate in a meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 (TAG). The 30-strong expert group was formed in June 2020 to advise the UN health agency and Member States...

Haiti must remain at ‘forefront’ of international agenda, Security Council hears |

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·June 17, 2022·2 min read

She called for greater support for the Caribbean nation as protracted insecurity and prolonged political uncertainty, together with the dire economic situation and growing humanitarian needs, are severely hampering development and undermining peacebuilding efforts. Briefing the Security Council, Special Representative Helen La Lime called on Member States to provide...