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30 years of advancing gender equality: Achievements, setbacks, and the road ahead

·September 22, 2025·3 min read

In the days leading up to the commemoration on Monday 22 September, UN Women, the agency responsible for overseeing gender equality and women’s empowerment, and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) sounded the alarm: none of the gender equality targets are on track. Their report, 2025 Gender...

What to know ahead of the UN summit on the Question of Palestine

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·September 22, 2025·1 min read

A settler woman walks past an Israeli soldier standing guard in East Jerusalem. Photo: IRIN/Andreas Hackl (file photo) What to expect from the September 22 summit Held on the opening day of the UN General Assembly’s high-level week – the annual September gathering of world leaders – the initiative comes...

Ahead of high-stakes General Assembly week, Guterres urges world leaders to ‘get serious – and deliver’

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·September 17, 2025·2 min read

Speaking at a press conference at the UN Headquarters on Tuesday in New York, he warned that global divisions, conflicts and crises have taken the very principle of international cooperation to its most fragile inflection point in decades. “Some call it the World Cup of diplomacy,” Mr. Guterres said. “But...

‘Our livelihoods have been cut off’, say West Bank farmers ahead of olive harvest

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·August 31, 2025·4 min read

Like thousands of Palestinian farmers, he faces growing restrictions from Israeli forces and settlers, who have made the olive harvest season – running from September to November – a time of uncertainty and struggle. In recent years, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has supported olive farmers and...

UN peacekeeping mandate in Lebanon faces scrutiny ahead of Security Council vote

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·August 27, 2025·4 min read

As members of the UN Security Council negotiate the renewal of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) ahead of a 31 August deadline, the mission’s future role and capacity are under intense debate. UNIFIL has long been a stabilising presence in southern Lebanon, working alongside the Lebanese armed forces,...

‘The real challenge is still ahead’: UN warns on Afghan returnees

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·August 9, 2025·2 min read

“The real challenge is still ahead of us,” Stephanie Loose, Programme Manager in Afghanistan, told journalists in Geneva on Friday. “We’re speaking about the reintegration of people who’ve lost their homes, who’ve lost their assets and also their hope.” Millions on the move Afghanistan is currently facing an unprecedented returnee...

Indigenous youth meet trailblazers ahead of Nelson Mandela Day

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·July 18, 2025·4 min read

Accompanied by their parents and mentors from the midwestern state of Wisconsin, the group wore handmade ribbon skirts and vests featuring seven coloured bands, each symbolizing a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of personal significance, such as good health and gender equality. Also visiting the UN in New York for the...

World News in Brief: Education suffers amid DR Congo violence, WHO greenlights RSV vaccines, more hurricanes ahead for Haiti

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·May 31, 2025·3 min read

According to UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, more than 290 schools have been damaged or destroyed in Ituri this year alone, bringing the total number of out-of-school children in the province to over 1.3 million. Protection crisis Between January and April 2025, a surge in violence displaced more than 100,000 people...

World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30

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·April 24, 2025·4 min read

The meeting was part of a joint mobilisation strategy by the two leaders to strengthen global action under the Paris Agreement and build momentum for stronger national climate plans to be announced in 2025. The two-hour session held behind closed doors included China, the European Union, the African Union, the...

Central African Republic faces ongoing challenges ahead of elections

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·February 21, 2025·2 min read

Valentine Rugwabiza condemned the incident early last week, calling on Central African authorities to thoroughly investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice. Bordering South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the region – larger than Switzerland – has been a hotspot of conflict due to its strategic importance, intercommunal...

‘A Syrian-led future’: Security Council highlights priorities ahead

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·January 13, 2025·3 min read

In his briefing, UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen underscored the delicate nature of the transitional phase, describing it as a moment of “great opportunities and real dangers.” He urged careful navigation to ensure that decisions taken now lead to long-term stability. The humanitarian situation remains critical, with nearly...

Ahead of G20 Summit in Brazil, Guterres urges bloc to take the lead on peace, climate and other challenges

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·November 18, 2024·4 min read

António Guterres was speaking to reporters on the eve of the opening of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in the Brazilian city. ‘A simple message’ “I have come to Rio with a simple message: G20 leaders must lead,” he said. “G20 countries – by definition – have tremendous economic clout. They...