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Challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples, ‘an affront to dignity and justice’

·April 22, 2025·2 min read

Indigenous Peoples are still excluded from decisions regarding “the very foundation of our identity, survival, and self-determination,” said Aluki Kotierk, Chair of the 24th United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). This year’s theme is focused on implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and addressing associated challenges – emphasising...

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...

Syria: Hostilities and aid challenges persist across devastated country

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·January 30, 2025·1 min read

In an update, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said that more than 25,000 people have been newly uprooted from the northeastern city of Manbij, where shelling and airstrikes have been reported. OCHA noted that hostilities have been intensifying over the past week, particularly in eastern Aleppo and around the Tishreen Dam....

In Lebanon, Guterres highlights challenges and support for peacekeepers

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·January 19, 2025·2 min read

His itinerary included a trip to Naqoura in the south – where the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is headquartered – and he expressed his gratitude for the courage and determination of peacekeepers operating in one of the most challenging environments, where a fragile ceasefire between Hezbollah militants and...

Security Council briefed on challenges to peacekeeping in Lebanon, Syria

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·January 18, 2025·5 min read

Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix was joined by Major General Patrick Gauchat, Head of the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) who is temporarily in charge of the UN force in the Golan, UNDOF. Mr. Lacroix is currently in Lebanon, where the UN Interim Force in the country UNIFIL, monitors...

Iraq: Security Council briefed on major milestones and ongoing challenges

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·December 6, 2024·4 min read

“As you have heard many times by now, today’s Iraq is not the same as the Iraq of 20 years ago, or even five years ago. Iraq today is more secure, stable and open, despite the many obstacles facing the country,” Mohamed Al Hassan said in his first briefing to...

World News in Brief: Aid challenges in Syria, human rights in Iran, elections in South Sudan

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·November 29, 2024·3 min read

A Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) volunteer was among multiple civilians killed in the incident, OCHA said in a news release. The attack also damaged several SARC ambulances and other humanitarian objects and left two bridges impassable. “As a result, all humanitarian operations at border crossings [between Syria and Lebanon]...

Baku talks heat up: New climate finance deal, urban challenges in COP29 spotlight

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·November 21, 2024·6 min read

The source of the hundreds of billions, if not trillions, of funds that developing nations say will be needed to adapt to a fast-changing climate – governments, multilateral banks, or the private sector – has become a major subject of contention during the last eight days. The good, the bad...

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...

As challenges mount across the globe, ‘the world needs the UN’, Egypt says

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·September 30, 2024·1 min read

At the same time, Israel’s brutal aggression against Gaza and its current attacks on the West Bank place shame on international institutions, which are unable to put an end to these aggressions. Condemning Israel’s escalation and its attacks on Lebanon, which are “pushing the region into the abyss”, he said...

‘If we act together,’ we can overcome global challenges – UN Assembly President

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·September 25, 2024·1 min read

Emphasizing the urgent need for collective action to address pressing global issues, Mr. Yang highlighted the critical state of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), noting that with only five years remaining until the globally agreed 2030 deadline, less than 17 per cent of the targets are on track. He...

Challenges to democracy compound instability in West Africa: Top envoy

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·January 15, 2024·2 min read

Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Leonardo Santos Simão, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, said that while some nations have made significant democratic strides, others have been subject to military takeovers, posing wider threats to regional stability. The presidential election in Liberia and the peaceful transfer of power was...