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UN upholds readiness to support peace efforts in Ukraine

·August 21, 2025·1 min read

Stéphane Dujarric was responding to a journalist’s question about the meeting held the previous day between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, his American counterpart Donald Trump, and several European leaders at the White House. It followed talks last week between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in...

More young lives lost in Ukraine, as UN chief repeats call for a ‘just, comprehensive and sustainable peace’

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·August 19, 2025·2 min read

The development came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a group of European leaders arrived in Washington on Monday to meet President Donald Trump, who held talks on a possible peace deal to end the war with President Vladimir Putin of Russia in Alaska last Friday. Responding to questions at...

‘Peace is a choice’: UN chief urges diplomacy as wars spread from Gaza to Ukraine

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·July 22, 2025·3 min read

This is the only sustainable path to global security, he told ministers at a high-level open debate of the Security Council on Tuesday. The Secretary-General emphasised that the UN Charter’s tools – negotiation, mediation, conciliation, arbitration and more – remain a lifeline when tensions escalate, grievances fester and states lose...

Doha agreement brings DR Congo government and M23 rebels a step closer to peace

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·July 20, 2025·1 min read

In a statement released on 19 July, MONUSCO said that the Declaration of Principles, signed in Doha under the mediation of Qatar, “reflects the parties’ resolve to prioritise peaceful means, establish a ceasefire, and set up a joint mechanism to define its practical implementation.” “This important declaration marks a shift...

UN envoy urges Colombia to ‘stay the course’ as peace faces new strains

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·July 19, 2025·2 min read

Briefing the Security Council for the last time as head of the UN Verification Mission, Special Representative Carlos Ruiz Massieu said the peace agreement provided a roadmap for addressing the root causes of conflict. “The Final Peace Agreement of 2016 set out the path to be followed: a holistic and...

First Person: Japanese UN volunteer ‘motivated by the passion of others’ to support peace

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·July 6, 2025·3 min read

Haruki Ume spoke to UN News at the UN Pavilion at Expo 2025 currently being held in the Japanese city of Osaka. One section of the pavilion features a rotating presentation focusing on a specific UN agency or entity and recently, attention turned to the UN Volunteers programme. “As a...

Adhering to bans on mines only in peace time will not work: UN rights chief

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·July 6, 2025·1 min read

Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine have taken or are considering steps to withdraw from the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction – known also as the Ottawa Convention, after the Canadian city where the process was...

‘A spirit of oneness’: Cooperatives cultivating peace in South Sudan

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·July 4, 2025·3 min read

“Cooperatives are a system that enables the South Sudanese to improve their livelihoods, but at the same time also contributes to the economy… this is the only way for South Sudan to move out of poverty,” said Louis Bagare project manager of cooperatives at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...

Guterres welcomes peace deal between DR Congo and Rwanda

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·June 28, 2025·1 min read

The accord is “a significant step towards de-escalation, peace and stability in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes region,” he said in a statement that evening. A breakthrough amid crisis Since the 1990s, eastern DRC has been plagued by dozens of armed groups who have...

Famine stalks two counties in South Sudan as fragile peace is threatened

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·June 12, 2025·1 min read

The warning comes amidst increased violence and a worsening food security condition which has 11 out of 13 counties in the state facing emergency levels of hunger and 32,000 of these inhabitants facing catastrophic level hunger conditions, almost three times previous estimates. “We are seeing the devastating impact conflict has...

Ukraine: Hopes for peace on life support, Security Council hears

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·June 1, 2025·4 min read

“The longer the war continues, the longer its regional and global impacts will be felt, and the more difficult it will be to find a peaceful resolution,” said Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs. She recalled the adoption of Security Council resolution 2774 in February – the...

Libya’s fragile peace tested again as new clashes roil Tripoli

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·May 16, 2025·3 min read

Clashes broke out earlier in the week across several districts of the Libyan capital, reportedly triggered by the killing of a prominent militia leader. The fighting, which involved heavy weaponry in densely populated areas, forced hundreds of families to flee and placed severe strain on local hospitals. UN Secretary-General António...