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Doha summit ends with call to turn social pledges into action

·November 7, 2025·2 min read

Speaking at the closing press conference, President of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock said the Summit marked a “deliberate shift” from identifying gaps to acting on proven solutions. “Copenhagen taught us 30 years ago that social development and inclusion are essential for strong societies,” she said. “We promised to...

New climate pledges do little to correct global warming projection, UN warns

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·November 5, 2025·2 min read

The warning comes in the latest Emissions Gap Report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), issued on Tuesday ahead of the COP30 climate conference which opens in Belém, Brazil, next week. Nearly a decade has passed since world leaders adopted the Paris Agreement, which aims to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and preferably to a 1.5°C threshold. Climate action plans...

‘Yawning gap’ remains between climate adaptation funds and funding pledges

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·October 30, 2025·4 min read

That’s the main message in this year’s Adaptation Gap Report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). By 2035, developing nations will need well over $310 billion per year in dedicated funding to adapt to a planet increasingly altered by polluting fossil-fuel emissions, the report states. “Climate adaptation” refers to the...

New forum builds on Sevilla pledges to tackle global debt crisis

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·October 22, 2025·2 min read

The Sevilla Forum on Debt will promote fairer lending, faster restructuring and long-term reform of the post-war financial system. Hosted by Spain and supported by the United Nations, the forum is designed to keep global attention on the debt crisis while converting firm commitments made at June’s Fourth International Conference...

Philippines earthquake: UN pledges support as Cebu death toll rises to 72

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·October 3, 2025·1 min read

The tremor struck off the coast of Bogo City at 9:59PM on Tuesday, 30 September, with the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reporting a shallow depth of around 10 kilometers. Residents said the quake sent people fleeing into the streets. A tsunami warning was briefly issued and later...

Pact for the Future: Countries urged to translate pledges into action

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·March 27, 2025·3 min read

General Assembly President Philémon Yang convened the informal interactive dialogue on the implementation of the Pact for the Future, which covers five areas: sustainable development, international peace and security, science and technology, youth, and transforming global governance. It was adopted at a UN summit in September 2024 together with two...

Aid pledges provide vital lifeline in humanitarian emergencies

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·December 10, 2024·3 min read

Contributions to the Fund save lives, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a video message to the event. He urged Member States to “dig deeper”, calling for new donors to step forward, to meet the $1 billion annual target to support allocations over the coming year. Assisting people worldwide CERF...

Jeddah conference closes with adoption of global pledges to tackle antimicrobial resistance

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·November 17, 2024·5 min read

Immediately following the adoption of the commitments in the Saudi coastal city, the host country’s Minister of Health Fahad Al-Jalajel said the conference outcome provides “critical building blocks” for member states and international bodies to significantly act against antimicrobial resistance, and that it builds on the Political Declaration on AMR...

Global Refugee Forum ends with bold pledges, solutions for displaced

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·December 16, 2023·3 min read

Speaking at the closing of the Global Refugee Forum, the Secretary-General said that protection and help for these most vulnerable of people, was “an obligation shared by all of humanity”. He was speaking after three days of intensive activity geared to finding solutions and building partnerships, which saw pledges from multiple...

UN pledges to ‘remain engaged and committed’ amid attempted coup in Niger

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·July 30, 2023·2 min read

Nicole Kouassi, UN Acting Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator, was speaking from the capital, Niamey, just hours after the general whose troops seized the democratically elected president, announced that he was assuming control of the country. On behalf of UN agencies on the ground, she echoed the Secretary-General’s condemnation of...

UN pledges to ‘stand with and work for the Sudanese people’

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·April 24, 2023·3 min read

Speaking in the UN Security Council, António Guterres said: “Let me be clear: the United Nations is not leaving Sudan. Our commitment is to the Sudanese people, in support of their wishes for a peaceful and secure future. We stand with them, at this terrible time.” In blunt terms, he said the...

In Ukraine, Guterres pledges to keep seeking ‘solutions and a just peace’

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·March 9, 2023·3 min read

António Guterres expressed “deep solidarity” with all of those who have become victims of the full-scale Russian invasion of February last year. Violation of the Charter “The position of the United Nations, which I have consistently expressed, is crystal clear: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a violation of the UN...