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‘The world cannot afford Cold War 2.0,’ Pakistan leader tells UN Assembly

·September 23, 2023·2 min read

Addressing the Assembly’s annual general debate, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, said, “the world cannot afford Cold War 2.0,” because there are a raft of challenges facing humankind that can only be addressed through global cooperation. Multiple shocks Indeed, a series of external “shocks” – COVID-19, climate change and conflict – have devastated...

Syria still mired in division, top UN envoy tells Security Council

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·July 25, 2023·2 min read

“I hope they will soon, because if not, it will be another missed opportunity to help the Syrian conflict to come to a negotiated end, at a time when the impact of the crisis is deepening,” Geir Pedersen said, briefing the Security Council. While there had been positive humanitarian gestures...

With needs at a record high, underfunding is chronic Guterres tells humanitarians

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·June 25, 2023·1 min read

With 360 million people worldwide in need of humanitarian assistance, up 30 percent since early 2022, global humanitarian needs have yet again reached record levels. In a video message to the Humanitarian Affairs Segment, a platform created by the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to find solutions to pressing humanitarian...

UN relief chief tells Security Council ‘we can do better’ in Ukraine

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·February 7, 2023·3 min read

“On the eve of the horrific one-year milestone, we have a lot to do and we can do better,” said Martin Griffiths, who also serves as the Emergency Relief Coordinator. The tragedy continues to unfold “We have warned about the toxic brew of death, destruction, displacement, and deprivation that this...

Afghanistan: Top UN delegation tells Taliban to end confinement, deprivation, abuse of women’s rights

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·January 21, 2023·4 min read

Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, the Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, and the Assistant Secretary-General for UN political, peacebuilding and peace operations, Khaled Khiari, spend four days on a fact-finding mission in Afghanistan, to engage with Taliban leaders, and “underscore UN solidarity with the Afghan people”, according to a press release...

Ukraine war: Attacks against civilians and infrastructure must stop, disarmament chief tells Security Council

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·December 11, 2022·2 min read

Briefing reportedly at the request of Russia on “supplies of lethal weapons to Ukraine and their consequences”, Izumi Nakamitsu reminded ambassadors that she had already addressed the issue in September. Risk of diversion The UN Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) chief repeated what she had said then, that a large-scale influx of weapons...

The UN belongs to you, deputy chief tells youth advocates in Spain |

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·November 2, 2022·2 min read

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, and the head of its urban development agency, UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, were in Spain in the context of World Cities Day, observed annually on 31 October, and the event took advantage of their visit. Young people are an integral part of a growing network...

Reliable information ‘a matter of life and death’ UN chief tells Security Council |

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·July 13, 2022·4 min read

“Communications is not a side issue or an afterthought,” he said during the first-ever High-Level Debate dedicated to the importance of strategic communications, calling it “central to the success of all our work”. He recalled his 2016 pledge when sworn in as Secretary-General, to “communicate better about what we do,...

Forge prosperous, democratic, equitable societies, Guterres tells Americas summit |

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·June 10, 2022·3 min read

The UN chief was speaking at this year’s Summit of the Americas, convened by United States President Joseph Biden in Los Angeles, California. Today, it is more important than ever to bring the countries of the Americas closer together, and help deliver the prosperous, democratic and equitable societies that people...