Category: World

The Coalition for Children’s Rights and Protection in the Age of Artificial Intelligence brings together governments, UN agencies, tech companies, civil society groups, educators and child welfare experts, all working from the same starting point: the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world.  The coalition was launched at […]

The findings come from the 2026 SDG Progress Report, released on Tuesday, which calls the goals “a shared blueprint for peace” while acknowledging the significant political and financial challenges associated with meeting the 17 ambitious targets.  Call to action All 193 UN Member States adopted the SDGs in 2015 as an urgent call for action to […]

The two-day summit brings together ministers, chiefs of police and senior representatives of policing organizations to discuss how UN policing and national police can mutually reinforce one another in addressing current and emerging global security challenges. “The goal of this summit is to ensure that our Organization is aligned and prepared to support the nearly […]

“Across 11 Global South countries, up to one child per classroom reported that AI was used to make sexually explicit deepfakes of them. Reports of AI-generated child sexual abuse material to the US CyberTip line, NCMEC, are rising exponentially,” said Sonia Livingstone, from the Independent International Global Scientific Panel on AI. Highlighting other key findings […]

That’s among the findings of a major new survey by the UN reproductive and sexual health agency, UNFPA, which also challenges myths surrounding the so-called “global baby bust”.  The Demographic Futures Survey is among the largest and most geographically broad surveys of its kind.  More than 108,000 Internet-connected adults aged 18 to 39 from 73 countries and territories were asked their views on relationships, children and the future.   Remove the barriers  Across […]

The latest State of the Climate in the South-West Pacific report found that 2025 was the second warmest year on record for the region, behind 2024, with average surface air temperature about 0.37 °C above the 1991–2020 average.  The report documents how rising sea levels threaten low-lying island nations and coastal settlements – while marine heatwaves and ocean acidification are damaging ecosystems critical for food security, tourism, fisheries and […]

Thank you Mr President,  The UK would like to thank the OIC for presenting Resolution L.20 on the human rights situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar.  As we have heard repeatedly throughout this Council, including from the High Commissioner and Special Rapporteur, the Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar continue to suffer from appalling human […]

Thank you, Mr President The UK is pleased to join consensus on this important resolution and thanks the Core Group for its leadership throughout the negotiations. Freedom of opinion and expression is a cornerstone of democratic societies, accountability, and the protection of all human rights. At a time when journalists, media workers, human rights defenders, […]

Thank you, Mr President. We join others in taking this opportunity to pay tribute to Colombia’s role as penholder in these difficult circumstances and wish to honour once again the memory of Ambassador Gustavo Gallon. The United Kingdom is pleased to join consensus on this important resolution and thanks the Core Group for its leadership […]

Speaking from the Reform UK party headquarters in Milbank, London, Nigel Farage revealed that he will be stepping down as MP for Clacton – only to stand again for the same seat. Farage referenced allegations about his finances and insisted that he has “done nothing wrong”. Academic experts examine the motivations behind this move. Self-pity […]