Category: World

– Advertisement – Many people consider others to be selfish. However, a new international study paints a different picture: worldwide, 69 per cent are willing to give up personal benefits for the common good. Would you be prepared to give up some of your own money to support the fight against climate change? Many people […]

Held online with participants from around the world, the discussion – Art Remembers: Culture as Witness and Prevention – explored how creative expression can either normalize hatred or help defuse it. Participants spoke through their expertise in the trade in enslaved Africans and slavery, the Holocaust, the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and […]

Malaria wasn’t on Masaki Umeda’s mind when his drone startup, SORA Technology, launched in 2020 in Nagoya, Japan. Back then, he and his colleagues were focused on getting medical supplies to hard-to-reach parts of Africa but, after talking to health ministries, they realised their AI-powered solutions would be more useful in the fight against the […]

The DRC now has more than 780 confirmed cases and 180 deaths, while Uganda has recorded 19 confirmed cases, including two deaths. On the ground, the response has expanded considerably. Some 400 beds are now available and four laboratories are operational.  Two of them alone can process nearly 1,000 samples a day. Yet despite this […]

In a statement on Saturday, Council members voiced concern over the imminent risk of mass atrocities and demanded that the RSF immediately halt its assault on the city, capital of North Kordofan state. The Council also expressed deep concern over continued violence across Sudan, where the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF have been […]

The initiative comes “at a time when securing the sustainability of news media is more urgent than ever to protect the future of journalism and safeguard information integrity,” the agency said.  The text under consultation outlines disruptions to the media landscape, including decreased funding for public-interest journalism, the contraction or closure of local and community news organisations, and other challenges that indicate “a fundamental and ongoing change in the structure of the […]

“Human rights were built for moments like this,” said Awa Dabo, the newly appointed Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, “when rights have come under pressure, when people need protection and principles must turn into action.”  Created to replace the UN Commission on Human Rights, the 47 Member States of the new Council were urged […]

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at the noon briefing in New York that the UN was “aware of reports indicating that Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire” and welcomed the development while renewing calls on all parties “to cease hostilities, respect existing ceasefire arrangements and pursue dialogue as the only viable path […]

The vast majority of these acts of degrading brutality go unreported, but for those who do come forward, support provided by United Nations partners can begin to heal the psychological wounds. Four survivors spoke to the UN ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, marked annually on 19 June. […]

Barham Salih highlighted the contributions refugees make to their host communities as workers, students, neighbours, artists, athletes, entrepreneurs and leaders.  “Given the opportunity, they rebuild their lives and help strengthen the societies around them,” he said ahead of World Refugee Day, observed annually on 20 June.  Turbulent times  UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a message calling for stronger support for people forced to flee and the communities that have welcomed them.  “As divisions […]