Category: World

Madame Chair,   I have the honour of delivering this statement on behalf of the following participating States: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States and the member states of the European Union, including my own country Denmark.  Madame Chair,  The International […]

Older women are losing out President Biden recently identified older workers as the “Backbone of the Nation.” While that may be the case, older women workers – who comprise 47% of the labor force ages 55 and older – are plagued by a gender wage gap that is even larger than the one their younger counterparts […]

The 2024 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will follow on from last September’s SDG Summit, described by UN Secretary-General at the time as a “moment of unity” to turn the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into reality. Government Ministers, activists and members of civil society will meet and debate during a busy programme at […]

To provide lifesaving aid to those forced out of Sudan, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), revised its original $1.4 billion appeal to $1.5 billion. Ewan Watson, Head of Global Communications at the UN agency, said that the funding would assist and protect up to 3.3 million people forced to flee […]

While Britain on Friday saw the Labour Party win the most seats during the election, some well-seasoned party veterans have lost their seats over their stance on the Israel-Hamas war, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. Labour lost four seats to pro-Palestinian independent candidates. These losses all occurred during constituencies with a large number of […]

Geneva / Goma, 2 July – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is calling for immediate and sustained action to respond to the severe humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the situation continues to deteriorate.  Those displaced by the violence are suffering the brunt of what has been one of […]

Thank you very much Madam Chair,  I am delivering this statement on behalf of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, the United Kingdom and Canada.   In marking World Refugee Day, we show solidarity with millions of refugees, and we recommit to the task of responding to their humanitarian needs and finding durable solutions to their situations. Compared to a […]

The 34 dairy cows chewing the cud on a floating platform in the port of Rotterdam probably aren’t thinking about water scarcity – a major challenge in the world today – but they are participating in a Europe-wide effort to find solutions to this modern-day dilemma.  The cows’ home, the Floating Farm, is part of a […]

  To ensure the EU stays on track to meet its digital transformation ambitions, EU countries need additional investments in digital skills, high-quality connectivity, and uptake of Artificial Intelligence. These are the main conclusions of the second report on the State of the Digital Decade, which assesses the progress made in achieving the digital objectives […]

It’s been a chaotic election campaign. From bombshell polls to Gamblegate, tense debates and manifestos, the Conversation’s academic expert authors have covered it all. And we’ll be bringing you more expert reaction to the results as they’re announced, as well as analysis of what they mean for whomever forms the next government (and opposition) and […]