DRC: Early access to care and oxygen decisive for Ebola patients’ survival – WHO
The number of confirmed Ebola cases has passed 8,000 for the first time since the current outbreak began, according to the Congolese authorities. “While we...
Yemen escalation fuels fears of further cholera, measles spread
“We know that comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care has been suspended in two hospitals, in Marib and Ras Al-Arah, because staff and operating...
Mahama Appoints Dr. Ron Daniels to Reparatory Justice Council
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NAARC Convener joins international council of reparations experts advancing coordinated global action for reparatory justice
NEW YORK — Dr. Ron Daniels, Convener...
UN leaders renew push to defeat racism, 25 years after Durban
What you need to knowThe new declaration will be submitted for formal adoption at the General AssemblyAdopted in South Africa in 2001, the Durban Declaration...
The Takeaway: UN General Assembly debate Day 1
A warning from the top: The world is at a crossroadsWhy it matters: The opening day of UN General Assembly’s annual debate struck a...
The Takeaway Day 6: General Debate ends with call to turn words into action
Closing the annual general debate on Monday, General Assembly President Khalilur Rahman said leaders had confronted a world of conflict, stalled development, deepening inequality...
‘Ballot must replace the bullets’, South Sudan tells General Assembly ahead of elections
Speaking to delegations in the Assembly’s annual General Debate, Ms. Adeng said the vote would provide South Sudanese people the opportunity to choose their own...
DPR Korea tells UN its nuclear status is ‘irreversible’, rejects outside pressure
Addressing the Assembly’s annual high-level debate, Vice-Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong painted a bleak picture of global affairs, pointing to growing distrust, conflicts, climate-related...
Sudan tells UN: No imposed solutions to country’s conflict
Speaking at the Assembly's annual high-level debate, Minister Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim described the circumstances as “deeply regrettable,” saying they violated the principle of...
From energy crisis to energy transition: How renewables are reshaping energy security
For Francesco La Camera, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the crisis is also reshaping how the world understands the phrase “energy...
World News in Brief: Refugee funding, US migration policy triggers ‘cascade’ of rights violations,...
Zaatari refugee camp hosts more than 80,000 Syrians and well over half are children. According to the agency, unless investment comes soon, its water and...
Security Council LIVE: Ambassadors meet as West Bank tensions rise, Gaza plan stalls
The Security Council met Monday morning with prospects for peace in the Middle East under strain on two fronts. In the West Bank, settler...
LIVE: World leaders take stock of global fight against racism
World leaders are meeting in the General Assembly to assess how far the world has come in combating racism and how far it still...
The Takeaway: UN General Assembly debate Day 5
AI: Great promise, serious perilWhy it matters: Artificial intelligence emerged as one of the day’s defining themes, with speakers describing a technology capable of...
Canada urges stronger partnerships as global order faces ‘rupture’
Drawing on her upbringing in the coastal province of Nova Scotia, Ms. Anand opened with a maritime metaphor: “The tide does not wait. You...
Countries far from conflict paying the price for wars not their own, India tells...
Addressing the high-level debate of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, he said the inability to maintain peace was “not only weakening...
Saudi Arabia warns Gulf security inseparable from global stability amid regional tensions
Prince Faisal bin Farhan told the UN General Assembly that Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region had been subjected to “flagrant Iranian...
Cuba warns against ‘law of the jungle’ as Foreign Minister denounces US pressure
Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla said the international system was witnessing an alarming rise in “expansionism, usurpation, plunder” and military and economic aggression, arguing that...
Lavrov issues call for new Eurasian ‘security architecture’
Quoting President Vladimir Putin, Mr. Lavrov said “the dictatorship of a single hegemon has run amok and is simply dangerous for everyone around it,”...
‘Safeguard the postwar order,’ China tells UN General Assembly
“The world wants peace not war,” Mr. Han told the General Debate of the Assembly's 81st session.He said the international system centered on the...
Research, Reflection and the Liberating Vision and Values
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
In marking this the 61st anniversary of the founding of the organization Us and the development of...
The Takeaway: UN General Assembly debate Day 4
Why it matters: Small island States told the General Assembly that climate change is no longer a distant threat. It is damaging economies, threatening...
“We the People”—which People?
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The Constitution begins with three powerful words: “We the People.” History immediately asks: Which people? By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — When...
Haiti at ‘watershed moment’, Prime Minister tells UN, urging full backing for security force
Addressing world leaders in New York, Mr. Fils-Aimé said criminal violence was threatening communities across the country, but insisted Haiti was neither defeated nor...
