How the stories we tell about ageing shape our future
For many people, ageing is accompanied by familiar messages: slow down, your best years are behind you.Far from harmless clichés, these assumptions shape how...
New global rules clear the road for driverless vehicles
The new regulatory framework – adopted on Wednesday by the UN Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations – comes a decade after early predictions of widespread automated driving failed...
Security Council LIVE: Open debate on children and armed conflict
The UN Security Council is meeting on Thursday for an open debate on strengthening protections for children caught in armed conflict. The Secretary-General's latest...
Stranded Hormuz seafarers begin mass evacuation operation
“You don’t know when the war will end; you don't know when the vessel can safely pass the Strait, so it is very difficult,”...
Report details widespread use of sexual violence in Sudan war
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, verified 546 incidents across 16 out of Sudan’s 18 states from the beginning of the conflict to mid-April of this year. At least...
World News in Brief: UN launches Hormuz evacuation plan, UNICEF youth champion killed in...
The development follows months of hardship and distress for thousands of innocent seafarers and comes on the heels of the memorandum of understanding between...
Israel continues to commit genocide, atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children, UN independent...
“The evidence shows that Palestinian children have been deliberately targeted and killed by the Israeli security forces,” said Srinivasan Muralidhar, chair of the UN...
Central African Republic peace gains must be preserved: UN envoy
Ms. Rugwabiza commended the Central African people and Government for their “exceptional cooperation” with the UN mission in the country, MINUSCA, which she heads. She highlighted progress regarding implementation of the political...
New Security Council resolution upholds accountability for attacks against peacekeepers
Resolution 2823 (2026) calls upon all relevant stakeholders to cooperate with the UN to facilitate the identification, investigation and prosecution of perpetrators without delay. The text was put forward by Denmark and Pakistan, two of the...
Being Mindfully Measured in These Hostile Times
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
In the midst of the everyday madness, the extreme cruelty, the vulgarness and viciousness, and the greed,...
Reconciling Jackson and Jackson
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
By Ben Jealous —
The party of Andrew Jackson has spent a decade running from him. It should keep the two things...
Climate crisis: UN chief lays out solutions blueprint for clean energy transition
In a major keynote speech at London Climate Action Week, the UN chief highlighted how the world’s dependence on oil is driving both the...
Climate crisis: UN chief lays out solutions blueprint for clean energy transition
In a major keynote speech at London Climate Action Week, the UN chief highlighted how the world’s dependence on oil is driving both the...
Powering resilience: How Indonesia is building a more secure energy future
In Indonesia, United Nations agencies have worked alongside the Government to build a more reliable and resilient energy system which is also helping communities to adapt to a...
For Sale: Children’s Nutrition
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
They are calling it a budget cut. But let’s be clear: when Congress cuts WIC, it is...
Open Forum with the Professor
Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com).
In this edition of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, aka “the Professor,” hosts an Open Forum on current events and issues...
Global Ebola cases top 1,000 as UN races to reach DR Congo’s most vulnerable
Making up 15 per cent of confirmed cases and over 25 per cent of deaths since the outbreak in April, children are almost twice...
World News in Brief: Pope Leo urges action on hunger, humanitarian strain deepens in...
Speaking at a time of mounting humanitarian need and shrinking resources, the Pope warned that conflict continues to drive food insecurity around the world...
Sudan: Drone attacks endanger civilians and shut down critical services in El Obeid
The warning comes amid ongoing reports of a significant build-up of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the North Kordofan state capital, with the UN Security...
Security Council LIVE: Warnings of ‘dangerous cycle of escalation’ in Ukraine
Deadly drone and missile attacks in Ukraine over the weekend represented a “dangerous cycle of escalation” in Russia’s full-scale four-year-old war, the Security Council...
World at ‘perilous moment’ as leaders warn HIV gains are at risk
At the High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, held every five years since 2001, speakers urged governments to recommit to ending AIDS as a public health threat...
‘Better future for Syria remains within reach,’ UN Security Council hears
“There is now a genuine opportunity to help Syrians move from survival towards recovery,” said Assistant Secretary-General for humanitarian affairs Indrika Ratwatte, on behalf...
Myanmar: Aid decline compounds suffering amid ongoing military attacks
This is happening as foreign actors continue to transfer arms, parts, ammunition and munitions as well as jet fuel and other dual-use items to the military, which risks facilitating violations of...
Afghanistan in crisis: Drought, malnutrition and a worsening humanitarian situation
Aid agencies are doing what they can to help, including by identifying dangerously malnourished children in sparsely populated “ghost villages” where those who can leave do so, said Olga Cherevko from the UN aid coordination office, OCHA. But with nearly 22 million people in need across Afghanistan and the UN’s $1.7 billion appeal only 14...
