Climate crisis: Satellites and AI offer hope for global action, says UN weather agency
“We need urgent and ambitious action now to support sustainable development, climate action and disaster risk reduction. The decisions we make today could be...
New data highlights ongoing economic disparities faced by Black people due to systemic discrimination
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Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA) —
FPWA released a data update to our comprehensive analysis “A Look At the March on Washington...
NAACP unveils fresh data targeting 14.5 million Black voters following historic presidential debate
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NAACP President & CEO: “Make no mistake, our lives depend on our votes.”
During a September 13, 2024 press briefing, the NAACP unveiled...
Top UN official appeals for calm following wave of attacks in Lebanon
The coordinated attacks reportedly targeted the Hezbollah militant group, with hundreds of electronic pagers belonging to its members blowing up at the same time,...
UN rights expert calls for immediate release of all Israeli hostages
Alice Edwards, the UN Human Rights Council-appointed Special Rapporteur on Torture, also condemned the killing of six Israeli hostages earlier this month and called...
Nigeria: UN agencies assist families affected by floods
Heavy rains have ravaged 30 of the country’s 36 states, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.The Government has reported 269 deaths so...
Over 5,000 civilians killed since Myanmar military coup
At least 5,350 civilians have been killed, and more than 3.3 million displaced, since the military seized power on 1 February 2021, and over...
LIVE: General Assembly resumes emergency special session on Palestine
Ambassadors in the UN General Assembly again discussed on Monday the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and the critical work of the UN agency...
Venezuela: Rights probe points to ‘unprecedented’ repression
In a new report, the Human Rights Council-mandated investigators described how security forces had raided dozens of homes of suspected critics of the Government...
Reparation Information Thought Series – Reparations Rising: California’s Next Steps
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Monday, September 23, 2024, 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT — Join us for Reparations Rising: California’s Next Steps to...
Vantage Point: Part 2 of “Restraining and Transforming American Capitalism: Why Labor Matters”
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September 16, 2024 Edition of Vantage Point
On this edition of Vantage Point, host Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor is joined...
How aid is (and is not) getting into Gaza
UN News looked at the needs triggered by the ongoing conflict through a lens of how much aid is getting into Gaza compared with...
Gender equality: Distant, yet achievable
“Today’s report reveals the undeniable truth: progress is achievable, but is not fast enough,” said Sima Bahous, UN Women Executive Director.“Let us unite to continue...
More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in Gaza, top UN...
Sigrid Kaag updated ambassadors on the implementation of resolution 2720, adopted last December, which established her mandate following the brutal 7 October Hamas-led attacks...
Climate change: Ozone layer still well on track for full recovery
The Ozone and UV Bulletin’s release coincides with World Ozone Day which celebrates the implementation of the Montreal Protocol and the later amendment to...
Tribute to Don Rojas: A True Revolutionary
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Internationally acclaimed journalist, political consultant and exemplary Director of Communications and International Relations for the Institute of the Black World 21st...
What’s going on with the world (and the future) at the UN?
As the week unfolds from 22 to 30 September, here’s what you need to know:Summit of the Future: What if the world keeps its...
Protect future generations from global decisions made today
In 2025, the Ministry for the Future, a powerful global organization advocating for the rights of the generations to come, convinces bankers and economists...
The push to connect a digitally divided world and counter AI threats
Earlier this year, an audience in a Geneva conference hall sat captivated by a video screen carrying live pictures of a 25-year-old man in...
Improving the way we run the world…and beyond
The UN and other bodies set up in the wake of World War Two, are struggling to cope effectively with today’s global threats and...
A new global peace plan for ‘uniquely dangerous’ times
The UN has described the current global situation as “uniquely dangerous”, with the risk of major powers engaging in conflict at its highest levels since...
‘Failing the stress test’: UN chief calls for global finance overhaul
“The international financial architecture, crafted in 1945 after the Second World War, is undergoing a stress test of historic proportions – and it is...
Unchecked AI threatens democracy, warns UN chief
Left unchecked, artificial intelligence (AI) could destabilize democratic systems by spreading disinformation, fueling hate speech and distorting public opinion through deepfakes, the UN Secretary-General...
Health teams brave war conditions in Sudan to save newborn babies
Under shelling and gunfire, Esraa cradled her newborn son. As the war in Sudan broke out in April 2023, she was trying to reach...
