Author: Christiane Roberts

Masoud Pezeshkian began his remarks by upholding the importance of equality and mutual respect among all peoples. “The bedrock of all divine religions and of the human conscience is this…

“No one but ourselves can guarantee security,” he said. “Only strong alliances. Only strong partners. And only our own weapons.” He argued that international law does not work without the…

The summit, which takes place on 24 September at UN Headquarters, is designed as a launchpad for COP30 but, unlike the sprawling negotiations of a UN climate conference, this is…

The anniversary should have been a moment of celebration, she noted, but this is not an ordinary year, with conflict and crises in Gaza, Ukraine, Haiti and beyond. “Faced with…

“What is the purpose of the United Nations?” he asked, adding “all they seem to do is write a really strongly worded letter and then never follow that letter up.…

In the days leading up to the commemoration on Monday 22 September, UN Women, the agency responsible for overseeing gender equality and women’s empowerment, and the UN Department of Economic…

That’s according to the UN humanitarian aid coordination office, OCHA, and UN partners working to provide life-saving support to civilians in the face of continuing Israeli restrictions on aid. The…

During the landmark 1995 event in the Chinese capital, countries came together and adopted the Beijing Declaration – a blueprint document for advancing women’s rights (read our explainer, here). At…

El Fasher has been under a tightening siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for more than 500 days, with attacks against civilians intensifying in recent weeks. The majority…

“Lives are being ripped apart, childhoods extinguished, and basic human dignity discarded, amidst the cruelty and degradations of war,” Mr. Guterres said in a message for the Day. “All they…