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UN80 – Is it time for the Re-emergence of the Global Ministerial Environment Forum?
- Inter Press Service
KNAPSTAD, Norway, September 22 (IPS) - “We shall have to do more with less” was the summary message from a meeting in Oslo, Norway, this spring (2025), where the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Espen Barth Eide and Guy Ryder, Under-Secretary-General for Policy at the UN and Chair of UN80, both spoke about UN80 and the necessity to reform the UN.
The Humanitarian Sector is at a Breaking Point: Here’s How to Fix It
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, September 22 (IPS) - As world leaders convene in New York, September 22-30, for the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, they will confront a humanitarian sector in crisis. With only 9% of the $47 billion requested for global humanitarian needs currently funded, the sector faces what UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher calls “a crisis of morale and legitimacy” alongside devastating funding cuts. So where do we go from here?
How Stigma Undermines Contraceptive Use Among Women in Sierra Leone
- Inter Press Service
FREETOWN, September 22 (IPS) - Eunice Dumbuya, a young activist in Freetown, Sierra Leone, still remembers being called promiscuous after getting a contraceptive implant a few years ago. She knew the risks of an unplanned pregnancy in her conservative country, so she made a choice.
Recommit to a two-State solution for Israel-Palestine conflict, ‘before it’s too late’: Guterres
- UN News
The time has come to free the 48 hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza and to stop the bombing, massacres and displacement in the embattled enclave, French President Emmanual Macron told delegates in the UN General Assembly Hall on Monday.
World News in Brief: Call for new Haiti force, Ukraine and Sudan war updates, ‘disturbing’ sentence for China blogger
- UN News
Without greater international engagement, Haiti risks sliding deeper into crisis, leaders warned on Monday at a meeting in New York convened to address the country’s security collapse.
Offensive shutters nearly half of all malnutrition centres in and around Gaza City
- UN News
Hostilities between Israeli forces and Hamas have led to the shuttering of almost half of all malnutrition centres in and around Gaza City, the northern area of the Strip where famine was declared a month ago.
High-level week opens with celebration of women’s empowerment
- UN News
Only the fifth woman to preside over the UN General Assembly in its 80-year history has praised the courage of those “who fought for every phrase, every word in the Beijing Declaration,” marking the 30th Anniversary of the pivotal international conference on women’s empowerment.
UN marks 80th anniversary of its founding
- UN News
Music, memories and messages of peace filled the UN General Assembly Hall on Monday as the world body commemorated 80 years since its founding.
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Take ‘immediate steps’ to de-escalate tensions over Russia-Ukraine war, urges Jenča
- UN News
The Security Council met in New York in emergency session on Monday after planes from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intercepted three Russia jets in Estonian airspace last Friday, according to the Estonian Government. Referencing the intensifying attacks by Russia on Ukraine and reported casualties inside Russia, “the world simply cannot afford such danger to spiral out of control,” said Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča. Follow the meeting coverage live below, and UN News app users can click here.
United Nations LIVE: Beyond the podium
- UN News
World leaders are gathering this week at United Nations Headquarters in New York at a time of global upheaval. Wars, poverty, human rights abuses and climate change are all issues that the 193 Member States will address with the UN at the centre of those discussions. UN News app users can follow here.
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