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Sudan crisis must not be forgotten by world leaders, says UN food agency
- UN News
Ongoing heavy fighting in Sudan has continued to kill and uproot the country’s people who global leaders should remember as they gather in New York on Tuesday, UN humanitarians have said.
LIVE: Join forces to take ‘more sustainable path’, Guterres tells world leaders
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We are on an unsustainable course, the UN Secretary General has just told world leaders gathered for the UN general debate in New York – but growing impunity, inequality and chaos can be replaced by more accountability, justice and opportunity and a future of solutions, not endless conflict. Follow all the action live, as speakers take to the podium for the general debate. UN News app users can tune in here.
Summit of the Future: Youth Driven Action Needed to Tackle Nuclear and Climate Crises
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 23 (IPS) - Driving the Summit of the Future's core messages of international solidarity and decisive action are young people who are determined to address the intersecting issues that the world contends with today.
It Is Time to Save The Deep Sea
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 23 (IPS) - This week's United Nations General Assembly marks nearly 20 years since the body first resolved to restrict bottom trawling on the world's seamounts, submarine mountains that rise thousands of feet above the sea floor and comprise some of the most biologically rich marine ecosystems on the planet.
UN Assembly President urges nations to sustain momentum from Summit of the Future
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The President of the UN General Assembly urged all nations to sustain their momentum toward decisive action and to advance the outcomes of the Summit of the Future as it concluded on Monday.
Afghanistan: No future without women’s participation
- UN News
Afghan women earned the right to vote more than a century ago. Today, under Taliban rule, they are practically erased from public life and even banned from singing.
Torture ‘a common and acceptable practice’ in Ukraine war, UN investigators say
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Russian authorities are using torture “with a sense of impunity” in the ongoing war in Ukraine, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva heard on Monday.
World News in Brief: 1.3 billion teens suffering mental disorders, Russia’s Indigenous Peoples face ‘extinction’, Belarus rights update
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At least one in seven youngsters has a mental disorder. That’s the warning from the UN World Health Organization (WHO), which has appealed for much greater investment to help almost 1.3 billion teenagers globally.
Middle East crisis: Dramatic uptick in violence in Gaza, Israel and Lebanon
- UN News
Tensions continued to ratchet up in the Middle East on Monday with reports of hundreds of retaliatory Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and strikes in Gaza including on a refugee camp, UN humanitarians said.
Journey of a Security Council resolution
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How does a Security Council resolution get adopted?
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