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General Assembly approves $5.4 billion UN peacekeeping budget for 2025-2026
- UN News
The General Assembly on Monday approved a $5.38 billion budget for UN peacekeeping operations for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, down slightly from the previous year, as delegates wrapped up weeks of negotiations amid warnings about persistent funding challenges.
UN80: Beyond Disposable Staff, Distracting Reforms and Restoring UN Effectiveness
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jun 27 (IPS) - In an era defined by the gig economy and pervasive job insecurity, advocating for permanent contracts within the United Nations might seem anachronistic, even counterintuitive.
Fixing the House the World Built: A Realistic Plan for UN Reform
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 27 (IPS) - I’ve spent much of my life in the machinery of international development, navigating acronyms, crises, and committee rooms with stale coffee. Through it all—amid war zones, climate summits, and remote island consultations—one institution has remained constant: the United Nations.
A Crisis-Stricken UN’s Frantic Hunt for Low-Cost Locations—away from New York & Geneva
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 27 (IPS) - In the US, the success of a business enterprise or the value of real estate is reflected in a repetitive and alliterative phrase: “LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION”.
As the UN continues its plans for system-wide restructuring-- amidst a growing liquidity crisis-- one of the key issues on the negotiating table is the re-location of UN agencies: a choice between high-cost and low-cost duty stations.
Iran— Deja Vu All Over Again
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, USA, Jun 26 (IPS) - Chest thumping “Mission Accomplished” claims by President Trump that he ordered the world’s biggest conventional bombs to be dropped on a sleeping nation of 90 million people, were premature. To top it off he bragged that Iran’s nuclear capacity was devastated and that the whole nation fired “not a single shot” back.
Eighty years on, UN Charter marked by reflection, resolve – and a run
- UN News
It wasn’t an average Thursday morning in Manhattan. In the early hours, UN diplomats (and UN News) hit the streets in their sneakers – from Times Square to East River – following a route that traced the shape of “UN@80”.
Now is the Time to Remake International Financing
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Colombia, Jun 25 (IPS) - Leaders heading to the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development taking place in Sevilla, Spain, from 30th June to 3rd July, know full well that they are operating in a moment of crisis.
Despite Strong Commitment, SDGs Progress Alarmingly Off Track 10 Years On—New UN Report Finds
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jun 24 (IPS) - Finland now ranks first in global sustainable development goals progress. Barbados is ahead globally in its commitment to UN multilateralism or cooperation among multiple nations.
Slash and Burn Approach to UN Reforms Under Fire
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jun 24 (IPS) - “We are writing to you regarding the cuts being undertaken under the UN80 Initiative and, more broadly, across the UN system. While we are mindful of the current funding challenges, we believe that the rushed and chaotic manner in which these changes are being implemented is causing deeper harm to both the effectiveness and reputation of the United Nations.
Bold new initiative aims to strengthen and improve the UN, senior officials tell Member States
- UN News
Member States heard on Tuesday how the UN is progressing with a new plan to ensure the world body remains effective, cost-efficient and responsive to the billions of people it serves.
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