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UN faces deepening financial crisis, urges members to pay up
- UN News
The United Nations is facing a worsening cash crisis that threatens its ability to carry out vital work, Member States warned this week, as the General Assembly’s Fifth Committee met to discuss the world body’s financial health.
In Baghdad, Guterres affirms UN will never forget staff killed in Canal Hotel attack
- UN News
The United Nations will never forget the staff members killed nearly 23 years ago in the attack on its headquarters in Iraq, the Secretary-General said in the capital on Sunday.
How Should the United Nations Respond to Its Funding Crisis?
- Inter Press Service
SAN FRANCISCO, California / APEX, North Carolina, US, May 16 (IPS) - While it may be difficult and painful, the UN Secretary-General is right to embrace change, believe Prof. Felix Dodds and Chris Spence
The United Nations has been called many things in its time:
Asia-Pacific Region Moves into a Resilient Future with International Cooperation
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, May 16 (IPS) - As the United Nations celebrates its 80th anniversary, one message from the UN Charter remains particularly relevant: promoting cooperative solutions to international economic, social, health, and related problems.
UN needed ‘more than ever before’ says Germany’s candidate to head General Assembly
- UN News
The former Foreign Minister of Germany outlined her vision for the role of UN General Assembly President, pledging to make the world body more effective, inclusive and focused on results.
In Berlin, broad backing for UN peacekeeping as global threats mount
- UN News
More than 130 countries and international partners threw their weight behind UN peacekeeping at a high-level ministerial summit in Berlin on Wednesday, pledging military, tech and political support.
UN80 Initiative: Equipping the Organization in an Era of Extraordinary Uncertainty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 13 (IPS) - Next month marks the 80th anniversary of the United Nations Charter.
The Charter is our roadmap to a better world – our owner’s manual setting out purposes and principles – and our practical guide to advancing the three pillars of our work: peace and security, development and human rights.
UN’s Proposed Structural Changes Laid Out in a “Strictly Confidential” Internal Document
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 13 (IPS) - A six-page internal document, marked “STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL” on every single page – indicating restricted access to protect sensitive information-- is one of the most comprehensive “compilation of non-attributable suggestions by the UN80 Task Force” on the proposed restructuring of the world body.
UN chief calls for major reforms to cut costs and improve efficiency
- UN News
Amid financial strain and growing global challenges, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is pushing for wide-ranging structural reforms to enhance the world body’s effectiveness.
Staff Union Demands Full & Active Participation in Ongoing Negotiations on UN Reforms
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (IPS) - As discussions on the restructuring of the United Nations — including a possible merger of UN agencies and staff lay-offs system-wide — continue at the highest levels of the Secretariat, the Staff Union (UNSU) is demanding an active presence in the ongoing talks.
A proposed resolution, which is expected to be adopted at the UNSU general meeting on May 14, is very specific in its demands.
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