Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 23
Gaza: $70 billion needed to rebuild shattered enclave, says UN
- UN News
Around $70 billion will be needed to reconstruct Gaza and make it safe after two years of war, UN development experts said on Tuesday, while aid agencies reported that far too little aid is getting in to meet the needs of desperate Palestinians.
Quo Vadis UN @80?
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, October 13 (IPS) - The United Nations turned 80 this year. What should have been a moment of pride and celebration at the high-level session of the UN General Assembly in September 2025 turned instead into an occasion of bitter irony.
UN releases $11 million for Gaza aid as ceasefire, hostage release bring ‘fragile hope’
- UN News
The UN is stepping up its emergency response in Gaza, releasing $11 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to meet urgent needs before winter – a move that underscores both the expanding humanitarian effort and the funding shortfall threatening to stall it.
DR Congo: UN envoy points to ‘real hope’ for ceasefire and peace in the east
- UN News
There is now “real hope” for a ceasefire which would pave the way for a lasting and definitive settlement of the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Huang Xia, told the Security Council on Monday.
‘We resist by simply existing on the land’: Ramallah mayor on life under occupation
- UN News
Ramallah, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the West Bank, is a bustling urban centre, but it is ringed by barriers and checkpoints which dominate every aspect of life. Speaking at the UN Forum of Mayors in Geneva, Issa Kassis, the mayor of Ramallah, says that the challenges faced by city leaders are amplified by conflict and occupation.
Gaza: Hostages reported released, aid scale-up has begun, say aid agencies
- UN News
As the UN Secretary-General on Monday welcomed the release of all living hostages from Gaza, aid agencies said that lifesaving relief supplies are now flowing at scale into the shattered enclave.
Abusive Governments Set to Win Seats in Human Rights Council
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, October 10 (IPS) - Egypt and Vietnam are on track to secure seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council despite being woefully unfit for membership. The UN General Assembly will elect members to the UN’s premier rights body in a noncompetitive vote on October 14, 2025.
UN’s Cost-Cutting Mergers Come Under Scrutiny While Search for Locations Worldwide Continues
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, October 10 (IPS) - Faced with a severe liquidity crisis and a hostile Trump administration, the UN continues to merge some of its multiple agencies, and move them out of New York, relocating to Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Perhaps the first two agencies to be merged will be UN Women (created in 2010) and the UN Population Fund (created in 1967), with some staffers moved to Bonn and others to Nairobi.
UN urges restraint as US strikes in southern Caribbean escalate tensions with Venezuela
- UN News
The UN on Friday warned of mounting risks to regional peace after a series of US military strikes on boats it accused of drug trafficking left at least 21 dead in the southern Caribbean, prompting Venezuela to declare a state of emergency and denounce the attacks as a breach of international law.
Security Council LIVE: Ambassadors meet over US strikes against alleged drug traffickers off Venezuela
- UN News
The UN Security Council went into emergency session on Friday, following a request from Venezuela. The United States military has carried out four deadly air strikes in Caribbean waters over the past few weeks against what Washington alleges are Caracas-backed drug traffickers. The Venezuelan Government denies the charge, accusing the administration of being a threat to the peace and security of the whole region. Follow live coverage below and UN News app users can go here.
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