Category Archives: Politics
Amid Widening Fault Lines, Broken Relations among Great Powers, World ‘in Turmoil’, Secretary-General Tells Paris Peace Forum, Calling for New Social Contract
Following are UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ remarks to the Paris Peace Forum, in Paris today:
I am pleased to be back at the Paris Peace Forum and to open its second session in this magnificent Great Hall. The immediate success …
International Organization for Migration (IOM) responding to South Sudan Floods affecting 900,000 people
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has scaled up efforts to meet the needs of internally displaced peopleand host communities in response to devastating floods that have affected over 900,000 people in South Sudan.
It was distressing to witness the …
South Africa: Judge clears opposition politician of hate speech
JOHANNESBURG, A court in South Africa has cleared firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema of hate speech for calling Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan a dog of white monopoly capital.
Judge Roland Sutherland dismissed Gordhan’s application and ordered him to pay …
Course Correction Still Possible to Realize 2030 Agenda, Economic and Social Council President Tells General Assembly, Presenting 2019 Session Report
While the world is not yet on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, there is still time for a course correction, the former President of the Economic and Social Council told the General Assembly today.
Inga Rhonda …
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary General.
**Security Council
Good afternoon, everyone. Nickolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefed the Security …
States Must Galvanize Counter-Trafficking Action, First Committee Delegates Stress, as Small Arms, New Drone Weaponry Continue to Fuel Wars, Hobble Development
The illicit circulation of small arms and light weapons around the world is having humanitarian and socioeconomic consequences that are undermining sustainable development and efforts to prevent and resolve conflicts, delegates said today as the First Committee (Disarmament and International …
