The General Assembly today adopted a much-anticipated resolution formally launching a process to review the backlog of thousands of existing UN mandates, while setting out guidelines for the more streamlined, concise and data-driven creation of new ones in the future.
Destruction, displacement and widespread panic have returned to Lebanon, senior United Nations officials in the region detailed today, as the Security Council convened an emergency meeting following the deaths of three peacekeepers and delegates traded accusations over who was responsible.
The world must think beyond traditional indicators and reimagine a global economic architecture no longer stacked against developing countries, the Economic and Social Council heard today, as experts called for systems that reflect every nation’s real potential.
Despite weeks of negotiations, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) concluded its five-week session without agreement on urgent measures to confront a deepening liquidity crisis that now threatens the United Nations ability to function.
International taxation must keep pace with a world in which economic activity is not tied to physical location, the Economic and Social Council heard today during a series of three panel discussions on international tax cooperation.
Despite ongoing mediation and a ceasefire agreed by warring factions, security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s war-torn eastern region continues to deteriorate, the Security Council heard today, as delegates called for efforts to “bridge the gap” between diplomatic gains and the dire reality on the ground.
The General Assembly today declared the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity as Member States debated the legal ramifications of such a declaration.
Updating the Security Council on the implementation of two separate resolutions concerning the Israel-Palestine conflict, senior officials in the region underscored that the status quo, from the crisis in Gaza to the settler violence in the West Bank, is not sustainable.
Far from abating, fighting in Ukraine is “worse than ever”, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council today, as delegates considered the increasingly bloody and protracted war against the backdrop of a new Middle East conflict vying for their attention.
Racism — from its deadly historical manifestations to its growing normalization on digital platforms and in political discourse — continues to divide societies and dehumanize communities worldwide, senior United Nations officials told the General Assembly today, underscoring the need for urgent, collective action to uphold equality, justice and human rights for all.
