Month: November 2019

Progress toward sustainable development is seriously off-track

The UN Secretary-General is calling on business leaders to use their “enormous influence” to push for inclusive growth and opportunities…

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Egypt: ‘Credible evidence’ that ‘brutal’ prison conditions prompted Morsi’s death, thousands more at risk

A group of independent UN human rights experts said on Friday that there was “credible evidence” that inadequate prison conditions…

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Cuba: UN Members overwhelmingly support end of US embargo

For the 28th consecutive year, the UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for an end to the economic,…

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Iranian Experts Deliberated on Harnessing Access to Information

The UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office, the UNESCO Chair for Communication of Science and Technology, Allame Tabatabaei University and the Iranian…

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‘Real change’ involving women in peace and security, still too slow, Guterres tells Security Council

The Women Peace and Security agenda must continue to be “one of the top priorities of the United Nations”, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security…

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Iraq protests: UN calls for national talks to break ‘vicious cycle’ of violence

The UN’s most senior official in Iraq, visited protesters in central Baghdad on Wednesday, calling for “national dialogue to identify…

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As urbanization grows, cities unveil sustainable development solutions on World Day

Over half of the world’s population now live in cities, with numbers expected to double by 2050, but while urbanization…

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Syria’s groundbreaking constitutional talks: ‘a clear success of mediation’ says Guterres in Turkey

Mediation is “one of our most important tools to reduce and end conflict”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the sixth…

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