The long-standing UN secretary general could have done more to protect the world’s most vulnerable people.
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The UN general assembly meeting brought together many leaders whose countries are locked in conflict.
The UN Security Council calls the shots when it comes to appointing the body’s chief – which means 5 permanent members have an outsized say on the matter.
Public Development Banks provide affordable financing, direct resources where urgently needed and align funding with long-term development strategies.
The likelihood is that Ukraine will have to accept the loss of Crimea and much of eastern Ukraine.
In what’s likely to be the hottest year on record, nations are gathering to try and hash out faster action on climate change. Here are the three main issues facing negotiators.
Liberal democracies need to work with the countries in the Middle East to build a long-term solution to the ongoing Israel-Gaza crisis.
Climate change is ramping up, and with it, so is the rhetoric for action. It’s a fine line to walk between sounding the alarm and being accused of alarmism.
The historic agreement on a loss and damage fund was overshadowed by lack of progress on phasing out fossil fuels.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres says rules around corporate emissions reporting are “wide enough to drive a diesel truck through”.
Les récents affrontements ont remis le M23 de l'est du Congo à la une des journaux, mais de nombreux autres problèmes de sécurité persistent dans la région.
Companies need to reset their mission so that profitability is a means to an end - the organisation’s social purpose - not an end in itself is essential.
International laws are in place to prevent war and help protect civilians and combatants alike. But these laws are challenging to enforce and are unlikely to stop the unfolding Russia-Ukraine war.
A survey of the commemorations since 2014 reveals the politicking behind the writing of history and Rwanda’s place in the world.
While restrictions on civil and political liberties may be necessary to protect lives, human rights law requires that they go no further than what’s strictly necessary to achieve this goal.
There is a risk of a ‘great fracture’ between the US and China. But unlike the Cold War, so far, no one has brandished a shoe at the General Assembly.
Unless member states try to solve the contradictions in expectations, UN peacekeeping will not be fit for purpose in the future.
Justin Trudeau’s government should assemble a strong, non-partisan China team led by the West to build a uniquely Canadian Asia strategy, with China at its core.
It’s unclear how relations between Addis Ababa and Asmara will develop but the warmth has largely gone.
A new strategy from the UN secretary general challenges the world to explain why it’s not doing more to defuse the nuclear threat.
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