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Each 7 September, the UN marks the International Day of Police Cooperation, recognising the importance of international cooperation in supporting national law enforcement agencies.Organised crime is responsible…
In a resolution adopted on Thursday, the 193-member Assembly endorsed the integration of the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) into the United Nations Institute for…
By 164 votes to one, Member States on Friday endorsed a resolution promoting map projections that more accurately reflect the true size of continents – the…
The US military struck rocket launchers on an island in the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, days after US President Donald Trump announced that American…
El Niño is strengthening rapidly in the Pacific Ocean, raising the prospect of months of extreme heat, floods, drought, and disruptive weather around the globe.The phenomenon,…
Key pointsNearly 60 per cent of cases occurred on social mediaMany children do not report abuseUNICEF calls for safer platforms and stronger lawsMore than 15 million…
Key pointsRapid, collective and global action is vital to cap the temperature rise at 1.5°CClimate action can reverse current trend by slashing methane pollution, protecting land,…
Addressing the SCO summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, the Secretary-General said shifting global power dynamics present an opportunity to build more representative international institutions and a United…
The committee is calling on States to implement comprehensive restorative justice, combining compensation, restitution, rehabilitation and structural reforms.The passage of time cannot serve as a pretext…
Artist and anti-nuclear activist Karipbek Kuyukov walked through the halls of UN Headquarters in New York on Monday alongside diplomats, scientists and survivors, carrying a message…