Diplomacy & Crisis News

Despite diplomatic engagements, restoring the so-called Iran nuclear agreement continues to be hindered by political and technical differences, the UN political and peacebuilding chief told the Security Council on Thursday.  

The alliance’s leaders push for more muscular deterrence after summit in Madrid.

Global anti-abortion activists have waved off criticism by pointing to their support for LGBTQ rights. But U.S. conservatives may be too extreme for that tactic.

A new UN-led financing tool to strengthen weather and climate forecasting, improve life-saving early warning systems, safeguard jobs, and underpin climate adaptation for long-term resilience, officially opened for business on Thursday.

Road traffic accidents claim nearly 1.3 million lives each year, cost some countries up to three per cent of their annual GDP, and are the biggest killer of five to 29-year olds globally, the UN General Assembly President told a High-level Meeting on Improving Global Road Safety on Thursday.

La France possède le plus grand parc de piscines familiales privées d'Europe, mais beaucoup de ses enfants ne savent pas nager. L'école ne peut pas toujours remplir sa mission, d'autant que les stades nautiques publics font place à des espaces de loisir coûteux, de moins en moins conçus pour (...) / Jeunes, Enfance, Ville, Urbanisme, Loisirs, Société, Santé, France, Sport, Eau, Éducation, Inégalités - 2022/07

Prodded by Washington, Seoul and Tokyo are taking steps to overcome deep historical tensions.

Across Ukraine, the scale of needs caused by Russia's invasion is still massive and human rights concerns persist, UN humanitarians said in an update on Thursday, as they repeated calls for access to the country's Black Sea ports to export vitally needed cereals.

Increasing scientific knowledge, developing research capacity and making the most of new marine technology, are essential to sustainable ocean management, the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, heard on Thursday.

Marcos has pledged a warmer relationship with the United States, but at home, his policies may not stray too far from his predecessor.

COVID-19 cases are on the rise in some 110 countries, driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 variants, said the UN health agency chief on Wednesday, amounting to a 20 per cent spike overall, and a rise in the number of deaths across three of the six world regions monitored by the World Health Organization.

Every 24 seconds someone is killed in traffic, making safety on the world’s roads a global development challenge for all societies, especially for the most vulnerable, a senior UN official has said, ahead of the first ever High-level General Assembly Meeting on Improving Road Safety.  

Myanmar’s military junta is responsible for shocking violence against children caught up in the bloody aftermath of last February’s coup, a top independent Human Rights Council-appointed investigator said on Wednesday. 

Syria’s humanitarian needs are at their highest ever and any move to block aid from reaching the war-torn country should be resisted strongly, a top UN Human Rights Council probe said on Wednesday. 

The resurgence of the M23 armed group has “broad repercussions” for the security, human rights and humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and for the wider region, the UN Special Representative there told the Security Council on Wednesday.

Connus dans le monde entier, les masques et objets anciens effacent encore trop souvent l'essor d'un art contemporain proprement africain. Inspirés à la fois par les traditions et par les cultures urbaines foisonnantes, les artistes — plasticiens, peintres, vidéastes, musiciens… — s'expriment sur (...) / Afrique, Art, Photographie, Peinture, Environnement, Migrations - 2022/07

A new United Nations report says that rapid urbanization was only temporarily delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the global urban population back on track to grow by another 2.2 billion people by 2050.

The deterioration of human rights in Belarus continues to engulf the country in a climate of fear and arbitrary rule, a UN-appointed independent human rights expert warned on Wednesday.

Depuis avril 2022, les Sri-Lankais manifestent massivement contre la pénurie de produits alimentaires, de carburant ou de médicaments et leur prix élevé. Les Nations unies alertent sur les risques de catastrophe humanitaire. Comment le clan Rajapaksa, qui domine le pays, en est-il arrivé là, alors (...) / Asie, Sri Lanka, Chine, Inde, Minorité nationale, Droits des minorités, Mouvement de contestation, Bouddhisme, Répression, Alimentation, Corruption, Agriculture, Dette, Économie - 2022/07

Record levels of fisheries and aquaculture production are making a critical contribution to global food security, the UN Ocean Conference under way in Lisbon, Portugal, heard on Wednesday.