Diplomacy & Crisis News

Russia isn’t cracking heads ahead of this weekend’s parliamentary vote—just boring people away from the polls.

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the world is facing an education crisis due to the COVID pandemic, that has left nearly 77 million children shut out of the classroom for the past 18 months.  

The ozone layer – a fragile shield of gas that protects the Earth from the harmful rays of the sun – is “on the road to recovery”, the UN chief said on Thursday in his message for the World Ozone Day.

Depuis son arrivée à la tête du Parti communiste chinois, fin 2012, le président Xi Jinping n'a cessé de renforcer son pouvoir. Au nom de la lutte contre la corruption, il écarte toute personne soupçonnée de mettre en cause l'autorité du Parti, selon la vieille méthode des aveux publics, remise au goût (...) / Chine, Audiovisuel, Droit, Droits humains, Médias, Parti politique, Politique, Presse, Prison, Répression, Corruption - 2016/07

Si, face aux ambitions économiques et territoriales de Pékin, l'Australie semble tenir son rôle de lieutenant dans le cadre de la stratégie américaine de rééquilibrage vers le Pacifique, son insertion économique dans la région révèle une politique beaucoup plus équivoque, marquée par une volonté (...) / Asie, Australie, Chine, États-Unis, États-Unis (affaires extérieures), Commerce international, Défense, Économie, Géopolitique, Mer, Relations internationales, Stratégie, Pacifique, Diplomatie, Frontières, Relations bilatérales - 2015/01

The reality of a defiant nuclear North Korea has led Seoul to consider its own options.

Stefano Pontecorvo spent his childhood in Kabul. Sixty years later, he coordinated the evacuation of 124,000 people before saying goodbye to the city himself.

The temporary reduction in carbon emissions caused by global COVID-19 lockdowns did not slow the relentless advance of climate change. Greenhouse gas concentrations are at record levels, and the planet is on path towards dangerous overheating, a multi-agency climate report published on Thursday warns. 

The contribution of women activists towards building peace across the world is being highlighted in a UN exhibition of images taken by women photographers which is opening online and in New York.

The government seeks to avoid Evergrande Group becoming Beijing’s Lehman Brothers.

The 76th session of the UN General Assembly is due to begin on 14 September, and it will be very different from 2020’s fully virtual gathering. UNGA 76 will still be overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but that won’t stop leaders (some of them in the Assembly Hall) from addressing urgent global challenges. Here are five things you should know about 2021’s “hybrid” event.

The UN humanitarian affairs chief warned on Wednesday that Syria, after more than a decade of war, remains “caught in a downward spiral” and that “the country will continue to be a place of tragedy, so long as the conflict continues.” 

The United Nations announced on Wednesday that all Gabonese military units deployed to the peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, are to be sent home immediately, following credible reports alleging that unidentified ‘blue helmets’ had abused five girls.

Beijing has used the “war on terror” to target its own minorities like Uyghurs.

A nationally televised debate mostly highlighted the weaknesses of the leading contenders to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

A supposedly Orwellian system is fragmented, localized, and mostly targeted at businesses.

Closing Guantánamo Bay isn’t enough.

South Sudan has made history with the appointment of two women to senior leadership positions within its Transitional National Legislature, the top United Nations official in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday, as he encouraged parties to build on these gains in efforts to overcome significant political and security headwinds.

States should place moratoriums on the sale and use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems until adequate safeguards are put in place, UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday.       

Pas un jour, en Irak, sans que l'on annonce des morts : des militaires de la coalition, mais aussi des diplomates et surtout des civils innocents. Cette guerre apporte le chaos dans la région ; elle est aussi une guerre contre le peuple américain. / États-Unis, Irak, Violence, Torture, Guerre (...) / États-Unis, Irak, Violence, Torture, Guerre d'Irak 2003-2011 - 2005/08