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‘Real challenges’ must be addressed beyond polling day, urges UN West Africa envoy

·July 26, 2023·1 min read

In his first briefing to the Security Council since being appointed to the position, Leonardo Santos Simaõ recalled elections in Benin, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. He said they had “marked important steps towards democratic consolidation, offering opportunities for citizens to choose their leaders and representatives at...

INTERVIEW: Food systems contribute to solving ‘world’s most important challenges’

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·July 24, 2023·5 min read

Corinna Hawkes the Director of the FAO Division of Food Systems and Food Safety says a holistic and sustainable approach is needed that considers economic, social, and environmental factors, and that brings people together, to ensure nutritious food and sustainable livelihoods for all. She was speaking ahead of the UN Food...

In Burundi, Guterres outlines challenges facing the region

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·May 6, 2023·3 min read

“Everyone must put an end to hate speech, work to restore trust, and refrain from any action that could undermine the progress made for peace” in DRC, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, on the eve of the high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation...

Guterres: Urgency of global challenges demands bold, swift action

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·April 25, 2023·6 min read

“We face unprecedented and interlocking crises,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his briefing at the Council’s ministerial-level open debate on effective multilateralism through the defence of the principles of the UN Charter. “Tensions between major powers are at an historic high, so are the risks of conflict, through misadventure...

Despite challenges, Africa ‘poised for progress’ – Guterres

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·February 18, 2023·2 min read

Mr. Guterres praised the many African Union (AU) initiatives aimed at bringing about this vision for the continent – including Agenda 2063 a blueprint for the Africa of the future, and the Decade of Women’s Financial and Economic Inclusion – and the decision to focus on the African Continental Free...

Amid intractable challenges, solutions are ‘within sight’: UN rights chief

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·December 12, 2022·5 min read

Speaking in Geneva, after returning from a four-day tour of war-ravaged Ukraine this week, Volker Türk confirmed that he had been forced to take shelter in a bunker during a shelling attack. His experience was what Ukrainians and UN colleagues, encountered “on a regular basis”, the High Commissioner said, before insisting that...

Security ‘one of the most significant challenges’ in DR Congo, Security Council hears

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·December 11, 2022·3 min read

“Over the past weeks, the security situation in eastern DRC has deteriorated dramatically”, said Special Representative Bintou Keita, noting that since October, the M23 rebel group had resumed hostilities and extended its control in North Kivu province. Bolstering support In response, MONUSCO has continued to provide operational, logistical, and...

UNPOL ready to tackle global peace, security and development challenges |

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·November 15, 2022·2 min read

He outlined some of the greatest challenges to global peace, security and development, which include expanding conflicts in high population areas, expansion of transnational organized crime and violent extremism. The UN Peacekeeping chief also highlighted growing climate and cyber insecurity risks and greater demand for comprehensive national capacity-building and police...

Adapt or starve: COP27 spotlights agriculture challenges and solutions in the face of climate change |

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·November 13, 2022·8 min read

This sentiment echoed through dozens of pavilions and conference rooms in Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday as COP27 turned its attention to the vital issues of adaptation, agriculture and food systems in the context of climate change. “We need to help rural populations build their resilience to extreme weather events and...

Unprecedented global challenges are ‘not insurmountable’ – UN chief |

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·August 4, 2022·4 min read

“In addition to the triple planetary crisis of climate breakdown, air pollution and biodiversity loss, and the immense suffering caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, conflicts are raging across the world”, said Secretary-General António Guterres. The ripple effects of the war in Ukraine, are contributing to surging food and energy prices,...

Yemen: UN envoy outlines achievements and challenges in truce implementation |

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·July 12, 2022·4 min read

Ambassadors were briefed by Hans Grundberg, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, and Joyce Msuya, the UN deputy relief chief. UN Envoy for #Yemen, Hans Grundberg, briefed the #UNSC today on progress & obstacles in the implementation of the truce, the way forward on extending and expanding the truce and...