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Security Council discusses crisis in the Middle East; UN chief warns of conflict’s ‘further spillover’

·December 30, 2023·21 min read

Highlights Video feed of the Security Council meeting. Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East at the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) briefed the Security Council, expressing grave concern over Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank. He also reported increased tensions in the wider...

2022 Year In Review: As conflicts rage, international dialogue remains ‘the only hope’ for peace

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·December 29, 2022·11 min read

February saw a furious round of diplomacy at the UN, as it became increasingly clear that Russia was intent on invading Ukraine, a crisis which UN Secretary-General António Guterres said was testing the “entire international system”. “We need restraint and reason. We need de-escalation now,” spelled out the UN chief,...

Conflicts and insecurity remain ‘major bottlenecks’ to achieving UN global goals

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·December 4, 2022·1 min read

Convened by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the Peace Building Commission (PBC) participants set out to promote greater international coherence and resilience in support of communities living in conflict-affected States. ‘Bottlenecks’ to the goals As UN agencies, funds and programmes discussed how they are improving cooperation and coordination,...

The vital role of Syrian women in resolving bitter conflicts |

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·October 29, 2022·3 min read

The protracted fighting has taken countless lives, displaced millions in and outside the country and left much of the country’s infrastructure in tatters. The failure of international efforts to make much progress has been ascribed to the lack of understanding amongst formal mediators of the situation on the ground in...

Convergence of conflicts, COVID and climate crises, jeopardize global goals |

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·July 9, 2022·3 min read

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 reveals that the convergence of increased fighting, the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, and the long-term climate crisis, could push an additional 75 to 95 million people into extreme poverty this year – compared with pre-pandemic projections – and jeopardize the SDG blueprint for more resilient,...