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Strong multilateral institutions key to tackling world’s dramatic challenges, UN chief says In Moscow

21 June 2018
UN Affairs

In Moscow on Thursday, Secretary-General António Guterres said multilateralism was vital to tackling climate change, terrorism and other dramatic challenges, and that the United Nations and Russia would continue working together to make global institutions stronger and better able to serve the public good.

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Peacekeeping chief highlights challenges facing UN Police

21 June 2018
Peace and Security

Top cops from across the globe are meeting at United Nations Headquarters this week to chart a vision for the police components deployed to UN peacekeeping missions.

UNIS Vienna

Use space technology to build a better world for all, urges UN chief

20 June 2018
SDGs

Not only has space exploration captured the world’s imagination, it can also help humankind address existential challenges back on earth, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday, in his message to the UN’s key forum on space affairs.

UNICEF/Sebastian Rich

Conflict and climate change challenge sustainable development effort: UN report

20 June 2018
SDGs

Although more people are leading better lives than a decade ago, persistent poverty and hunger, as well as rapid urbanization, are challenging global efforts to create a more just and equitable world, according to a United Nations report launched on Wednesday.

UN News/Vibhu Mishra

From low-earth orbit, ‘envoys’ of humanity join UN space forum

20 June 2018
SDGs

Floating in near zero-gravity, 400 kilometres above the Pacific Ocean and flying at over 28,000 kilometres per hour, the six crew members onboard the International Space Station (ISS) joined the key United Nations forum on outer space affairs via video link on Wednesday, to discuss the importance of working together.

UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferre

Replacement for United States on Human Rights Council to be elected ‘as soon as possible’

20 June 2018
Human Rights

International reaction to the United States decision to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council continued on Wednesday with the President of the Geneva-based assembly confirming that the election of a new Member State would take place “as soon as possible” to fill the vacant seat.

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UN chief calls for ‘solidarity, compassion and action’ on World Refugee Day

20 June 2018
Migrants and Refugees

With more than 68 million people worldwide displaced due to conflict or persecution — roughly equivalent to the population of Thailand— the head of the United Nations has called for unity and solidarity as a first step to support them.

UNIS Vienna

If we can build the International Space Station, ‘we can do anything’ – UN Champion for Space

19 June 2018
SDGs

The sight of Earth, from hundreds of kilometers away in open space while you are tethered only to the International Space Station, is “absolutely amazing”, said Scott Kelly, the UN Champion for Space and former US astronaut, stressing that the world we live on “is our only planet.”

UNICEF/Donna DeCesare

It’s time to ‘eliminate the scourge of conflict-related sexual violence’, urges UN chief

19 June 2018
Human Rights

The effects of conflict-related sexual violence echo across generations, in the form of trauma, stigma, and unwanted pregnancy, said the UN chief on Tuesday, describing the scourge as “a threat to our collective security” and “a stain on our common humanity.”

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue/Ilja C. Hendel

Rise in violent conflict shows prevention ‘more necessary than ever’: UN chief

19 June 2018
Peace and Security

With the number of people killed in armed conflict rising tenfold since 2005, preventive action is “more necessary than ever,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday.