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FLAGSHIP HUMANITY FOR PEACE DEMONSTRATION IN NYC Sunday, August 6, 2023, 1:00 pm – 4:00 PM Location: Hammarskjold Plaza, East 47th street & 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10017 The tensions and conflicts that are occurring between the dying Western…

As heat waves and wildfires cause chaos in North Africa, Europe and North America, climate scientists from the United Nations (UN) have announced that it is almost certain this July will be the warmest month ever recorded. At a press conference on climate Thursday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned, “The…

The United Nations has warned that Russia’s decision to withdraw from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which allowed for the safe export of food and fertiliser from Ukrainian ports, will lead to soaring food prices and worsening global hunger. UN…

With the contribution of experts on the subject and a final call for concerted action, the United Nations Security Council debated for the first time the new realities that the international community is facing with the so-called “artificial intelligence”. In…

On 4 July 1976 in Algiers, the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Peoples was proclaimed. It was the result of a complex process that coincided with the emergence of many new nations in Africa and Asia, the fruit of…

Tunisia: UN human rights chief requests authorities to stop restricting press freedom and criminalising independent journalism By: UN News. On Friday, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed deep concern over increasing restrictions on the right to…

Three months after fighting broke out between the regular Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum, the Association for Threatened Peoples (APM, Associazione per i popoli minacciati) warns of the potential conflagration. Fighting has now spread to…

Our common agenda – Fighting disinformation – The Secretary-General presents today the policy brief on the integrity of information on digital platforms June 12, 2023 As part of the policy documents the Secretary-General launches periodically to detail his vision for…

Today it’s been disclosed that three of the UN Special Rapporteurs, independent experts of the UN human rights Council, have called out the Italian government over the legal proceedings against the Iuventa crew and the worrying context for migrant rights defenders. “We…

The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is currently underway at the United Nations in NYC. Since its first meeting in 1947, this important conference provides a forum to assess the progress of international efforts to…