United States strikes Iranian nuclear sites

Israel resumed airstrikes and blocked aid into Gaza, ending the truce that began on 19 January. The return to large-scale violence exposed the vulnerability of negotiated pauses where no political...

The ECOSOC forum and preparations for the fourth Financing for Development conference focused on debt, development finance and reform of the international financial architecture. Developing...

The World Health Assembly’s Committee A approved the negotiated agreement for plenary adoption. Developing states had pressed for equity in access to medicines, technology and pathogen benefits,...

Member states adopted the first WHO Pandemic Agreement by consensus. It establishes a framework for cooperation on prevention, preparedness and response; a pathogen access and benefit-sharing annex...

Israel began a series of strikes on Iranian territory, including sites and people connected to Iran’s nuclear programme and military. NAM’s October ministerial declaration condemned the attacks and...

A ceasefire halted direct exchanges between Iran and Israel after US strikes. The episode renewed NAM arguments against unilateral force and for peaceful settlement, but left regional security and...

The UN conference convened governments and institutions to address development finance, debt and reforms to global financial governance. These concerns echo NAM’s long-standing call for economic...

The conference concluded with an outcome framework and initiatives addressing debt, investment and the financing architecture. The text sought to mobilize resources for sustainable development, though...

The Court issued an advisory opinion finding that states have binding obligations under international law to protect the climate system. Pacific island states and other vulnerable countries had helped...

The four-year stocktake reviewed progress on transforming food systems and mobilizing finance. For many developing states, food sovereignty and control over agricultural priorities remain bound to...