World Health Assembly adopts a pharmacovigilance resolution

The annual forum ended after discussions on Indigenous rights and the implementation of UN commitments. Its work highlights a continuing tension: postcolonial states can oppose external domination...

Kenya and France convened African leaders and businesses around investment, innovation and a renewed partnership. The summit’s colonial history matters: contemporary cooperation must be assessed...

Summit participants adopted a declaration covering peace and security, finance, green industrialization, technology, health and agriculture. Its language of partnership coexists with scrutiny of how...

WHO member states met to set health policy after the Pandemic Agreement’s adoption in 2025. Equity in access, the authority of states over public health and the distribution of technology remained...

The Assembly decided that negotiations should continue on the pathogen access and benefit-sharing annex, including contracts governing access and benefits. The unfinished annex reflects developing...

At the Security Council, the Secretary-General called for a complete ceasefire and restoration of navigational rights and freedoms under international law. The crisis around the Strait of Hormuz...

The Special Political and Decolonization Committee heard sharply divided views about Western Sahara and the UN mission. The dispute reflects the unfinished process of decolonization and the Sahrawi...

China’s foreign minister presented proposals for UN and governance reform, arguing that developing states need a stronger voice. Such calls overlap with NAM’s long-standing demands, though rhetoric...

The Council met at Bahrain’s request following an Iranian attack on the kingdom. The episode extended the regional war and placed state sovereignty, civilian protection and maritime security under...

The HLPF opened to assess progress on the 2030 Agenda amid multiple global crises. For developing states, slow progress is tied to debt, unequal finance and structural constraints as well as...