Secretary-General urges action on navigation and escalation in the Gulf

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...

The Assembly adopted a resolution to strengthen monitoring of medicine safety. The action highlights a practical dimension of health sovereignty: countries need reliable institutions and resources...

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...

The Agency told the Security Council that attacks and restricted access had disrupted monitoring and it could no longer verify the status of nuclear material at certain facilities. The case underlines...