2025 Study Tour to the UN in Geneva
Another amazing tour to the UN in Geneva The UN Study Tour to Geneva was a huge success. With over 20 tailored briefings, participants were treated to a variety of international and diplomatic exchanges. Led by Adrian Morrice, the tour group experienced unique insights into foreign affairs and trade relations. Highlights included: > meeting with the UN Assistant […]
UN presents UN80 Initiative Action Plan, setting coordinated path for system-wide reforms
UN PhotoSteel workers hoist a girder in place in the meeting hall area of the UN Headquarters where construction was completed in June 1951. The United Nations outlined how it intends to advance one of its most comprehensive system-wide reform efforts in decades, as Under-Secretary-General for Policy Guy Ryder presented the UN80 Initiative Action Plan. […]
‘House of diplomacy and dialogue’: UN wraps up high-level week with calls for peace, climate action and reform
UN Photo/Loey Felipe Annalena Baerbock, President of the General Assembly, closes the general debate of the Assembly’s 80th session. By Vibhu Mishra The United Nations remains “the house of diplomacy and dialogue” in a divided world, General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock said as she closed the 80th session’s general debate, urging nations to convert the week’s […]
Disarmament over destruction: A renewed push for a world without nuclear weapons
© ICAN Protestors voice their opinion about nuclear weapons. By Sachin Gaur Nuclear weapons continue to pose an existential threat to humanity. On Friday in New York as high-level week draws to a close, world leaders will revisit the grave dangers these weapons pose and push for renewed global efforts to eliminate them. In the final days of […]
UN marks 80th anniversary of its founding
UN Photo/Loey Felipe A wide view of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations. Music, memories and messages of peace filled the UN General Assembly Hall on Monday as the world body commemorated 80 years since its founding. The ceremony was held as world […]
30 Years advancing gender equality: Achievements, setbacks, and the road ahead
© UNOCHA/Alioune Ndiaye Friendly space for women at a camp for internally displaced people in Bentiu, South Sunda By Victoria Fernandez In the three decades since the groundbreaking Beijing Declaration on women’s rights was adopted by the nations of the world, great progress has been made but women and girls still face unacceptable levels of violence and discrimination. […]