Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar has called for a permanent seat for Africa in the United Nations, UN, Security Council while making a case for Nigeria as the country that should represent the continent in the global body.
The executive director of UNAIDS denounced the role of for-profit health care companies in low-income countries, saying that in some cases it led to denial of emergency care and patient detentions.
The Israel-Hamas war has put back development in Gaza by 60 years and mobilising the tens of billions of dollars needed for reconstruction will be an uphill task, the United Nations said.
The United Nations Global Compact concluded a series of impactful sessions during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos, advancing discussions on the critical role of business in addressing global challenges through the lens of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The United Nations secretary-general has warned that Israel might seize the opportunity to annex the occupied West Bank.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief, Rafael Grossi, touched on the same theme in Davos, saying Iran is "pressing the gas pedal" on its enrichment of uranium to near weapons grade. Iran has always said its programme is entirely peaceful and it has the right to enrich uranium to any level it wants.
Catalyst Now, led by Gaby Arenas de Meneses and Fredrik Galtung, is a global initiative of social innovators aiming to advance the UN's Sustainable Development Goals through local collaboration. At the World Economic Forum in Davos,
The head of the UN's Development Programme Achim Steiner says that the Israel-Hamas war has put back development in Gaza by 60 years. Around two-thirds of all buildings in the Gaza Strip have been "entirely destroyed or damaged",
Palestinian health officials say a major Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank has killed at least nine Palestinians and left 40 more people wounded
The Israel-Hamas war has put back development in Gaza by 60 years and mobilising the tens of billions of dollars needed for reconstruction will be an uphill task, the United Nations said.Around two-thirds of all buildings in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed or damaged,
He joined meetings with four heads of government or state, four minister-level dignitaries, 10 heads or top executives of UN/similar organisations, 10 CEOs/high-level business persons, 9 WEF organised programmes,