The Universal Declaration of Human rights, which should be our common blueprint, is too often misused and abused, it is exploited for political gain; and it is ignored – often by the very same people. Some governments chip away at it. Others
Briefing the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on the report, ‘Our Common Agenda,’ UN Secretary-General António Guterres said we must start “moving the recommendations in Our Common Agenda from ideas to action – from abstract to concrete.” He urged Member States to support
The number of people aged 65 years or older worldwide is projected to more than double, rising from 761 million in 2021 to 1.6 billion in 2050, a report brought out by the United Nations says. The World Social Report 2023 says
Without coordinated action, this year’s crisis of affordability may become next year’s global food shortage, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said. Speaking at the Group of 20 (G20) session on the food and energy crises, in Bali Guterres said, we are on
The G20 is ground zero for bridging divisions and finding answers and the summit comes at crucial time when the world is facing the most pivotal, precarious moment in generations, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said. People everywhere are getting hit from
Calling for a Climate Solidaity Pact, the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres sought the coming together of the world’s richest and poorest countries to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels. In a blistering address at the 27th annual Conference of the
A free press is vital to a functioning democracy, exposing wrongdoing, navigating our complex world and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said. In his message on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, Guterres said,
The international community is increasingly taking note of rising cases of hate speech and hate crime and failure of the state to protect the rights of minorities. The United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, slammed India’s worsening record of human rights violations
A new multi-institutional report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) highlights the great distance between aspirations and climate reality and warns that, if “much more ambitious” measures are not adopted, the “physical and socioeconomic” consequences of climate change “will be increasingly more devastating.”
Two more US military planes carrying tons of aid for Pakistan affected by heavy monsoon rains landed in the southern province of Sindh, one of the hardest-hit regions of the impoverished country, on Sunday. Saif Ullah, a spokesman for the country’s Civil