Young people are at the heart of the world’s most urgent challenges, and on Friday, their role in shaping solutions took centre stage at the UN General Assembly. World leaders spoke of the remarkable promise held by today’s generation, even as they ack…

A resolution to extend sanctions relief to Iran under a 2015 nuclear deal failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Friday. Read the full story, “UN Security Council blocks China-Russia resolution on Iran sanctions”, on globalissues.org →

Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados on Friday told world leaders the survival of small States and global peace depends on preserving a rules-based international system.Read the full story, “Prime Minister of Barbados calls for defence of rules-based…

World leaders have thrown their weight behind the first-ever United Nations global political declaration tackling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health together.Read the full story, “World News in Brief: New declaration on NCDs and mental h…

OHCHR / ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS BUSINESSES DATABASE  UN MediaUN lists 150 firms tied to illegal Israeli settlements  Al JazeeraUN adds 68 companies to blacklist for alleged complicity in rights violations in Israeli settlements &nb…

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Friday marked the UN’s 80th anniversary with a call for world leaders to defend multilateralism, reject “Cold War” thinking and step up cooperation in the face of global turmoil.Read the full story, “China’s Premier Li calls…

The UN Security Council has voted down an effort by China and Russia to extend sanctions relief to Iran for six months under the nuclear deal – formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The so-called “snapback” mechanism remains in forc…

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday that the world faces “testing times” marked by conflict, terrorism, and climate change, while urging urgent action for peace in South Asia, the Middle East and b…

Six years after the defeat of ISIL, also known as Daesh, tens of thousands of people with alleged or actual ties to the terrorist group remain detained in camps in northeast Syria in dire conditions that continue to worsen. Read the full story, “UN war…

The escalating Israeli military offensive in Gaza City continues to overwhelm medical professionals there, with four more hospitals forced to shut down this month alone in the north of the war-torn enclave, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said o…