Politics

Peace in South Sudan hinges on local accountability, landmark Peacebuilding Commission meeting hears

UNMISS\Nektarios Markogiannis  

A Neighborhood Advocacy for Peace event, organised by the UN South Sudan Mission UNMISS, and the body monitoring the 2018 peace deal, in South Sudan.

Deny legitimacy of Myanmar’s military junta, UN expert urges

Unsplash/Pyae Sone Htun         Protesters attend a march against the military coup in Myanmar.

January 31, 2023   Peace and Security

Two years on from Myanmar military coup, UN chief stresses international unity, as arrests, airstrikes continue

Unsplash/Saw Wunna      Political instability is continuing in Myanmar.

January 30, 2023   Peace and Security

Guterres strongly condemns deadly mosque attack in Pakistan

Unsplash/Abuzar Xheikh     The dome of a Mosque in Pakistan as the sun rises.

January 30, 2023   Peace and Security

Hate Speech: Turning the tide

United Nations    UNiting Against Hate, episode 8

January 30, 2023  Human Rights

Hate speech: Nations fight back

Unsplash/Jon Tyson      UNESCO says that hate speech is on the rise worldwide.

January 29, 2023  Human Rights

‘All sides need to think about the future they want for Venezuela’, says UN human rights chief

Volker Türk      United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.

January 28, 2023  Human Rights

We must not simply remember, ‘but speak out and stand up’: UN chief Guterres

Unsplash/Albert Laurence       A rose placed on the railway tracks at the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland.

January 28, 2023  Human Rights

Hate speech: A growing, international threat

United Nations     UNiting Against Hate, episode 5

January 28, 2023  Human Rights

Guterres strongly condemns attack at Jerusalem synagogue which left at least seven Israelis dead

UN News/Shirin Yaseen     City of Jerusalem

January 27, 2023   Peace and Security