NEW YORK — More than 600 young people from around the world gathered at United Nations Headquarters this week to press for a greater role in shaping artificial intelligence governance, as governments confront how AI could transform jobs, education, inequality and economic competitiveness. The Youth and AI Summit, held on
A new UN negotiating document has revived efforts to secure the world’s first legally binding treaty on plastic pollution — but governments remain divided over how far the agreement should reach, particularly whether it should address plastic production itself or focus more heavily on product design, circularity and waste management.
More than 4,400 cases have been confirmed as the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record strains containment efforts — and scientists race to develop the first approved vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo virus. The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has become the second-largest on record, with the
HAVANA — Independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council are accusing the United States of worsening Cuba’s humanitarian crisis through escalating economic pressure, as fuel shortages, prolonged blackouts and shortages of medicines strain essential services across the island. In a statement released Thursday, the experts condemned recent U.S.
GENEVA — The International Organization for Migration’s latest review of crisis operations arrives as the global humanitarian system confronts a difficult reality: displacement remains exceptionally high, crises are becoming more prolonged and interconnected, and funding is tightening. IOM’s Operating in Crisis 2025 report examines the agency’s work across conflict, disaster
Following last week’s first straw poll, Denmark is targeting August 21 for a second Security Council ballot that could show whether support is beginning to move—or whether the contest to succeed António Guterres remains broadly open. UNITED NATIONS — Denmark is aiming to schedule the next informal Security Council poll
From Syria and Lebanon to Washington and the UN Security Council, Denmark’s ambassador has built a global leadership profile around international law, civilian protection, women’s rights and coalition building across geopolitical divides. UNITED NATIONS — Christina Markus Lassen has spent much of her diplomatic career in places where international principles
As governments prepare for the first global review of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP17, Convention on Biological Diversity Executive Secretary Astrid Schomaker is calling for faster corporate assessment of nature-related risks and greater alignment between financial flows and biodiversity commitments. LONDON — Many companies and financial institutions have
NEW YORK — The first informal vote in the contest to select the next United Nations Secretary-General has revealed a closely contested field, with the two highest-performing candidates separated by one vote and no contender yet demonstrating clear support across the Security Council. In the closed-door straw poll held Thursday,
UNITED NATIONS — The global contest for the minerals powering clean energy, advanced technologies and modern weapons systems moved to the center of international security discussions last Wednesday, as the United Nations warned that poorly governed competition could deepen conflicts and prevent resource-rich developing countries from benefiting fully from their
