"INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS"

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, said, “Unless we act now, the 2030 Agenda will become an epitaph for a world that might have been.” UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, told the Security Council she wanted to “convey both a sense of hope, and a sense of urgency” about the future of the country. UNIFEED

Greater acceptance, participation in International Court of Justice’s compulsory jurisdiction key for improving global dispute settlement, Security Council hears.

Greater acceptance, participation in International Court of Justice’s compulsory jurisdiction key for improving global dispute settlement, Security Council hears.

Secretary-General António Guterres expressed on Saturday his deep sadness at the passing of His Holiness Pope Emeritus Benedict XV, saying the religious leader was “a spiritual guide to millions across the world and one of the leading academic theologians of our time.” UNIFEED

General Assembly adopts $3.4 billion programme budget for 2023, approves permanent shift to annual cycle, concluding main part of Seventy-Seventh Session.

From the war in Ukraine to the response in health crisis and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED

As 2022 comes to an end, the conflict in Ukraine shows no signs of waning. UNIFEED / FILE

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, said permanent membership in the Security Council and the right to a veto, “are fundamentally undemocratic vestiges at the United Nations.” UNIFEED

Economic and Social Council adopts controversial draft resolution to remove Iran from Commission on Status of Women, emphasizing lack of rights in country.