NEW YORK, Dec 14 (IPS) - As COP27 was coming to a close, the leader of the Youth Constituency of UNFCCC declared in an emotion-choked voice that "Incredible young people from the global North and the global South are standing together in solidarity asking for action. We need to look for more than hope. We need those in power to actually listen and implement the solutions".

NEW YORK, Dec 12 (IPS) - Part One of ThreeThree weeks have gone by since the much-ballyhooed mega-gathering of the 27th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), generally known by its easy-to-say-and-remember title - COP27, concluded at the resort city Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt.

NEW YORK, Sep 26 (IPS) - Just a week ago, the international community commemorated the adoption of the United Nations Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, a monumental document that transcends boundaries, cultures, societies, and nations.

NEW YORK, Aug 22 (IPS) - 14 June has become a black day for the UN High Forum on The Culture of Peace (HLF-CoP) convened by the successive Presidents of the UN General Assembly since 2012.

NEW YORK, Jun 07 (IPS) - Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury is Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations and Founder of the Global Movement for The Culture of Peace.Recently when I was asked to offer my thoughts on the phenomenal advances of artificial intelligence (AI) and whether the United Nations play a role in its global governance, I was reminded of the Three Laws of Robotics…

NEW YORK, Apr 08 (IPS) - The other day a friend asked me "Can Russia be expelled from the General Assembly by a two-thirds majority?" Almost impossible to do that, I responded.

NEW YORK, Oct 30 (IPS) - I thank the United Nations Asia Network for Diversity and Inclusion (UN-ANDI) for inviting me to present the keynote speech on this special occasion for the observance of the United Nations Day.

NEW YORK, Nov 08 (IPS) - Calling it "so disappointing and disheartening" in social media on 17 October, Dr. Rosie James, a British medical expert, announced that "I was sexually assaulted by a World Health Organization (WHO) staff tonight at the World Health Summit."

NEW YORK, Mar 08 (IPS) - The ongoing war in Ukraine has raised the question of expulsion or suspension of the Russian Federation from the United Nations. As is known, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, its UN seat was transferred to the Russian Federation.

NEW YORK, Apr 14 (IPS) - Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury is former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the UN and Chairman of the UN's Administrative and Budgetary Committee in 1997-1998 that approved Kofi Annan's first reform budget.On 21 March 2025, the 69th session of the Commission for the Status of Women, popularly referred to as the CSW69, concluded its two-week-long annual meet which commenced…

NEW YORK, Sep 13 (IPS) - This opinion piece is being published exactly on the date when twenty-five years ago today the UN took its most forward-looking stride in ensuring a peaceful planet for all of us since the signing of the Charter of the United Nations in 1945.

Leading international peace educators, advocates, diplomats, and artists will gather online Tuesday, September 20 to petition the United Nations to make...

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 18 (IPS) - When Dr Gamani Corea, a former Secretary-General of the Geneva-based UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was holding court in the delegate's lounge, I asked him what he thought of the bitter dispute between then Secretary-General (SG) Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1992-1996) and the United States over the Egyptian's determination to win re-election for a second term.

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 03 (IPS) - As signs of a new Cold War are fast emerging at the United Nations, the US continues its war of words with the People's Republic of China (PRC).The rivalry, which extends from Russia and Taiwan to Iran and Myanmar – where the UN's two permanent members are on opposite sides of ongoing political or military conflicts– has now triggered a battle on semantics.

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 31 (IPS) - A rash of military coups in African countries -- including Burkina Faso, Sudan, Guinea, Mali, and most recently Niger-- has raised a legitimate question: What should be the response of the United Nations, a world body that swears by multi-party democracy, on army take-overs?Condemnation? Yes.

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 08 (IPS) - When the United Nations imposes sanctions or penalizes a member state – be it the General Assembly or the Human Rights Council – the resolutions are "non-binding" and often remain unimplemented.But the Security Council resolutions are "binding" – and still openly violated by countries such as North Korea—because all these UN bodies have no means of implementing these resolutions, nor…

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 06 (IPS) - The frighteningly rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have triggered the question: is there a UN role for monitoring and regulating it?Citing a report from the Center for AI Safety, the New York Times reported last week that a group of over 350 AI industry leaders warned that artificial intelligence poses a growing new danger to humanity –and should be considered a…

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) - In 2015, the UN's 193 member states adopted 17 goals for the health of the world that together comprise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be reached worldwide by 2030.

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 03 (IPS) - The United Nations, in its nearly 80-year-old history, is on the verge of fighting for its survival, as the Trump administration continues with its threats to drastically cut funding and pull out of several UN agencies which provide mostly humanitarian assistance worldwide.Elon Musk, the tech billionaire, who acts as a virtual Prime Minister to President Trump, has called on the U.S.…

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 15 (IPS) - To commemorate the seventy-seventh UN Day, the United Nations Asia Network for Diversity & Inclusion (UN-ANDI) held a panel discussion on the topic "Making the UN Charter a reality". The discussion took place virtually on 27 October, and the event was attended by diverse participants from around the world.