With US President Donald Trump blithely brushing aside the United Nations’ many achievements, it is worth revisiting the organization’s successes and failures over the years. While it is obvious that the world’s premier multilateral body must reform, it is equally obvious that we would all be worse off without it.
After eight decades, the UN is facing a slide into irrelevance, underlining the need for reform in financing, mandates, representation and partnerships
More nuanced and constructive ways of measuring the vulnerabilities of nation states to climate crises are required
The climate crisis, Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic have increased levels of poverty
When Russia illegally invaded Ukraine, was not that the moment for the United Nations to send its secretary general to Moscow to demand a ceasefire?
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday the war in Ukraine could have been avoided if Nato had heeded caution not to expand eastwards, as he reiterated that South Africa was ready to mediate. Replying to a question in parliament, Ramaphosa suggested that it was partly South Africa’s historical perspective on the alliance’s expansion and partly […]
In his new year message, António Guterres urges countries to unite behind solutions that can benefit all people.
The latest United Nations report on the greenhouse gas emissions gap paints bleak picture for the climate accord target
Critics have accused the young climate activists of being divisive and unrepresentative; they say this simply isn’t true
The system needs to be more open and inclusive to give young people, civil society, the private sector, academia, and others a spot at the table
In the round-up: Covid-19; the obscenity of Western countries; closing schools for the rest of the year; and Samuel Eto’o declares his candidacy
The ongoing three-week talks ahead of COP26 are proving tricky in a world of virtual climate diplomacy
Addressing the Covid-19 health and economic crisis requires international relations based on cooperation, the rule of law, collective action and shared principles
Simmering tensions could see the country partitioned between east and west
The impacts of these infringements could last well beyond the life of the Covid-19 pandemic