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The Security Council has a veto right. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías by Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday February 17, 2026 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Feb 17 (IPS) – With the campaign for the next secretary general gaining momentum at a relatively slow pace, there is widespread speculation that any candidate running for UN chief will […]
When the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to declare May 25 as World Football Day. Credit: UN Photo/Loey Felipe by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday November 28, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28 (IPS) – The 193-member General Assembly, the UN’s highest policy-making body, routinely designates ‘International Days’ and ‘World Days’ on a […]
CTBTO Executive Secretary Robert Floyd addresses staff, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria, 2023. Credit: CTBTO Preparatory Commission by Thalif Deen (united nations) Wednesday November 12, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 (IPS) – The US took another step backward – breaking ranks with the United Nations – when it voted against a draft resolution […]
Credit: United Nations by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday November 7, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Nov 7 (IPS) – “Has the world given up the fight against climate change?” was a rhetorical question recently asked by the New York Times, perhaps with a degree of sarcasm. It could look like this, says Christiana Figueres, […]
The USSR’s first nuclear test “Joe 1” in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, August 29, 1949. Credit: CTBTO by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday October 31, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) – The ongoing aftermath of nuclear testing by the world’s nuclear powers has had a devastating impact on hundreds and thousands of victims around […]
