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Security Council extends for one year, lifesaving cross-border aid to Syria
UN News The Security Council has authorized one year, cross-border humanitarian aid to allow the delivery of food, medicine and other...


India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway win seats on UN Security Council
Jack Arnholz, ABC India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway won non-permanent seats on the coveted United Nations Security Council -- the...


The UN says a new computer simulation tool could boost global development
MIT Technology Review In 2015, UN member states signed up for a set of 17 sustainable-development goals that are due to be reached by...


Supercharging Sustainable Development
Sean O'Neill, The Alan Turing Institute A bold new approach to development economics, championed by the Turing and the United Nations...


Calibrating the COVID-19 Crisis Response to the SDGs
The COVID-19 pandemic has also morphed into a larger and more global economic and social crisis than the financial collapse of 2008-2009.


COVID-19 - Joint declaration of the alliance for multilateralism
Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs "diplomatie" A declaration signed by 24 countries calling for a multifaceted, cooperative approach...


America, China and saving the WHO
Kevin Rudd, The Economist The crisis exposes realities for what they are. The uncomfortable truth about the current coronavirus crisis is...


Calibrating the COVID-19 Crisis Response to the SDGs
Kevin P. Gallagher, William R. Kring and Jose Antonio Ocampo, UN News The COVID-19 pandemic has also morphed into a larger and more...


Multilateral paradigm needed for UN reform
Carolina Romano, ChinaDaily It is essential to apply UN reform that stands for a different paradigm, one based on an integrated,...


Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation announces a New Global Partnerships Narrative
Press Release, Ahram online Minister Dr. Rania Al-Mashat the Minister of International Cooperation presented a New Global Partnerships...


Zoom climate diplomacy: ‘Technology doesn’t help build trust’
Chloé Farand, Climate Change News The coronavirus pandemic has pushed climate diplomacy online, greening much of UN Climate Change’s...


BFPG Explains: COVID-19 and Multilateralism
British Foreign Policy Group Whilst the World Health Organisation has been issuing guidance to nations on how best to respond to the...


Who's funding the COVID-19 response and what are the priorities?
Lisa Cornish, Devex Since the beginning of 2020, more than $4.6 trillion has been pledged by governments, bilateral donors, multilateral...


The Multilateral system still cannot get its act together on COVID-19
Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign Relations Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, international cooperation has been missing...
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