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Euroviews. I am running for the next UN Secretary-General. This is why

The UN chief is chosen in an opaque process by countries seeking to uphold the status quo without any public involvement. This results in the selection of the person that will upset the least, or appease the most of those hyper-polarized powers, Colombe Cahen-Salvador writes.

4 April 2024

USA

US intelligence leak suspect to appear in court on Friday

Pentagon documents leak suspect to appear in court on Friday over what the US government has called a "deliberate criminal act."

13 April 2023

Earth News

COP27: New UN early warning system could save billions and many lives

The systems will allow people, particularly in the Global South, to prepare for hazardous climate-related disasters.

7 November 2022

USA

UN chief slams 'greed' and 'outrageous profits' of big oil and gas

Antonio Guterres decried record profits from energy companies as "immoral" and called on national governments to tax the profits and use the revenues to help people most in need.

3 August 2022

World News

World one step from 'nuclear annihilation', says UN chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation.”

2 August 2022

World News

Guterres re-elected for second-term as UN Secretary General

Guterres seeing building trust as key to tackling some of the world's biggest issues including the coronavirus pandemic and climate change

18 June 2021

World News

Brian Urquhart, early leader of United Nations, dies at 101

British diplomat Brian Urquhart, an early leader of the United Nations who played a central role in developing the UN practice of peacekeeping, has died.

4 January 2021

World News

Euroviews. An opportunity the United Nations and its Secretary-General must not miss ǀ View

Today’s fast-changing geopolitical landscape is creating an environment in which a return to the collective security system of the UN should be attractive to great and small powers alike. The Secretary-General must seize this opportunity.

18 November 2019

USA

Euroviews. The death knell is ringing for the UN. We can’t let this beacon of hope die without a fight ǀ View

As the UN turns 74 this week, we can look back on its legacy and credit the organisation, and the system of multilateral cooperation built around it, with the avoidance of major wars. But do its recent failures spell the demise for the UN?

23 October 2019