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NewsCalls for reforming the UN and binding global cooperation on AI governance dominate annual UN session
New York, 22 September 2026 – Government leaders attending the 81st annual United Nations General Assembly session at the UN Headquarters used the unique opportunity ...
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NewsKey Risk Factors for AI Loss of Control Came Together in 2026 Incident, Independent UN Scientific Panel Finds
Halting this incident is no assurance that humans will keep control of more capableSystems. Following is a press release from the panel. New York, 21 ...
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NewsOne in three institutions built to advance gender equality stripped of power in just two years, new UN report reveals
The UN warns that a deliberate political retreat from gender equality is reversing decades of progress, and calls for equal power for women everywhere New ...
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NewsAfghanistan: Families in free-fall, abandoned and ignored
Note: The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) argues in a press release below that five years after the Taliban takeover, Afghanistan has been utterly abandoned by the ...
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NewsUN opens annual session determined to restore trust, manage transformation and deliver for all
New York, 8 September 2026 – The United Nations has opened its 81st annual session trusting that world leaders who will take part in the ...
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NewsNepal floods: UN and partners launch $49.6 million emergency appeal
The plan aims to reach over 84,000 people with aid, supporting the Government-led response Kathmandu, Nepal, 4 September 2026 — The United Nations and humanitarian ...
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NewsEl Niño set to become very strong, raising risks of extreme weather into 2027
Note: El Niño is firmly established and is expected to strengthen further. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Forecasts show near 100% likelihood that it will ...
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NewsUpdate: World Humanitarian Day 2026: Aid workers under fire as armed drones transform war-making
Note: The World Humanitarian Day is observed every year on 19 August to mark the anniversary of the bombing in 2003 of the Canal Hotel ...
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NewsRecord 756 million women now live in the shadow of armed conflict
Note: A new report finds that the number of women living in conflict zones has nearly tripled since 1990, with the sharpest rise in sub-Saharan ...
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NewsRefugees in South Sudan Face Extreme Hunger as Funds Run Out
Juba, South Sudan, 14 August 2026 – More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing further access to lifesaving food, nutrition and ...
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NewsFive years after the Taliban takeover: the normalization of the exclusion of women and girls in Afghanistan
Note: New UN Women data reveals that half of Afghan women interviewed leave home only once or twice a month because of the severe ...
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NewsAfghanistan: Five years on, the world has turned its back on Afghan civilians
Note: This new press release from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) marks five years since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan and it calls on NATO ...
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