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5 days ago | 
news.un.org | Vibhu Mishra
For young people living on the frontlines, climate change disrupts education, health and safety, casting a pall of uncertainty over the future. As countries race to meet climate goals, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is stepping in to ensure that children’s voices are not just heard, but central to shaping solutions.
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1 week ago | 
news.un.org | Vibhu Mishra
The Council cleared its original schedule to address the rapidly evolving crisis, also hearing from the head of the UN-backed international nuclear watchdog, who warned of the grave risks to regional stability and nuclear safety. Overnight from Thursday into Friday, Israeli military strikes targeted nuclear facilities across Iran, including the Natanz enrichment site.
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1 week ago | 
scoop.co.nz | Vibhu Mishra
By Vibhu Mishra9 June2025 Rafael Grossi, Director-General ofthe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), saidon Monday that Iran’s growing stockpile of highly enricheduranium and unresolved questions about its programme remainserious issues. “Unless and until Iranassists the agency in resolving the outstanding safeguardsissues, the Agency will not be in a position to provideassurance that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusivelypeaceful,” he said.
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2 weeks ago | 
scoop.co.nz | Vibhu Mishra
By Vibhu Mishra5 June2025 However, serious concerns remainover potential undeclared stockpiles and more than a decadeof incomplete or inconsistent disclosures by Syria, raisingdoubts about full compliance.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.un.org | Vibhu Mishra
“It is absolutely essential to keep alive the two-State solution perspective with all the terrible things we are witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank,” Mr. Guterres told reporters at UN Headquarters in New York. He was responding to a question about his message to leaders gathering at a high-level international conference later this month on a comprehensive and lasting peace in the region. “And for those that doubt about the two-State solution, I ask: What is the alternative?
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2 weeks ago | 
news.un.org | Vibhu Mishra
The text, co-sponsored by Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, and Somalia – collectively known as the E-10 – received 14 votes in favour, with the US casting the lone vote against. As one of the council’s five permanent members, the US holds veto power – a negative vote that automatically blocks any resolution from going forward.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.un.org | Vibhu Mishra
Ukraine and Croatia secured seats from the Eastern European regional group, which had three available seats. Russia and Belarus, having failed to obtain the required two-thirds majority, will proceed to a second round of restricted balloting. North Macedonia, the fifth candidate from the group, did not meet the two-thirds threshold and did not advance. Germany and the United States were also elected in a by-election to replace Liechtenstein and Italy, who relinquished their seats.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.un.org | Vibhu Mishra
By Vibhu Mishra UN Affairs She assumes the role at a challenging time, with ongoing conflicts, faltering development goals, mounting financial pressures, and the upcoming selection of the next Secretary-General. Ms. Baerbock received 167 votes following the secret ballot. Write-in candidate Helga Schmid (also from Germany) received seven. Fourteen delegations abstained.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.un.org | Vibhu Mishra
In addition, the Assembly endorsed a wide range of measures to promote health equity, reduce air pollution, and strengthen protections for vulnerable populations. “The words ‘historic’ and ‘landmark’ are overused, but they are perfectly apt to describe this year’s World Health Assembly,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at the Assembly’s closing, ending nine days of intense debate and decisions.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.un.org | Vibhu Mishra
By Vibhu Mishra Human Rights Published ahead of the Human Rights Council’s upcoming session, the report highlighted the worsening situation since the military coup in 2021, which derailed Myanmar’s democratic transition and ignited widespread armed resistance.
