UN - UN Affairs

1. UN faces deepening financial crisis, urges members to pay up

   The United Nations is facing a worsening cash crisis that threatens its ability to carry out vital work, Member States warned this week, as the General Assembly’s Fifth Committee met to discuss the world body’s financial health.

2. In Baghdad, Guterres affirms UN will never forget staff killed in Canal Hotel attack

   The United Nations will never forget the staff members killed nearly 23 years ago in the attack on its headquarters in Iraq, the Secretary-General said in the capital on Sunday.

3. UN needed ‘more than ever before’ says Germany’s candidate to head General Assembly

   The former Foreign Minister of Germany outlined her vision for the role of UN General Assembly President, pledging to make the world body more effective, inclusive and focused on results. 

4. In Berlin, broad backing for UN peacekeeping as global threats mount

   More than 130 countries and international partners threw their weight behind UN peacekeeping at a high-level ministerial summit in Berlin on Wednesday, pledging military, tech and political support.

5. UN chief calls for major reforms to cut costs and improve efficiency

   Amid financial strain and growing global challenges, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is pushing for wide-ranging structural reforms to enhance the world body’s effectiveness.