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An essential step to peace is that the UAE stop arming the RSF and be held to account for its actions, which it officially denies. The United States is one of the few countries that has enough sway to have an impact.

In a modest win for multilateralism, 193 countries approved the Pact for the Future just ahead of the UN General Assembly. Unfortunately, the Pact suffers from two fatal flaws: the first is the disconnect between its vision and current events and the second is the disconnect between its signatories’...

In 2015 the nations of the world agreed at the United Nations on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be reached by 2030. The SDGs are the closest the world has come to a definable and measurable global social contract. The SDGs do not constitute a legally binding contract; there are no pen...

It is time for an update to the $100 billion climate finance goal that was agreed to in 2009 as part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change process. In April, Cartagena hosted the first meeting under the ad hoc work programme on the new collective quantified goal on climate fin...

When world leaders gather in September for this year’s UN General Assembly, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will be on the agenda. For people like me who care passionately about this issue, this is a welcome opportunity to address a global problem with a global solution. Ahead of September, we need t...

We examine takeaways from COP28, with a focus on the three topics that matter the most for development.

The UN is about to delete literacy and numeracy in early primary school from the list of Sustainable Development Goals because of a technical debate about measurement and a turf war between testing agencies. It shouldn’t.

The latest climate COP, or “Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,” got underway today in Dubai. It will be attended by thousands of delegates from governments, the private sector, media, and civil society, with two hectic weeks of events and negotiat...

When negotiators gather at COP28, climate finance and a new goal for 2025 onwards will be high up on the agenda. Developing countries would be wise to push for a combined climate and development finance goal.

This week’s General Assembly was a gloomy affair as UN officials strained to defend multilateralism in an increasingly polarized world with several major heads of state MIA.