Geopolitics

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‘We need to start now’ on road to peace, UN envoy says as Syria negotiations open in Geneva

New York, Feb 24 (Just Earth News): Welcoming the representatives of the Syrian Government and its opposition to the United Nations-facilitated negotiations that opened on Thursday in Geneva, Staffan de Mistura reiterated the need to work together for a political solution. more

Millions in Lake Chad suffering ‘at no fault of their own’ need world’s support, urges UN aid chief

New York, Feb 24 (Just Earth News): Ahead of a major donors conference in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, seeking to generate global action to tackle the complex crisis in Africaâ€™s Lake ...

Security Council extends mandate of UN Guinea-Bissau peacebuilding office through 2018

New York, Feb 24 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council on Thursday extended for another year the mandate of the UN Integrated Peace-Building Office in Guinea-Bissau, known a ...

OSCE seeks to defuse conflicts, combat radicalization and build trust, UN Security Council told

New York, Feb 23 (Just Earth News): Multilateral cooperation is the only way to achieve peace, security and stability, and there is no alternative to it, Austriaâ€™s Foreign Minister to ...

At Security Council, UN chief Guterres highlights global significance of a peaceful Europe

New York, Feb 22 (Just Earth News): Noting that recent crises in Europe show that the continent remains at risk from new outbreaks of conflict, United Nations Secretary-General called for re ...

'Historic' day as last FARC-EP members gather to turn in arms – UN mission in Colombia

New York, Feb 21 (Just Earth News): About 300 members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) on Monday arrived in central Colombia's Agua Bonita zone, bringing ...

Amid global paradox, solutions that unify economic and social progress needed – UN labour chief

New York, Feb 21 (Just Earth News): Highlighting that many around the world are left out from being able to benefit from global prosperity dividends and that even flourishing societies are s ...

At Munich Security Conference, UN chief Guterres highlights need for 'a surge in diplomacy for peace'

New York, Feb 19 (Just Earth News): Highlighting the complex and interlinked challenges confronting the global community that also compound the suffering of the most vulnerable, United Natio ...

A decade on, UN urges all Governments to endorse convention on enforced disappearance

New York, Feb 18 (Just Earth News): Marking the tenth anniversary of an historic treaty to keep people from suffering enforced disappearance or secret detentions, the United Nations on Fri ...

Central African Republic: UN mission reinforces presence in restive Bambari

New York, Feb 18 (Just Earth News): Amid ongoing rebel activity in and around Bambari in strife-torn Central African Republic, the United Nations mission â€“ known as MINUSCA â€“ s ...