As Colombia elections near, Security Council hears calls for calm
Following decades of conflict, the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP rebel group signed an historic Final Agreement on 24 November 2016. The following year, the Council authorised the creation of…
World News in Brief: Tackling the AI digital divide, deadly migration journeys, Lucy Hale named new WFP Goodwill Ambassador
The UN’s Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance is one of the key initiatives on AI. It brings together all 193 United Nations Member States, the private sector, civil society, academia and…
World News in Brief: AI diagnostics, humanitarian deal for DR Congo, rights abuse allegations in Belarus, Ukraine children bear heaviest burden
According to the UN World Health Organization (WHO) joint report with the European Union, 74% of countries in the bloc use AI tools in medical imaging, disease detection and to…
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Emergency briefing on Ukraine amid escalating Russian attacks
The Security Council meets in emergency session at 3pm to address the escalating conflict in Ukraine. The open briefing follows a formal request from Kyiv citing a surge in Russian…
Hekim Birliği Sendikası: Şiddet Okullara ve Hastanelere Sıçradı
Hekim Birliği Sendikası, Dr. Ersin Arslan'ın yıl dönümünde sağlıkta ve eğitimde artan şiddet olaylarına karşı caydırıcı yasal düzenleme çağrısında bulundu.
Selçuk Özdağ’dan Diş Hekimlerinin Atama Sorunu İçin Soru Önergesi
Selçuk Özdağ, Türkiye'de atama bekleyen 20 bin diş hekimi ve yaşanan hizmet aksaklıkları nedeniyle Sağlık Bakanlığı'na soru önergesi verdi.
Gender, geography and powerbroking in play in race for next UN chief
Why it mattersThe major questions going into the process which is now underway are:Which country will the next UN chief come from?Will a woman be chosen to lead the Organisation…
Sudan: Three quarters of women feel unsafe as war rages on
Fabrizia Falcione, UNFPA Country Representative in Sudan, briefed journalists in New York on a recent assessment based on 95 focus group discussions across 16 out of 18 states.Roughly 1,000 women…
More than 38,000 women and girls killed in Gaza war, UN gender equality agency reports
The overall total includes at least 22,000 women and 16,000 girls and amounts to an average of at least 47 women and girls killed every day, the agency’s Sofia Calltorp,…
More than half of Haitians continue to face food crisis
The update came on Friday, in a release by the World Food Programme (WFP), which has been working with the government and partners to assist 2.7 million people in Haiti…
