UNGA 81: Multilateralism Under Pressure, But Resilient
30 Sep 2026
UNGA 81 showed a world that still overwhelmingly turns to the United Nations to solve problems that no country can tackle alone
UNGA 81 showed a world that still overwhelmingly turns to the United Nations to solve problems that no country can tackle alone
The UN Secretary-General’s 2026 Review of the Future of All Forms of United Nations Peace Operations calls for a fundamental reset of peace operations to meet the demands of a changing geopolitical landscape
UNISFA faces the risks associated with changing weather patterns and broader climatic changes across the Abyei area
Africa’s call for reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has grown into a compelling argument for decolonising the composition of the Council by adding one or more African permanent members
It is time now – more than ever – for the UN Security Council to endorse one of the funding models outlined by Secretary-General Guterres for the predictable, sustainable, and flexible financing of AU-led operations and modalities for AU missions to access UN accessed contributions.
UN peacekeeping is now under new pressure because of a significant loss of trust between its three large stabilisation operations and their host countries
Ongoing peace processes attest to a new dynamic; they signal a quest for finding regional solutions to peace and security challenges in the Great Lakes region
Joint Communique: Fourteenth (14th) Annual Joint Consultative Meeting between Members of The United Nations Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council, 30 September 2020 Source: African Union
Redouble efforts against ‘global scourge’ of gender-based violence, intensified by pandemic: Guterres Source: UN News From domestic violence to sexual abuse, online harassment and increased child marriage, gender-based violence (GBV)
UN agencies, together with the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, call for reform of nationality laws that discriminate on the basis of gender Source: UN Women At a high