United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that global military spending reached US$2.7 trillion in 2025, urging stronger oversight by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as concerns over nuclear weapons grow.
The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution recognising slavery as one of the gravest crimes against humanity.
This comes after Ghana’s President, John Mahama, proposed the resolution at the Assembly, seeking to declare the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity.
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres has pointed out the failure to keep global warming below the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius, set by the 2015 Paris Agreement.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, expressed satisfaction with Namibia’s role in co-steering with Germany in the negotiations for the Summit of the Future.
The UN General Assembly has started with renewed calls for reform of multilateral institutions, including the UN Security Council, in line with the changing socio-economic and political landscape of the world.
The Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, Carl Schlettwein calls for UN coordination in water management.
The minister said the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres should create a position within the UN that takes responsibility for water.
President Hage Geingob held consultations with the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, ahead of the African Union Peace and Security Council meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
