Links to recent news and analysis on the United Nations and other multilateral institutions tasked with rules-based international cooperation to deliver sustainable development.
UN chief wants Amisom to remain in Somalia
10/3/2022: UN chief Antonio Guterres has recommended to the Security Council that the African Union maintains its current Mission in Somalia. Amison is tasked with supporting the country's fragile government in the fight against insurgents.
Source: The East African
Is Russia sabotaging the Iran nuclear deal?
9/3/2022: After eleven months of talks negotiators appear close to striking a deal to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal which lifted sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program. But the negotiations have been complicated by a last-minute demand from Russia which the US has rejected.
Source: DW
China rejects UN text on North Korea missile test
8/3/2022: US and European allies on the UN Security Council have failed to convince China and Russia to back a text noting North Korea's "violations" of resolutions on missile technology. The US Ambassador to the UN expressed concern that such inaction erodes the credibility of the Security Council.
Source: CNA
Ukraine challenges legitimacy of Russia’s UN membership
7/3/2022: The overwhelming condemnation of the invasion of Ukraine has raised challenging questions about the legitimacy of UN memberships of both Russia and China which are permanent members of the Security Council.
Source: Inter Press Service
Time for a multi-phased reform strategy of the WTO
2/3/2022: The rules-based trading system is losing steam. If the World Trade Organisation is to reassume its role as the regulator of rules-based trade changes in both its substantive rules and institutions must take place.
Source: East Asia Forum
UN sets up emergency General Assembly on Ukraine crisis
27/2/2022: Only 10 such emergency special sessions of the General Assembly have been convened since 1950. The text gives the Assembly the power to take up matters of international peace and security when the Security Council lacks unanimity among its five veto-wielding permanent members. Last week Russia vetoed a Security Council resolution that would have deplored the aggression against Ukraine.
Source: UN News
Sub-Saharan Africa must boost 3% global trade share
10/2/2022: To reduce poverty on a large scale and transform their economies African countries must scale up their participation in international markets.
Source: Devex
No time to lose in meeting Sustainable Development Goals
10/2/2022: With only eight years until 2030 and with the setbacks of COVID-19 the UN is concerned to get back on track towards the SDGs. It wants power wealth and opportunities to be shared more broadly at the international level with developing countries focusing resources on sustainable development.
Source: UN News
World leaders hail agreement on global corporate tax rate
8/10/2021: Most countries have signed up to a historic deal on corporate taxation that will now be put to G20 leaders for approval. It will ensure a minimum 15% corporate rate and that multinational companies will be taxed in the countries where they generate their revenue.
Source: DW
The future of international cooperation
10/9/2021: The UN Secretary-General has released Our Common Agenda, a landmark report setting out his vision of a new era for multilateralism, in which countries work together to solve global problems, with the UN universally recognized as a trusted platform for collaboration. He recommends a Summit of the Future to forge a new global consensus.
Source: UN News