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UN leadership hopefuls stress need for peace and restoring confidence

Today 11:55 Contenders for next UN secretary-general make their case this week for a United Nations more invested in peace.

MULTILATERALISM

Argentina votes against UN resolution on transatlantic slave trade

25-03-2026 15:52 UN General Assembly designates transatlantic African slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity" in majority vote, but Argentina, Israel and United States vote against.

DIPLOMACY & MULTILATERALISM

Latin America split at UN over US military action in Venezuela

06-01-2026 17:59 Security Council meeting exposes sharp regional divisions after Maduro’s capture and transfer to New York; Some governments defend sovereignty while others back Washington’s move against Maduro.

Conflict at the Canal

Panama complains to UN over Trump canal threat

22-01-2025 10:10 Panama rejected President Donald Trump's pledge that the United States would be "taking back" the Panama Canal, saying the key interoceanic waterway would remain under its control.

ENVIRONMENT

Paris climate agreement goals 'in great peril,' warns UN meteorologist

11-11-2024 12:11 Paris climate agreement’s goals are in danger, warns top meteorologist Celeste Saulo; Rapidly rising temperatures are placing the planet in danger, wreaking havoc on communities and economies around the world, warns UN agency.

ENVIRONMENT

Big guns descend on Cali for final push in UN biodiversity talks

29-10-2024 15:45 Heads of state, ministers and UN Secretary General António Guterres arrived in Cali Tuesday hoping to add impetus to grinding talks on ways to save nature from human destruction.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

‘Totalitarian’: Argentina votes against UN ‘Pact for the Future’

23-09-2024 19:26 Milei administration officials voice rejection of non-binding UN masterplan to address 21st-century challenges; Only seven out of 193 states vote against, including Argentina, Russia, North Korea and Venezuela.

TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY

Lula seeks to lead push for global AI rules during Brazil’s G20

23-09-2024 17:33 As the planet’s largest economies struggle to forge consensus on the future of artificial intelligence, Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wants to ensure the developing world isn’t left out of the debate.

News of antonio guterres

UN leadership hopefuls stress need for peace and restoring confidence

Argentina votes against UN resolution on transatlantic slave trade

Latin America split at UN over US military action in Venezuela

Panama complains to UN over Trump canal threat

Paris climate agreement goals 'in great peril,' warns UN meteorologist

Big guns descend on Cali for final push in UN biodiversity talks

‘Totalitarian’: Argentina votes against UN ‘Pact for the Future’

Lula seeks to lead push for global AI rules during Brazil’s G20

Argentina export deluge gives Milei chance to rebuild dollar reserves

Argentina’s economic activity posts biggest slump since 2023

More than 50% of children in Argentina are poor, says UCA report

Daniel Noboa’s ‘new Ecuador’ has some fearing loss of civil freedoms

Is taxing the super rich really viable in Latin America?

La novia de Pablo Toviggino quiso retirar $10.000 millones en efectivo y el banco se negó

El Gobierno se apura a privatizar el agua, el gas y la luz para enviar una señal a Wall Street

Avanza una masa de aire frío desde la Antártida y se espera un abrupto descenso de la temperatura: habrá mínimas cercanas a los 0°C

Dante Gebel se reunió con referentes de la CGT y Llaryora, de cara a las Elecciones 2027

"Papelón": el Gobierno cuestionó la ausencia de Victoria Villarruel en la misa de la que participaron Adorni, Santilli y Menem