Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy further the goal of achieving … Continue reading →
At a press conference held shortly before the Nato summit in Madrid, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that NATO would increase its Response Force from 40 thousand to more than 300 thousand in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine … Continue reading →
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs is running the Pitching Peace Youth Music Challenge which invites young people to express their passion for peace through music. It is part of the Youth4Disarmament Initiative. With financial support from the Ministry of Foreign … Continue reading →
On 26 May 2022 the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, told the Security Council that “recent weeks have been filled with the familiar pattern of daily violence, including armed clashes, settlement expansion, evictions, demolitions … Continue reading →
Since the UN was created in 1945, five nations have a veto within the body responsible for international peace and security: the Security Council. Those nations are China, France, Russia, the UK and USA. Each of those countries have used … Continue reading →
The war in Ukraine, following the Russian invasion, has sparked all sorts of questions about the United Nations, particularly the role of the Security Council, the General Assembly and the Secretary-General. Here are some of the answers to five common … Continue reading →
Since Russia’s illegal invasion of its peaceful democratic neighbour Ukraine on 24 February 2022 there has been discussion about the status of Russia within the United Nations. Some people argue that Russia has no right membership since it succeeded the … Continue reading →
The Guardian reports that a Pakistani man sentenced to life in prison in 2019 for strangling his sister, a model on social media, has been acquitted of murder after his parents pardoned him under Islamic law. Waseem Azeem was arrested … Continue reading →
On the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu on 26 December, Secretary-General António Guterres was among the UN leaders paying tribute, describing him as “an unwavering voice for the voiceless.” “Archbishop Tutu was a towering global figure for peace and an … Continue reading →
On 13 December Niger and Ireland sponsored a draft resolution that would have requested the UN Secretary‑General to integrate climate‑related security risk as a central component of United Nations conflict‑prevention strategies aiming to help counter the risk of conflict relapse. … Continue reading →