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Synergy in Action: IHL and Islamic Law for Humanitarian Outcomes

Synergy in Action: IHL and Islamic Law for Humanitarian Outcomes, a high-level event co-organized by the ICRC and the University for Peace and with the support of the League of the Arab States, Organi...

ICRC President: "We can no longer pretend that what we are witnessing across war zones is in accordance with the law"

Speech given by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the UN Security Council Open Debate on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict – 20 May 2026, New...

Stop All Illegal and Criminal Threats Against Cuba!

The U.S. Peace Council sharply condemns the Trump administration for repeatedly threatening to militarily invade Cuba, bomb and destroy schools and hospitals — as the U.S. did to Serbia, Iraq, Libya,...

Xi holds talks with Putin in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday, with the two sides agreeing to further extend the China-...

South Korea and Pakistan condemn Israel’s abduction of flotilla activists

South Korea and several other countries expressed outrage over Israel’s attacks on the Global Sumud Flotilla earlier this week and alleged torture of the kidnapped participants in custody.

Flotilla activists deported after days of abuse in Israeli detention

Over 400 flotilla activists are expected to be transferred to their countries after days of abuse in Israeli imprisonment.

Bangladesh: Authorities must immediately drop ICT charges against journalists for carrying out their work

Responding to the charges brought against detained Ekattor Television journalists Farzana Rupa and Mozammel Haque by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), reportedly in relation to a ‘misleading’ r...

RootsAction Blasts Official DNC Autopsy; ‘Disgrace’ Would Be ‘Understatement’

RootsAction is releasing the following statement:After months of intense pressure, Chair Ken Martin and the DNC finally caved and released their 2024 autopsy report. To call the report a disgrace woul...

Iran Releasing Strait of Hormuz Boundaries a ‘Bargaining Chip’

“Failures of ‘America First Global Health’”: U.S. Global Health Cuts and DRC Conflict Fuel Ebola Crisis

Sweeping U.S. cuts to critical global health programs, including funding and staffing reductions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for Interna...

‘My only “crime” was being a doctor’: Dr. Ahmad Mhanna on his 22 months in Israeli detention

In the occupied Gaza Strip, Palestinian healthcare workers have been facing unprecedented dangers, with many detained under conditions that violate international humanitarian law. Amnesty Internationa...

Paraguay Jails Ex-Senator Over Ties to Drug Kingpin Marset

The former lawmaker was stripped of his immunity and jailed to serve a 13-year sentence for criminal association and money laundering.

Introducing WISEN: The wartime incidents to environment database

We believe that a more systematic and comprehensive approach to monitoring environmental change in areas affected by conflicts could radically improve how damage is understood, perceived and addressed...

Security Council LIVE: Ambassadors debate future of Gaza amid stalled progress on lasting peace

The Security Council is discussing the stalled progress in Gaza as the fragile ceasefire there limps on, and deteriorating conditions across the West Bank amid continued civilian casualties and mounti...

Building the smart city: Promise, pitfalls and the people at its heart

From AI-powered transit systems to digital twins and flood-proof parks, cities are embracing technology at an unprecedented scale. But as innovation accelerates, experts warn that inclusion, trust and...

War is becoming a death sentence for women and girls

Thirteen-year-old Mona still remembers the moment the second airstrike hit.

UN agencies step up Ebola response in eastern DR Congo

United Nations agencies have moved swiftly to support efforts to contain the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), delivering emergency medical supplies, protective...

Syrian Authorities Seize 25 Million Captagon Pills in Major Port Bust

Netherlands: Amnesty International supports strategic lawsuit against alleged illegal tracking software in games and apps

Amnesty International supports a class action lawsuit filed today by The Privacy Collective on behalf of Dutch internet users against the American tech company AppLovin.  The case focuses on the alleg...

Welfare not Warfare | Rally In Brussels on 14 June & Month Of Decentralized Action Across Europe!

Organized and coordinated by the Stop Militarization Platform and StopRearmEurope campaign, of which IPB is a member. If you haven’t already, sign our call to action here and join the European movemen...

Burgers, Brats, and Busted Budgets: Summer Staples Up 13%, Travel Prices Surging Ahead of Memorial Day

New data released today by Groundwork Collaborative and The Century Foundation shows how President Trump’s reckless economic policies and war in Iran are driving up the costs of summer cookouts and tr...

The growth of dual-use by design research in Europe: Export control risks and challenges

This topical backgrounder examines how the increase in dual-use by design research blurs the traditional distinction between publicly funded civilian and military research in Europe.

Trump seeks redemption in Cuba after his regime-change failure in Iran

President Donald Trump is chasing the kind of regime-altering triumph in Cuba that has eluded him in Iran. But any move toward yet more action by the stretched US armed forces would come with high pol...

15% of Journalists Face Harassment in Bangladesh, Female Journalists at Highest Risk 

BBC Media Action Survey By Rita Bhowmick (Dhaka Bureau) A significant portion of journalists working in Bangladesh’s media industry are experiencing severe professional and social insecurity. A recent...

Women’s Safety in Bangladesh’s Public Transport: Humane System Needed, Not Just Isolated Buses

by Zahida Parvez Chhanda (Dhaka Bureau) Although the economic participation of women in Bangladesh- a rapidly developing South Asian nation- is globally acclaimed, their primary mode of daily commute,...

Call for $710.5 Million in International Humanitarian Aid to Support 1.5 Million Rohingya and Host Communities in BD

By Sabrina Khan (Dhaka Bureau) Amid growing global political instability and emerging humanitarian crises worldwide, deep concerns have arisen over the future of Rohingya refugees and their local host...

The San Diego Mosque Hate Crime and the Political Leaders Who Lit the Fuse

A hate crime had struck close to home. On the TV screen, more than four dozen police cars, blue lights swirling in a cold, mechanical rhythm. The news ticker crawled across the bottom of the TV screen...

How the Yellow Vests Attempted to Rebuild the Urban Periphery of Paris

In June 2019, a group of Yellow Vests, the diverse protest movement that broke out a year earlier, and their families set to work constructing a cabin on a holiday Saints Day. It was a Thursday, a wel...

Sanctions Kill. I Have Watched Them Do It.

Last month, I operated on an elderly man with a perforated peptic ulcer. The surgery was textbook. I closed his abdomen cleanly, without complication. We had antibiotics available that time. What we d...

How National Infrastructure Can Defeat Trumpism

How did we get here? How can we get out of this mess? From Nixon to Reagan to George W. Bush to Trump, Republican presidents have been getting worse and worse. We can no longer afford to hope that we...

In Defiance of Peru’s Colonial Legacy, Cholas Reclaim Identity

Scholar Olga Rodriguez-Ulloa argues that dominant narratives in Peruvian academia have made it difficult to think of subversives as peers. Olga Rodriguez-Ulloa is an Assistant Professor in the Departm...

One Racist Batshit Christo-Fascist Homeland Under God

In retrospect, Sunday's taxpayer-funded blasphemy fest to "rededicate" America as a Christian nation though it's not and never was looks ever more obscene amidst an unholy regime's mounting crimes and...

Cuba condemns US indictment of Raúl Castro as pretext for aggression

The US Department of Justice has indicted the historic leader of the Revolution for an event that took place nearly 30 years ago. Havana maintains that this is a ploy to justify military aggression ag...

Crisis, coup, and social conflict: the Peruvian electoral situation

Peru's electoral challenges reflect a much deeper political crisis in the Andean country.

At the World Health Assembly, Cuba denounced the US energy blockade’s impact on health

First Deputy Minister of Health, Tania Cruz, said that causing shortages and hardship to millions of people is genocide.

Global: New UN climate accountability resolution an important step in advancing climate justice

Responding to the adoption of the climate accountability resolution at the United Nations General Assembly by overwhelming consensus today, Camile Cortez, Senior Campaigner on Climate Justice at Amnes...

What’s the significance of the Russian president’s visit to China?

UK Eases Sanctions on Russian Oil and LNG Imports

Iran war cost of living crisis looms as Starmer prepares to announce more money for military

The economic crisis caused by the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran is going global. The UN’s Development Programme has already warned that the shocks to fuel and food supplies already caused by the conf...

El Salvador: After a year in detention and repeated rights violations, authorities must immediately release Ruth López

One year after the arbitrary detention of Ruth López, Amnesty International is reiterating its concern over the human rights violations committed against her and calling on the Salvadoran authorities...

Amnesty International: Indonesia Is Using Online Disinformation Campaigns to Brand Critics as ‘Foreign Agents’

A new Amnesty International report details how the administration of Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto launches coordinated disinformation campaigns and frames civil society actors as ‘foreign agents’ to m...

Flak jackets and final goodbyes: Lebanon’s first responders under fire

Before heading to strike sites in war-torn Lebanon, rescue workers and paramedics often say goodbye to one another – a ritual captured in widely shared videos reflecting the growing dangers faced by a...

Ebola risk is high inside DR Congo but it’s no pandemic emergency: WHO

The deadly Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda does not represent a global pandemic emergency, although the risk is high at a regional and national level, the UN health...

Branko Marcetic: Ukraine’s conscription crisis is getting increasingly bloody

The war in Ukraine has been defined by periodic bursts of certainty that Russiais on the back foot, if not close to collapse, and that Ukraine, conversely, is inches away from victory. We appear to be...

Ted Galen Carpenter: Payback: Russia Uses Iran as a Proxy Against the United States

Washington and Moscow both enthusiastically celebrated the victory of the Allied “Grand Alliance” over the fascist powers at the end of World War II.  Since then, however, the two capitals have typica...

‘I was an hour away’ from striking Iran

Does Ukraine Have the Advantage at the Moment Against Russia?

Nikmati video dan muzik yang anda suka, muat naik kandungan asal dan kongsi semuanya dengan rakan, keluarga dan warga dunia pada YouTube.

Press Release | Developing economies bear the brunt of Middle East conflict as growth slows and inflation rises, UN warns

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - Time for Global Action for People and Planet

EU Prosecutor Investigates €3.5 Million Farm Subsidy Fraud in Romania

G7 Finance Ministers Let Big Oil Off the Hook Again

On Monday and Tuesday, Paris hosted the G7 Finance Ministers’ meeting, bringing together finance ministers and central bank governors from some of the world’s most powerful economies, alongside counte...

How a mobile clinic saved Samar

Helping displaced children in Gaza continue to learn despite hardship

Humanitarian Situation Report | 1 May 2026

Providing rental cash support to displaced families

Humanitarian Situation Report | 7 May 2026

How to Help End War at a Gas Station or Grocery Store

Ukraine war ‘becoming deadlier by the day’, Security Council hears

The war in Ukraine, now well into its fifth year, “is becoming deadlier by the day”, a senior UN official warned in a briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday. 

World News in Brief: Geopolitical tensions impact global economy, Gaza aid funding shortfall, violence in South Sudan, UN condemns deadly mosque attack

The global economy is entering a more fragile period as geopolitical conflicts, rising energy costs and financial instability threaten global growth and trade. 

Ethiopia: Beyond survival, a journey defined by possibility

Doug Bandow: One Cheer for Trump’s Germany Troop Withdrawal

After more than five years as president, and another four years in between terms contemplating his agenda if reelected, the president has merely announced the transfer of 5,000 personnel. All the whil...

Telegraph: Spain calls for EU army

Spain has called for the creation of a European Union army to replace the protections offered by Nato…

22 May | International Day for Biological Diversity

The post 22 May | International Day for Biological Diversity appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

Lebanon 16 May 2026 #1

Lebanon 16 May 2026 #1 lalasor Mon, 05/18/2026 - 19:04 Lebanon Mon, 05/18/2026 - 12:00 16 May 2026 The Israeli military reported that over the previous day, Hizbollah had...

Israel 16 May 2026 #1

Israel 16 May 2026 #1 lalasor Mon, 05/18/2026 - 19:03 Israel Mon, 05/18/2026 - 12:00 16 May 2026 The Israeli military reported that over the previous day, Hizbollah had "l...

Washington 17 May 2026 #1

Washington 17 May 2026 #1 lalasor Mon, 05/18/2026 - 19:03 Washington Mon, 05/18/2026 - 12:00 17 May 2026 President Trump asserted that "for Iran, the clock is ticking, an...

Iraq 17 May 2026 #1

Iraq 17 May 2026 #1 lalasor Mon, 05/18/2026 - 19:02 Iraq Mon, 05/18/2026 - 12:00 17 May 2026 The Saudi Ministry of Defense reported intercepting three drones inbound from...

Riyadh 17 May 2026 #1

Riyadh 17 May 2026 #1 lalasor Mon, 05/18/2026 - 19:00 Riyadh Mon, 05/18/2026 - 12:00 17 May 2026 The Saudi Ministry of Defense reported intercepting three drones inbound fr...

Press Release | Multistakeholder Advisory Group Renewed and MAG Chair Appointed to Prepare the XXI Internet Governance Forum Meeting in 2026

MULTISTAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP RENEWED AND MAG CHAIR APPOINTED TO PREPARE THE XXI INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM MEETING IN 2026 The membership of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group of the 2026 Internet...

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kimareki rebuilds a life beyond disability

Cyber (Dis)armament in Practice: The EU’s Role in Governing Software Vulnerabilities in a Fragmented International Order

This EUNPDC paper examines vulnerability governance as a critical—although not exhaustive—component of cyber disarmament.

Georgia: Remains of eleven people missing in connection with 1992–93 armed conflict handed over to families

SIPRI experts at the 11th Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference

Experts from the SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme took part in the 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

Dave DeCamp: Trump’s Total 2027 National Security Spending Will Exceed $2.5 Trillion

The true total of US national security spending in 2027 will exceed $2.5 trillion, far beyond the already record-shattering $1.5 trillion military budget President Trump has requested, according to ve...

Turning silence into stories: Cambodian activist amplifies LGBTQI+ youth voices

Cambodian activist Panha Theng, a 2025 UN Young Leader for the Sustainable Development Goals, says visibility and safe spaces remain critical for LGBTQI+ youth across Southeast Asia amid continuing st...

UK Government faces growing calls to rule out military conscription

UK Government faces growing calls to rule out military conscriptionFriday 15 May 2026Today a coalition of British peace organisations is launching a new petition calling on the UK government to rule o...

Peacekeeping Transitions During Crisis

UN peacekeeping transitions are increasingly unfolding under crisis conditions marked by deteriorating host-state consent, imposed timelines, and escalating insecurity. While the UN has developed more...

Strategic Communications and UN Peacekeeping Transitions

Strategic communications are critical when a peace operation is preparing to leave a country. Effective communication can help manage expectations, counter misinformation and disinformation, preserve...

Women, Peace, and Security and UN Peacekeeping Transitions

UN peacekeeping missions have played an important role in advancing the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda, including by supporting women’s participation, strengthening gender-responsive institut...

Media Advisory | United Nations to launch 2026 mid-year update on the global economy

Media Advisory  United Nations to launch 2026 mid-year update on the global economy Press briefing live on UN WebTV The report is under embargo until 19 May 2026, 12:45 pm EDT The crisis in the Middle...

One Year on from the Berlin Peacekeeping Ministerial: Looking to the Future of Peacekeeping

IPI, in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations, co-hosted an ambassador-level, off-the-record roundtable continuing the strategic dialogue launched at the May 2025 Ber...

Policy Newsletter #25 - April /May 2026

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UN rights chief warns abuses in North Korea remain a ‘human rights crisis’

Serious human rights violations continue in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and must not be allowed to fade from international attention, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker...

Former assistant secretary Mallory Stewart on informal limits, behavioral arms control, and risk reduction

Volume 82, Issue 3, May 2026.

“Arms control is not about making agreements with your friends”—Interview with Jane Vaynman

Volume 82, Issue 3, May 2026.

The potential for a new Iran agreement and the future of nuclear arms control: Interview with Thomas Pickering

Volume 82, Issue 3, May 2026.

Tom Nichols on the arms control process, in the second Trump era

Volume 82, Issue 3, May 2026.

Introduction: Arms control is dead. Long live arms control

Volume 82, Issue 3, May 2026.

Children shot, stabbed and pepper-sprayed in occupied West Bank

Israeli military operations and surging settler attacks in the occupied West Bank are killing and maiming a growing number of Palestinian children, while in Gaza tens of thousands with life-changing i...

Stop Using Drone Warfare to Perpetrate Genocides in Palestine and Sudan

May 9, 2026 | Post-event Recording This webinar examines the problem of drone warfare and possible solutions. A panel of speakers is followed by Q&A. Sponsored by Speakers include: Sean Conner was app...

Statement of Dr. Enkhsaikhan of Blue Banner at  the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Review Conference (NPT Revcon) side event on Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones (NWFZs)

United Nations, New York, 6 May, 2026 Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan I will briefly touch upon 2 issues: first, on Mongolia’s policy to establish a single-State nuclear-weapon-free zones (NWFZs) and second...

Pressure builds to end silence on Israel’s nukes

In the United States pressure is building on the Trump administration to end Washington’s continued ambiguity over Israel’s nuclear weapons programme. Writing to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, 33...

SIPRI experts host panel at Delphi Economic Forum

On 25 April, SIPRI hosted a panel at the 11th Delphi Economic Forum on the topic ‘Dual-use Dilemmas: Balancing Innovation and Security’.

Somalia teeters on the brink of catastrophe as hunger crisis deepens

“This is not a distant warning. This is a crisis that is unfolding right now and it's deepening quickly.”

Countries make progress on migration pact, but more work remains

What do more than half of all doctors in Australia, over 40 per cent of Nobel laureates from the United States, and most of the workforce in some Gulf States have in common? 

Indigenous Leaders Call for Global Recognition of Peacebuilding Role as UN Forum Echoes Summit Outcomes

NEW YORK, May 6, 2026 — Indigenous leaders, diplomats and United Nations officials convened in New York for the Second Global Summit on Indigenous Peacebuilding, issuing a call to reframe global peace...

Webinar | Introducing the WISEN database: towards a global environmental monitoring framework for conflicts

This webinar will introduce CEOBS’ Wartime IncidentS to ENvironment (WISEN) methodology, explore how we have used it for research on Ukraine, Sudan and Iran, discuss how data can be used for different...

More than 70 civilians killed in Ukraine in less than a week

At least 70 civilians have been killed and more than 500 injured across Ukraine since the start of May, UN human rights monitors said on Wednesday, as waves of attacks hit cities across the country an...

Under pressure Starmer welcomes nuclear sub from longest-ever patrol

CND Press Officer Pádraig McCarrick examines how Britain’s nuclear submarine system is being stretched on all sides. Patrols lasting more than six and a half months have become a worrying new normal f...

90+ Organizations Call for a Ban on the EU-Israel Association Agreement

April 16th 2026 Dear President von der Leyen,Dear High Representative / Vice-President Kallas,Dear Foreign Ministers of the EU member states, We, the undersigned humanitarian and human rights organisa...

SIPRI welcomes three new members to its Governing Board

The Swedish Government has formally appointed Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, Nathalie Tocci and Brian A. Wong as new members of the SIPRI Governing Board.

CND on the ground at the NPT: Amplifying the peace movement when it matters most

Rachel Earlingon, CND’s Parliamentary Officer, outlines the urgency of CND’s presence at a United Nations conference this month. The 2026 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference comes...

Meet the Staff: Rachel Earlington, Parliamentary Officer

“While public services face continued pressure and households struggle with rising costs, the government continues to pour billions into nuclear weapons, despite serious concerns about cost, safety an...

Safe pathways key to reducing risk for migrants

Restricting migration does not stop people from moving. It often pushes them into more dangerous routes.

Education or food? Funding shortfalls force Sudanese refugees in Egypt to ‘make very difficult decisions’

Civilians who have fled the war in Sudan and sought shelter in neighbouring Egypt could potentially face a new battle – the loss of critical services that ensure their survival, the UN refugee agency,...

LIVE: 2026 World Press Freedom Day

Media freedom is not a given and its absence frequently leaves communities and vulnerable individuals in danger. To mark World Press Freedom Day, we’ll be hearing from UN agencies, war correspondents...

ICAN addresses NPT Review Conference with nuclear risks at highest ever level

The states of the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are meeting at the UN in New York with tensions running high between its nuclear-armed members and with two of them, the US and Russia, involve...

Roundtable with Troop and Police Contributing Countries on Responding to Evolving Threats to Peacekeepers’ Safety and Security

Peacekeeping missions today operate in increasingly complex and volatile environments often characterized by fragile political processes, asymmetric warfare by non-state armed groups, transnational cr...

Report: Academia’s role in Ukraine’s sustainable recovery

The war in Ukraine continues to harm universities and academia, impacting research and knowledge vital for Ukraine's sustainable recovery. This report assesses the state of relevant academic research...

World News in Brief: Sudan drone attacks condemned, South Sudan violence, airstrikes in Ukraine, South Africa Freedom Day

The United Nations has condemned two recent drone attacks in Sudan, one of which left seven dead, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Monday during his regular media briefing in New York.

The Cornerstone Report

As states gather for the 2026 NPT Review Conference, there is little expectation that much will be achieved. Two consecutive review conferences have ended without agreement. The nuclear arsenals that...

Protected persons

International humanitarian law protects a wide range of people and objects during armed conflict.

Topics, debates and disarmament

The ICRC engages in various law and policy areas to enhance protection and aid for those impacted by armed conflict and other forms of violence.

Geneva Conventions and the law

International humanitarian law is based on treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols.

We help people affected by armed conflict

The ICRC responds rapidly and efficiently to provide humanitarian protection and assistance to those suffering the devastating effects of armed conflict

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Investors succumb to defense industry pressure- seek profits without concern for proliferation

The new Don’t Bank on the Bomb analysis finds 301 financial institutions made more than $1 trillion available to the nuclear weapons industry in 2025. 

Letter to bring a bank

This is a template that you can adjust, print and bring to your local bank. Or you can cut and paste it into the contact section of your banking app. Find out what banks and other financial institutio...

Extreme heat pushing global food systems to the brink, UN agencies warn

Extreme heat is pushing global food and farming systems to the brink, threatening the livelihoods of over a billion people as rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves redefine how food is produ...

Earth Day: The battle to save a drowning Pacific island nation

As the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu battles rising sea levels that threaten to put large parts of the island entirely underwater by the end of this century, its citizens are making efforts to safeg...

Landscape: a human lens on the environmental cost of war

The idea that humanity and the environment are separate facilitates wartime environmental destruction, argue Samira Siddique and Simon Watkins. But it can also help us understand why communities must...

Gaza: Human development set back 77 years as recovery costs rise to $71 billion

The UN and European Union issued a joint warning on Monday that human development across Gaza has been set back by a staggering 77 years, with $71.4 billion needed over the next decade for recovery an...

Fossil fuel transition talks must address militaries

As governments gather in Colombia for the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels amid ongoing wars, fragile ceasefires, spiralling military spending and a global energy crisis, Ellie...

Tobago’s teen archery champion takes aim at sustainability targets

Six-time Trinidad and Tobago archery champion, Anthurium Lewis, has told UN News how sport helped her overcome age barriers in environmental advocacy and how in the future it can contribute to reachin...

Youth shape the road to 2030, call for urgent action on sustainable development

As we confront increasingly complex and interconnected crises - from climate change to the AI revolution - the leadership and voices of young people have never been more vital, says the UN. 

Budgetary Costs of U.S. Military Operations in Venezuela, the Caribbean, and the Eastern Pacific, August 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026

Budgetary Costs of U.S. Military Operations in Venezuela, the Caribbean, and the Eastern Pacific, August 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026 Paper mhealy5@brown.edu April 7, 2026 April 23, 2026 Classify...

Why the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Matters: Sharpeville, Racism and the World We Are Living In

Why the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Matters: Sharpeville, Racism and the World We Are Living InFriday 20 March 2026At a time of polycrisis, with war and militarism o...

Stop Attacking Iran, End the Cycle of Violence

Stop Attacking Iran, End the Cycle of ViolenceWednesday 4 March 2026The PPU joins peace campaigners across the world - along with most people in the UK, US and elsewhere - in condemning the US and Isr...

The Costs of U.S.-China Militarized Rivalry for Chinese and Asian Americans: Hate Crimes, Unjust Targeting of Scholars, and Legal Exclusions

The Costs of Militarized Rivalry with China: A First Estimate

Why medicinal plants matter on World Wildlife Day

Medicinal plants and their varied uses span from ancient medicine to modern cosmetics and pharmaceuticals amid a surging demand for more.

Guterres slams international failure to manage safe migration

A 2018 agreement that aims to strengthen international cooperation on migration management must become reality, the UN Secretary-General said on Friday in New York. 

World News in Brief: Russian strikes on Ukraine condemned, migrant deaths update, devastating floods in southern Brazil

The UN on Thursday condemned the latest attacks against civilians in Ukraine by Russian forces, reiterating that they always constitute a violation of international law “and must stop immediately.” 

Over a billion fear losing land and homes within five years

Despite global progress in strengthening land tenure and governance, more than a billion people worldwide – nearly one in four adults – fear they could lose the rights to some or all of their land and...

Science-led governance of AI can help power sustainable development: Guterres

UN Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted the key role science has in international governance of artificial intelligence during an event on Friday held on the margins of the AI Impact Summit...

Floods, drought and insecurity drive acute hunger for 7.5 million in Pakistan

After a year that saw heavy monsoon floods, prolonged drought and dry spells, and a surge in violence, 7.5 million people in Pakistan face high levels of food insecurity and malnutrition according to...

Decades of gains overshadowed as Asia-Pacific falls behind on sustainable development targets

Climate inaction, biodiversity loss and rising emissions are pushing Asia and the Pacific further off course on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the region set to miss nearly nine out of...

From India, Guterres calls for $3 billion fund to ensure AI benefits all

The future of artificial intelligence “cannot be decided by a handful of countries or left to the whims of a few billionaires,” the UN Secretary-General told the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Thurs...

'Weapons not welcome in our city': Arms fair faces renewed protests in Birmingham

'Weapons not welcome in our city': Arms fair faces renewed protests in BirminghamFriday 6 February 2026An arms fair at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre (NEC) has once again drawn determined pro...

The PPU Winter Appeal 2025

The PPU Winter Appeal 2025Friday 12 December 2025Help us build a culture of peace - in 2026 and beyond! The world needs a culture of peace. At a time of record civilian conflict deaths, global instabi...

What You Need to Know about Pentagon and Military-Related Spending in H.R. 1

Mass Displacement since October 7, 2023: Flight from War, Genocide, and Expulsion in Gaza, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, and the West Bank

Mass Displacement since October 7, 2023: Flight from War, Genocide, and Expulsion in Gaza, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, and the West Bank Paper mhealy5@brown.edu September 29, 2025 David Vine October 7, 202...

Fair Lifestyle Targets

Fair Lifestyle Targets SGR Admin Thu, 02/01/2024 - 16:36     SIGN UP Signing up to these targets will show your commitment to a fair, sustainable lifestyle. Signing up to all 10 would commit to an equ...

A Science Oath for the Climate: Text and Signing

A Science Oath for the Climate: Text and Signing stuart Tue, 11/10/2020 - 10:15 A science oath for the climate: a pledge of scrutiny, integrity and engagement Science has no higher purpose than to und...

The Climate Strike - why we should all stop work to start change

The Climate Strike - why we should all stop work to start change andrew Tue, 09/17/2019 - 16:50 Climate change and energy ResponsibleSci blog It can seem odd that a refusal to act is a good way to mot...

Cars and climate change: the need for more ambition

Cars and climate change: the need for more ambition andrew Tue, 11/27/2018 - 11:37 Climate change and energy Newsletter articles Ahead of the next global climate talks in Poland, Prof John Whitelegg,...

The risks of the new EU Defence Fund

The risks of the new EU Defence Fund stuart Mon, 11/19/2018 - 12:09 Security and disarmament Other documents Scientists for Global Responsibility is one of 42 European civil society organisations warn...