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Marking a Decade: The UN Sustainable Development Goals in ReviewPanelists discuss the progress made toward achieving the seventeen United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the prospects for advancing the global agenda on poverty reduction, climate action, health, and inclusive economic growth by 2030. Please note there is no virtual component to the meeting. The audio, video, and transcript of this meeting will be posted on the CFR website.
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What Are the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?The United Nations’ ambitious development agenda aims to protect people and the planet via seventeen goals. But experts say governments aren’t doing enough to implement them.
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Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: Sustainable Development Goals and Faith-Based LeadershipMusimbi Kanyoro, chair of the United World Colleges international board, and Olivia Wilkinson, senior fellow with the Faith and Global Health Initiative of the Georgetown University Global Health Institute, discuss how religious communities and civil society advance the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Azza Karam, founding president and CEO of Lead Integrity, moderates the conversation.
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The UN Security CouncilThe UN Security Council is the premier global body for maintaining international peace and security, but it faces steady calls for reform to better meet twenty-first-century challenges.
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The UN Charter
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David J. Scheffer and Mark S. Ellis provide an introduction to the UN Charter and make the case that it is the most important secular document in the world. -
The Nonproliferation Chilling Effect U.S. Strikes on Iran Nuclear Sites Could CauseCountries without nuclear weapons could decide nuclear nonproliferation and transparency efforts that the world has taken for granted now pose more risk than reward.
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Meanwhile, Hamas is Killing Civilians Who Seek FoodWhile the war between Israel and Iran is drawing attention away from Gaza, it’s worth seeing what Hamas is doing: killing civilians who seek food.
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Beijing+30: The Global Summit for Women’s EqualityGathering to mark a historic anniversary in the fight for women’s equality, world leaders and activists find little to celebrate and a great deal to worry about. But a new generation of leaders and activists are ready to fight.
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Australia, New Zealand, and Israel: Elections Have (Good and Bad) ConsequencesWhile New Zealand's new government has taken a harder line against terrorist groups in the Middle East, Australia's has instead taken a harder line against Israel.
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Women This Week: Deadlock at COP29 to Update UN Action Plan on Gender and ClimateWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers November 16 to November 22.
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COP29 Summit in Baku: What to ExpectThe 2024 summit in Azerbaijan comes amid fresh reports showing that global warming levels are accelerating, bringing more intense climate-related disasters and an increased demand for funding to mitigate and protect communities from the effects of climate change.
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Guterres Shamefully Meets with Putin and LukashenkoUnited Nations Secretary General Guterres went out of his way to travel to Kazan, Russia and meet with Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, bringing shame on his office.
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Russia Hosts BRICS Summit, EU Leaders Talk Migration, UN Biodiversity Summit Kicks Off, and MoreThe summit of the BRICS group begins in Russia, the first meeting since formally welcoming Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates into the bloc; European leaders discuss migration after a series of calls for speedier deportations and revised asylum processes; Colombia hosts the UN Biodiversity Summit; and Canada expels six Indian diplomats tied to the murder of a Sikh separatist.
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Women This Week: Women This Week: Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan Disproportionately Impacts Women and GirlsWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers September 28 to October 4.
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Truth-Telling at Turtle BayThe speech by Argentina's President Javier Milei to the U.N. General Assembly was a rare and memorable case of truth-telling about the United Nations.
