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How Much Does the UN Really Cost?

UN Spokesperson Farhan Haq answers common questions about the UN’s budget, including how the UN gets its money, how it prevents fraud and waste, what is spent on...

Why Should You Care About Loss and Damage?

Climate talks reached agreement on operationalizing a ‘loss and damage’ fund that has the potential to impact not only countries and communities on the frontlines of...

The Global Fight for Justice: How Genocide Prevention Became Law

The word “genocide” was first coined by Polish lawyer Raphäel Lemkin in 1944 in his book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe. It consists of the Greek prefix genos, meaning...

What is the Black Sea Initiative? | The UN Explained

The UN-brokered Black Sea Initiative agreed by Russia, Türkiye, and Ukraine has allowed millions of tons of grain and other foodstuffs to leave Ukraine’s ports, playing an indispensable role in...

Genocides do not start with bullets or machetes, they begin with hate speech. 

Can the United Nations Stop a War? | The UN Explained

Can the United Nations stop a war? Can the Security Council stop a war? UN Spokesperson Eri Kaneko answers these questions, and explains the key functions of the...

How Exactly Does the UN Bring Peace? | What is the UN General Assembly?

Words not weapons. That’s the fundamental idea at the heart of the UN. Humanity can only survive, humanity can only thrive through cooperation, not conflict. And that...

The Best Job in the World: How I became a United Nations Video Game Expert

Imagine growing up with your mother telling you to stop playing video games, and then discovering that you have acquired such a useful skill that the United Nations...

Can Hate Speech Ignite Genocide? | When Words Kill

Genocides do not start with bullets or machetes, they begin with hate speech.

The World Population Has Reached 8 Billion – Now What?

The global population has reached 8 billion, what does this mean for the future of our world?

Dr. Rachel Snow of the...

Why is Cocaine Trafficking Surging?

Cocaine trafficking is surging worldwide and coca cultivation soared 35 per cent from 2020 to 2021, a record high and the sharpest year-to-year increase since 2016....

Does UN Peacekeeping Work? Here’s the data

If you look at the hard data, UN peacekeeping missions succeed most of the time. They significantly reduce civilian casualties, shorten conflicts, and help make peace...

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