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Is there another way the world could be run? And in the face so much global turmoil, how can we make the future fairer? This September, a major event at UN Headquarters is being billed as once in a generation opportunity for the international community to grapple with these questions, and forge a new path, for the benefit of all.

1 What is the Summit of the Future?

In 2020, the UN turned 75 and marked the occasion by starting a global conversation about hopes and fears for the future.

Senior UN officials warned the Security Council on Wednesday that the world cannot afford to lose focus on Syria, as the humanitarian and political crisis continues to wreak havoc on the country more than a decade after civil war erupted.

Displacement remains staggeringly high, with over six million Syrians languishing as refugees or asylum-seekers outside the country’s borders and more than seven million displaced internally.

The United Nations has upheld the safety of the polio vaccine that will be administered to more than half a million Palestinian children during an inoculation campaign in Gaza.  

Dire conditions brought on by the war have caused the disease to resurface after more than two decades.  Last week, a case was confirmed in a 10-month-old.

Countering vaccine misinformation 

During his daily media briefing from New York on Tuesday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric noted that there had been misinformation surrounding the vaccine.

The swift spread of a new virulent strain of the mpox virus across Africa triggered the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare it once again a public health emergency of international concern last week.

But, what is it, where did it come from and how can the world deal with the threat, which inevitably raises the spectre of pandemics past such as COVID-19 and the early spread of HIV infections?

Here’s what you need to know:

Over the past ten months, we have witnessed unbearable suffering.

The images, the reality, the suffering we have seen is beyond what words can express.

Today as we mark this World Humanitarian Day, our hearts are heavy with the weight of these tragedies.

خلال زيارتها لمصر، شاركت أمينة محمد نائبة الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة في افتتاح المؤتمر الكشفي العالمي الثالث والأربعين حيث سلطت الضوء على توافق القيم بين المنظمة الأممية والحركة الكشفية.

وشددت أمينة محمد على الحاجة للمشاركة ذات المغزى من المنظمات الشبابية، مثل الكشافة، في صنع القرار لتعزيز مستقبل أكثر عدالة وسلاما واستدامة. كما شاركت المسؤولة الأممية في ندوة عبر الأجيال، شددت خلالها على أهمية المزج بين الأفكار المبتكرة للشباب وحكمة وتجربة الجيل الأكبر عمرا، من أجل تطوير حلول أكثر شمولا للتحديات.

With the number of aid workers killed in the line of duty reaching record highs, the UN and partners are demanding greater accountability as countries commemorate World Humanitarian Day on Monday. 

As the world celebrates International Youth Day on Monday, the UN chief is emphasising the importance of empowerment and equality for young people to reach the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Under the theme, From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development, the Day focuses “on the pivotal role of youth in harnessing technology to advance sustainable development.”

The UN said on Monday that nine staff working for its Palestine refugee agency UNRWA will be sacked because they may have been involved in the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks against Israel. 

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Monday for an urgent de-escalation in the Middle East as tensions mount in the wake of recent deadly attacks linked to the war in Gaza, which is about to enter its 10th month.