03 June 2025 UN Women - The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Women, Peace and Security A new UN Women Guidance Note offers practical ways for policy and ...

The new entity has a global remit and a steep price for a permanent seat.

President Donald Trump’s suggestion Tuesday that his Board of Peace “might” replace the United Nations is likely to compound concerns that the body meant to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza — and ...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - 23 June 2025 - The Climate Security Mechanism (CSM) at the United Nations, jointly with the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU), concluded the 2025 CSM ...

Twenty-five years after its adoption, UN Resolution 1325 continues to influence global peacebuilding, emphasizing the essential role of women in achieving lasting peace. Twenty-five years ago, the ...

The United Nations has reaffirmed that gender equality is vital to achieving lasting peace as it marks 25 years of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda, established through Security Council ...

The hamsa—or Fatima’s hand—is one of my favorite symbols. You can find it in dusty shops of local artists as well as in fancy jewelry stores across the world. It’s an image I hold close for what it ...

In advance of the October 2025 Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, this open letter was sent by the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security to UN Member States on behalf ...

This month sees the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security. Adopted in October 2000, Resolution 1325 established that women should be ...

Failures of the UN Security Council and Western democracies to maintain international humanitarian law has left Palestinians ensnared in genocide, famine, and forced displacement. Despite the clear ...

The Council approved today conclusions setting out the priorities that the EU will follow at the upcoming 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (September 2025 – September 2026). At a ...

Introduction In 2000, recognizing that women are leading organizers and peace-builders at local levels but rarely present at the negotiating tables to end conflict, the UN National Security Council ...