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22/09/2025

World leaders, stop blaming the UN. The UN is you!

Start doing your jobs!

https://katoikos.world/editorials-op-eds/op-ed/un-general-assembly-high-level-week-can-it-become-a-high-impact-week.html

As customary, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA) is opening its new regular session in the second half of September. World leaders are converging on New York for their High-level Week’s multitude of events starting today, 22 September. Expect a series of grandiose monologues of Pres...

22/08/2025

Flagrant violation of the independence of the ICC and one more instance of undermining what is left of the rule of international law.

Justice cannot work by selectively accepting the decisions that suit major powers and rejecting those they do not like.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio denounces the court as "an instrument of lawfare" against the US and Israel.

12/08/2025

Through the Nagasaki Appeal, mayors from around the world have reaffirmed the urgent need to achieve nuclear disarmament. City-level leadership plays a pivotal role in advancing effective global governance and ensuring a more secure future for all. The moment calls for a decisive shift from declarations to tangible action. May this commitment drive the world closer to the complete elimination of nuclear weapons.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/10/japan/global-mayors-adopt-nagasaki-peace-message/

At the Nagasaki peace conference, joined by representatives from 138 cities in 16 countries, discussions were held on activities to be carried out until the next general meeting.

10/08/2025

It is long overdue to sanction the Israeli government and force it to accept a ceasefire, for the sake of the Palestinians of Gaza, the Israeli hostages, and whatever sense of right & wrong has been left in the world.

Israel's defence minister says countries that condemn Israel and threaten sanctions "will not weaken our resolve".

09/08/2025

This devastating chronicle of how 6 ordinary people lived through the atrocity of the atomic bomb should remind us why the world pledged ‘to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.’

A hundred thousand people were killed by the atomic bomb. Survivors wonder why they lived when so many others died.

31/07/2025

📢 FOGGS Update -July 2025

Explore how global cooperation is being reimagined through:

🌍 Open Consultation Mondays – Next session: Shaping Global Governance through Middle Power Capabilities on 15 Sept.

🧩 Democrat Agora – A revamped digital platform for collaborative learning and democratic participation across Europe and beyond

🌪️ Project CASA Final Report – Groundbreaking data and insights on the role of military forces in climate-related emergency response

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26/07/2025

We condemn the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food. It is horrifying that over 800 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid.

The UK and 30 international partners gave a joint statement on the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

25/07/2025

Thailand and Cambodia, show the world you can solve this conflict peacefully!

We desperately need a good example!

The countries have a history of occasional conflict, but this latest fight comes after an old friendship crumbled.

25/07/2025

The people of Cambodia and Thailand, Southeast Asia and the world at large do not need another deadly conflict. The UN and ASEAN have to take immediate steps to bring the confrontation to an end and assist the two countries to find a peaceful solution.

Rest of World News: Escalating clashes between Thai and Cambodian forces along their disputed border have resulted in at least 14 fatalities and displaced over 100,000 ci

24/07/2025

‼️ GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY:

The International Court of Justice ( ) confirms legal responsibility of states to protect the environment from climate change-causing greenhouse gas emissions and that they can be held accountable for that, including reparation payments.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, issued its advisory opinion on the obligations of States in respect of climate change, read out by the President of the Court, Judge Iwasawa Yuji, on Wednesday.

18/07/2025

✍️ “Precious human, material and financial resources are once again increasingly being allocated to armaments as several major wars rage across the globe.... [and the] UN Security Council is paralysed by renewed antagonisms among its veto-wielding permanent members.

Can the G20 bring the combined influence of its members to bear on this resource misallocation, steering things in a positive direction, or should it stay away from what may be seen as primarily UN business?"

Read the latest commentary by Georgios Kostakos, Buyelwa Sonjica and Cilene Victor on the T20 South Africa blog.

The G20 must rise to the challenge and help shape renewed multilateralism based on equity, solidarity, and resilience.

15/07/2025

✍️ "The G7’s current economic approach doesn’t rebuild confidence in globalization. On the contrary, it reshapes globalization into a defensive, interest-based system, generating volatility across global supply chains, risking cycles of retaliation, and ultimately serving to entrench inequality between those within and outside the circle of trusted partners."
- Yunis Gurbanov

🔗 Read the free full article here: https://katoikos.world/analysis/fragmentation-as-strategy-why-the-new-global-order-may-leave-the-un-behind.html?_gl=1*1yxv468*_ga*MTY2OTg2Mzg4MS4xNzUyMDY1MTE1*_ga_WTB06MK7BP*czE3NTI1NzcyNTUkbzUkZzAkdDE3NTI1NzcyNTUkajYwJGwwJGgw