United Nations
Concerns will grow over access to Ethiopia’s Tigray
Despite a deal on access, aid agencies still face serious impediments to working in conflict-affected Tigray
EthiopiaNew UN data stress need for gender-sensitive policy
UN Women today warns that progress on reducing women’s domestic care burden could be set back 25 years
InternationalMiddle East sanctions will mostly misfire
Trump-Biden policy differences over Iran sanctions highlight a much wider controversy
Middle EastProspects for sustainable development goals in 2021
The pandemic crisis will reverse progress on critical social and economic sustainable development goals
InternationalLibya elections ‘breakthrough’ unlikely to materialise
The UN acting envoy to Libya said yesterday that talks have produced a "breakthrough" agreement to hold elections
LibyaWashington may escalate against Iran shipping
US officials signal plans to enforce their claim that UN sanctions are back in place, despite global disagreement
IranInternational actors will protect Iran’s nuclear deal
Once the Security Council took a stand against US ‘snapback’ efforts, Tehran conceded inspector access
IranFresh Israeli pressure will fail to spur UNIFIL reform
Israeli aircraft struck Hezbollah posts inside Lebanon ahead of a vote to extend the mandate of a UN peacekeeping force
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