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Lana Nusseibeh, the United Arab Emirates' pick to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations, says the organization is in desperate need of a "mindset shift" as it looks to play a more active role in solving some of the world's most pressing issues.

The assaults on infrastructure, which cut off heat and power on bitterly cold winter days, amounted to a crime against humanity, investigators said.

The panel also accuses Israel of committing crimes against humanity in the West Bank. Israel condemned the report.

Lana Nusseibeh has been the face of a disastrous Emirates policy that has prolonged war and death. It is a scandal that she is even being considered Over the past few years, you can plot the plunge into global instability not only through the unchecked assaults on international law and civilian life, but through the decline and undermining of the authority and credibility of international institutions. The latest level in this spiral is the proposed appointment of Lana Nusseibeh of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the UN secretary general . Her bid has been rapidly gaining momentum and endorsements. And it has been met with outrage among the Sudanese. Nusseibeh is the minister of state at the UAE and a former UAE ambassador to the UN. For the past three years, the country has been connected to – bear with me, this will be a long sentence – supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in Sudan, facilitating mercenaries to fight alongside the militia (which is accused of ethnic cleansing , crimes against humanity and sexual violence ), and appropriating international aid infrastructure to smuggle weapons into the country. Continue reading...

United Arab Emirates Minister of State Lana Nusseibeh, who is vying to become secretary general of the United Nations, pledged to be fully independent and continue dialogue if elected to the top position at the organization.

Trump officials push the idea of a U.S.-Russia-China joint candidate.

Lana Nusseibeh has Palestine’s endorsement but faces criticism over UAE’s record on human rights and Sudan An Emirati diplomat who as UAE ambassador to the UN helped secure the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza has entered the race as a late contender to succeed António Guterres as the world body’s secretary general. Lana Nusseibeh, who is of Palestinian heritage, is widely noted for her advocacy of the Palestinian cause and the two-state solution and has won the endorsement of the state of Palestine. Continue reading...

A Brit who declared himself president of his own country after claiming land in the Balkans has now received an award - from the United Nations.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told the Financial Times in a new interview that the Iran war could last another year. CBS News' Olivia Gazis has more.

Born in 1978, Nusseibeh is an Emirati citizen whose family traces their roots to one of the most prominent Muslim dynasties in Jerusalem.

Assessment finds global heating is endangering 96% of coral reefs across 80 countries – a figure scientists say should serve as a ‘wake-up call’ Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Almost every shallow-water coral reef on the planet, including Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, faces a high risk of ecosystem collapse before 2075 because of global heating, according to an assessment by United Nations nature advisers. About 24% of the planet’s reefs across more than 80 countries are already critically endangered, the assessment said, but when the expected impacts of global heating were added this rose to 96%. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

A Ukrainian diplomat accused Russia on Monday of exploiting Cubans as "cannon fodder" in its war against Ukraine, telling a U.S.-hosted panel at the United Nations that more than 1,000 Cuban nationals have signed up to fight for Moscow.

"We must pull out all the stops to minimize peak warming and return to 1.5°C by the end of the century.”

The global effort to slow warming to 1.5-degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels has failed, a report from the UN Environment Program said.

Global bodies, including the UN, are accused of violating Congolese sovereignty by failing to tell the government of what has happened to the money.

Overall global warming is now likely to be between 2.6℃ and 2.8℃ by the end of the century, the UN Environment Programme predicted.

Action needed to avoid disastrous overshoot of climate targets, according to organisation’s environment body The world needs to cut carbon emissions by nearly a fifth in the next four years, and by close to half within a decade, to avoid overshooting climate targets by a disastrous margin. Although the “window has closed” on holding temperature rises to 1.5C , in line with scientific advice, limiting the “overshoot” of that target is still possible, according to the UN Environment Programme (Unep). Continue reading...

The U.S. is the only major economy where planet-warming pollution dramatically increased last year. The United Nations warns the planet is on track for catastrophic warming.