How Pakistan wasted Guterres and Geneva
Yesterday, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, along with the United Nations, co-hosted a conference on the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the country’s flood affected areas. The superfloods of 2022 were…
Secretary General Guterres
Mr António Guterres is the perfect pick for the “most impossible job in the world”. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I headed UNAMI in Baghdad and was…
A disordered world
THERE is no doubt President Donald Trump has shaken up the world order by his disruptive and unilateral policies. From upending the global trading system to launching military attacks in the Western Hemisphere and…
The hungry poor
This year, the United Nations turned 80 years old. But as Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched his latest reform effort, the ‘UN80 Initiative’, there was little to be celebrating. At the…
Killing the messengers
“I HAVE lived pain in all its details and I have tasted pain and loss repeatedly. Despite this, I never hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion…
Taliban’s broken promises
Since October, Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban have engaged in three rounds of talks aimed at ending the escalating tensions between the two neighbours. The first two meetings, held in…
Empire ruins environment
The secretary general of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, does not mince words in the Guardian: “Devastating consequences now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole…
UN’s birthday blues
THE UN marks 80 years of its founding in a state of uncertainty with its credibility increasingly in question. The General Assembly’s high-level week was dominated by Palestine and the…
We are misogynists
Pakistan turned 78 this year – a moment to celebrate a nation that has seen remarkable milestones: becoming a nuclear power, lifting the Cricket World Cup, building an elite air…
Solar revolution
THE energy industry, as we know it, is driving climate change at full speed. Energy production accounts for over three quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90 per…
