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United Nations Partnerships turning Ideals into Action

United Nations Day

United Nations Day, on 24 October, marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. For eighty years, the UN has worked to build peace, address poverty and hunger, promote and protect human rights, and create a more sustainable and equal world.

John Gilroy
24. Oktober 2025
UN Agora Blog

From Deportation to Indoctrination: Destroying the Ukrainian Identity Through Children

International Day on Enforced Disappearances

The deportation of Ukrainian children by Russia is an instrument of genocidal policy that combines legal, administrative, and ideological mechanisms. The creation of commissions on minors, the involvement of regional and federal "data banks," and the practice of depriving parents of parental rights on trumped-up grounds ensure the systematic nature of the process.

Pavel Lysiansky, Vira Yastrebova, Liza Denisova
28. August 2025
UN Agora Blog
MCA

Srebrenica, 30 Years Later: Genocide Still Lives Through Denial

30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide

Srebrenica has become synonymous with one of Europe’s most heinous atrocities: the 1995 genocide of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim (Bosniak) men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces.

Jared O. Bell
11. Juli 2025
UN Agora Blog
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

Multilateralism: Its current challenges and way forward

International Day of Multilateralism

‘Multilateral institutions rarely die; they simply fade into irrelevance’: asserted India at an open debate of the United Nations Security Council in New York on “Effective Multilateralism through the Defense of the Principles of the UN Charter” on 24 April 2023. The evidence is plain to discern, and the reasons are compelling—even if one examines the track record of multilateralism over the past five years.

Ruchira Kamboj
24. April 2025
UN Agora Blog
UN Photo/Emmanuel Tobey

The Peacebuilding Imperative

UN Peacebuilding Commission Support Branch

Peacekeeping mandates often prioritize short-term goals, focusing on stabilizing immediate crises through targeted peacekeeping activities. This approach frequently leaves deeper systemic issues that fuel conflicts unaddressed. The stark reality before us is that, more often than not, peacebuilding, however defined, would appear to be primarily an afterthought, an add-on, relegated to the background. Longer-term activities, i.e., peacebuilding aiming to tackle root causes, rebuild institutions, and support inclusive development, are too often viewed as a secondary phase, sometimes unnecessarily delaying the start of efforts to build sustainable peace.

20. Februar 2025
UN Agora Blog
ILF

Equal Access to Justice for All: A Fundamental Human Right

Human Rights Day

Over the past year, the ILF has been working with the Campaign to Decriminalize Poverty and Status, civil society organizations, and independent experts around the world to elevate this important expert meeting as an opportunity to meaningful advance Equal Access to Justice for all and to advocate that a key focus of the meeting should be on discrimination in justice systems, as a key barrier to justice.

Jennifer Smith
10. Dezember 2024
UN Agora Blog

Adequate housing as a human right: A call to action at the World Urban Forum in Cairo

World Cities Day

The global housing crisis is exacerbated by historical disparities between average wages and housing costs—a gap that continues to grow—and by enduring poverty and inequality. Housing challenges are further deepened by wars, armed conflicts, and climate-related disasters, which force people from their homes and communities. UN data shows that the number of people affected by disasters per 100,000 people rose from 1,198 in 2005-2015 to 2,113 in the last decade.

Anacláudia Rossbach
31. Oktober 2024
UN Agora Blog
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

A South African case study for international dialogue and solidarity for justice and lasting peace

Nelson Mandela International Day

Despite the noises from extremists, ending Apartheid gave South Africa a chance to come together as a nation and built a peaceful and prosperous future together. The establishment of our constitutional democracy laid a solid basis for peace, progress and prosperity. Our Constitution as the supreme law of our country affirms the notion of an open and democratic society, underpinned by a set of higher, fundamental values based on human dignity, equality and freedom.

Christo van der Rheede
18. Juli 2024
UN Agora Blog

On the status of parliamentarism in general and in Germany in particular

International Day of Parliamentarism

On the occasion of the United Nations International Day of Parliamentarism on June 30, I would like to take the opportunity to make some basic remarks on the status of parliamentarism in general and in Germany in particular. June 30 is no coincidence because it is the date on which the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) was founded in 1889 as a multilateral political organization to promote international cooperation and resolve conflicts through parliamentary dialogue.

Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert
1. Juli 2024
UN Agora Blog
UN Photo/Pasqual Gorriz

Multilateralism in Action: Marking the 76th International Day of UN Peacekeepers

International Day of UN Peacekeepers

Over 70,000 UN peacekeepers serve in 11 missions around the globe today. They provide life-saving services such as upholding ceasefires, clearing land mines, and protecting civilians from violence in conflict-affected areas. The International Day of UN Peacekeepers, on 29 May, pays tribute to the honourable service and sacrifice of peacekeepers and the communities they serve. To mark the 76th International Day of UN Peacekeepers, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, shares his perspectives on peacekeeping today and tomorrow in our latest UN Agora Blog post.  

Jean-Pierre Lacroix
29. Mai 2024
UN Agora Blog

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Über diese Reihe

Die Vereinten Nationen bezeichnen bestimmte Tage, Wochen, Jahre und Jahrzehnte als Anlässe, um Ereignisse oder Themen zu markieren, die durch Bewusstsein und Handeln die Ziele der Organisation fördern. Es sind ein oder mehrere Mitgliedsstaaten, die diese Gedenktage vorschlagen, und die Generalversammlung legt sie mit einer Resolution fest.

Die KAS New York möchte ein regelmäßiges virtuelles Gespräch über diese Themen anregen, indem sie eine Gruppe von Experten einlädt, über die zugeordneten internationalen Tage der Vereinten Nationen zu schreiben und zu reflektieren.

Als Teil unserer Rechtsstaatlichkeitsprojekte zielt dieser Blog auch darauf ab, das Bewusstsein für die internationalen Gerechtigkeitstage und die Arbeit, die die Vereinten Nationen bei der Verwirklichung von Frieden und Gerechtigkeit auf der ganzen Welt geleistet haben, zu schärfen, sowie eine weltweite Diskussion über den Beitrag der Vereinten Nationen zur Stärkung der Unabhängigkeit der Justiz zu führen.

 

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