The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today a supervisory statement on the authorization and ongoing supervision of private equity-related (re)insurance undertakings. The statement is addressed to national supervisors and aims to promote consistent, high-quality and risk-based supervision of private equity-backed undertakings across the Union. Private equity (PE) firms have over the past […]

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Ramiz Alakbarov of Azerbaijan as his new Assistant Secretary-General for Safety and Security, in the UN Department of Safety and Security. Dr.Alakbarov will assume his functions in January2027, succeeding Unaisi Vuniwaqa of Fiji upon the completion of her term of office in December2026. The Secretary-General […]

Media-Society.com // Two Warsaw meetings examine human rights across the OSCE region, but their mandates and institutional status are not the same The Human Dimension Implementation Meeting and the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference perform broadly similar work: both bring governments, civil society and international institutions together to examine whether OSCE states are meeting their human-rights […]

Media-Society.com // More than 1,800 participants confront torture prevention, capital punishment and counterterrorism safeguards The Warsaw Human Dimension Conference entered its first full rule-of-law day on Tuesday, bringing governments and civil-society representatives together to examine torture, capital punishment and human-rights protections in counterterrorism. The meeting formally opened on Monday, 5 October, rather than Tuesday as […]

(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service) The FourthCommittee (Special Political and Decolonization) elected Coly Seck (Senegal)Chair on 2June.(See Press Release GA/12761.) Prior to his appointment as Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Mr.Seck served as Senegal’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva between October2016 and August2024.Between January and […]

The 2026 Creative Europe Desks Meeting brought together around 250 participants from 41 countries in Brussels from 28 to 30 September for three days of exchange and cooperation.At the heart of these three days are the Creative Europe Desks, which provide national-level guidance to stakeholders interested in learning more about the programme and how to […]

Do you have experience in fields such as sport, culture, youth, education and training or audiovisual? Do you possess good interpersonal and organisational skills, IT competences, as well as the flexibility and willingness to work in an independent capacity, often under short deadlines? EACEA is continuously on the lookout for external experts to help ensure […]

The assessment, carried out by experts from the European Commission (EC), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), with the support of national experts from Finland and Kosovo*, will bring together the Albanian Institute of Public Health andMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Developmentas well as other public […]

Dialogue, political will and respect for international law must continue to guide the decolonization process, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today. Established in1961, theSpecial Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples— also known as Committee of24 — […]

On September 30, the Archdiocese of Athens and the Greek Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family signed a memorandum of cooperation aimed at preventing domestic violence. The document was signed by Bishop Varnavas of Christoupolis—Protosyncellus of the Archdiocese of Athens and representative of Archbishop Ieronymos—and Deputy Minister Elena Rapti. This new agreement expands the existing […]

A butcher was sentenced to 10 years in prison in one of Islam’s holiest cities in Iraq for selling pork to customers while passing it off as beef, AFP reported on 14th of September. Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council found the merchant guilty; he had been arrested for possessing 75 kilograms of pork in the city […]

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of the Girl Child, observed on 11October: Every three seconds, child marriage cuts a girl’s childhood short. One in five girls worldwide is married before the age of18. Child marriage compromises the education, health and safety of millions of girls across the globe. Fundamentally, […]

Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ video message on World Food Day, observed on 16October: Food is a basic human right. Yet around 645million people faced hunger last year. And nearly 2.7billion people cannot afford a healthy diet. Overlapping shocks and crises are adding to these pressures.Disrupting production and supply chains.Driving up […]

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Mental Health Day, observed on 10October: On this year’s World Mental Health Day, we reaffirm the expertise and leadership of people with lived experience of mental health challenges. This year’s theme — “Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change” — reflects the fact that people are […]

Climate change, poverty, conflict and rapid technological change are placing mounting pressure on social development and human rights, the Third Committee heard today, amid concerns over the role of the United Nations human rights system and the devastating toll of war on civilians. The social consequences of environmental change took centre stage, as Mongolia’s representative […]

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the serious incident involving a Tel Aviv-bound FlyDubai flight. He is relieved that tragedy was averted. The Secretary-General strongly condemns any act that places civilian lives and the safety of civil aviation at risk. The […]

Pursuant to itsveto initiative, speakers in the General Assembly today weighed in on the vetoesrecently cast by China and the Russian Federation concerning a Security Council resolution that would have extended the mandate of thePanel of Experts tasked with monitoring implementation of United Nations sanctions on Iran. At the centre of this issue is disagreement […]

AMLA invites stakeholders to submit their expressions of interest by 18 October 2026 at 23h59 CEST. Further details on eligibility, selection and practical arrangements are available in the call for expressions of interest. For more information on the initiative and the purpose of the roundtables, see AMLA’s news announcement. Interested stakeholders can submit their application […]

As the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) began its debate today on “Eradicating colonialism in all its forms and manifestations”, speakers highlighted modern-day manifestations of that phenomenon. While decolonization is one of “the most significant transformations that we saw in the twentieth century”, Cuba’s delegate said, “regrettably colonialism is not a relic of the […]