Climate : Saving multilateralism is not enough for saving the planet & the poor (PRIV)
(Meena Raman, Penang)
When the Paris Agreement was announced 10 years ago in 2015, the world was euphoric, as it was the culmination of many years of protracted negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Afghanistan : UN flags human cost of Afghan telecom shutdown (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The 48-hour telecommunications shutdown in Afghanistan in September had serious and wide-ranging - in some cases life-threatening - implications for people's lives from the lack of access to the internet and mobile phone services, compounding the array of difficulties already faced by the population.

Sudan : UN, partners urge action amid rise in civilian attacks in El Fasher (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on 28 October warned of a dramatic escalation of violence in and around El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, Sudan.