International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) Report

The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said international cooperation under the drug control conventions remains vital to protecting global health and reducing the social and economic harms of illicit drugs. Using real-time data-sharing tools that prevented the diversion of three tons of a fentanyl precursor last year, States are strengthening efforts to counter synthetic drug threats while safeguarding legitimate trade.


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Central African Republic: Milestone in consolidation of peace process - Briefing | United Nations

Briefing by Valentine Rugwabiza, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), on the situation in the Central African Republic. “On 28th December 2025, the Central African Republic reached an important milestone in the consolidation of the peace process and state authority,” the UN’s top official in the country told the Security Council, pointing to nationwide elections as a sign of political progress. Valentine Rugwabiza, head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), said the combined presidential, legislative, regional and municipal polls marked a historic moment. “These elections, which included the first municipal polls which were held since 1988, represented the most extensive electoral operations ever undertaken in the Central African Republic,” she said. Rugwabiza described the vote as the result of joint work by the Central African Government and MINUSCA. She said, “the mission conducted good offices and provided both technical, logistical, operational and security support. The good offices of the mission helped foster inclusivity in the electoral process. Including positive developments for parity with women, representing more than 47 percent of the voters and 45 percent of the candidates in the municipal elections.” However, she cautioned that security challenges persist. “Ongoing attacks by attacking militia targeting civilians and local authorities remain a concern,” she said, noting that 21 voting centres could not open on the election day.


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Trump gives the longest "State of the Union" address in recent history

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Somalia: 'Humanitarian Situation has significantly worsened' - Press Conference | United Nations

UN agencies warned the humanitarian situation in Somalia has “significantly worsened”, citing the latest food security report, “with 6.5 million people - a third of the population - facing crisis levels of hunger through March this year.” World Food Programme (WFP)’s Ross Smith and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s Rein Paulsen briefed reporters today (25 Feb) on the recently released Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) for Somalia. They both briefed via video links from Rome. The report was released on Tuesday (24 Feb). WFP’s Ross Smith said, “malnutrition is deepening, in 2026, we have over 1.8 million children under the age of five facing acute malnutrition, with half of these expected face severe malnutrition. And these are really alarming numbers for a country the size of Somalia.” Smith also highlighted the urgent need for funding WFP’s activities in Somalia. He said, “the lifesaving emergency food and nutrition assistance that we provide, the support from other partners will be forced to be cut to the most vulnerable and eventually will come to an end post April.” The WFP official continued, “Due to these critical funding shortfalls, our assistance WFP assistance has decreased from 64 districts to 42, leaving entire areas without food assistance. And we're currently only assisting just over 600,000 of the 6.5 million people facing crisis levels of hunger. This is down from 2.2 million people that we supported this time last year.” Smith pointed out that life saving nutrition services have also been slashed by more than half. He said, “from over 400,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under five receiving support to just about 100,000 in January of this year.” He added, “cash transfers have been significantly reduced, and this is critical to mention because there are many places where access is limited and where markets are still functioning and cash transfers are the only option for support in Somalia.” For his part, FAO’s Rein Paulsen highlighted the drought in the country is having a “devastating” effect on agriculture. He explained, “concretely, this means widespread crops and livestock losses in addition to large scale displacements of people. And when reference was made to two rainy seasons that were misses, just to put that in number terms, when it comes to food production, the last main cereal harvest was 83 per cent lower than the long term average, between 1995 and 2025.” Paulsen also said, “what's unfolding in Somalia now needs to be and should be understood primarily as a rural crisis, not exclusively, but primarily.” He explained that two thirds of the drought hotspots, 19 of the 30 hotspots identified in this IPC analysis are in rural areas in the country. For FAO activities, it needs 85 million US dollars to support a million of the most vulnerable, high risk, underserved rural people at the moment, Paulsen said, adding “to date, we have just six million US dollars to respond, so we are really running on fumes.”


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Rep Al Green was ejected from the State of the Union again, for holding up a sign

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Ukraine: 2025 was the deadliest year for civilians since 2022 - Briefing | United Nations

Briefing by Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, on behalf of António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, on the maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine - Security Council, 10110th meeting. ----- “Four years after the Russian Federation launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war remains a stain on our collective conscience,” UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council. Briefing the Security Council today (24 Feb) on the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, DiCarlo said, “Day after day – year after year – we have witnessed the cascading consequences of this blatant violation of international law, including the UN Charter.” She told the Council that despite diplomatic efforts, “last year was the deadliest for Ukrainian civilians since 2022.” More than 15,000 civilians have been killed and more than 41,000 injured since the invasion began, she said, with millions displaced and human rights violations being “rampant.” “The plight of Ukrainian children is particularly dire,” DiCarlo added. More than 3,200 children have been killed or injured, over one-third remain displaced, and an estimated 2.2 million require humanitarian assistance. “A whole generation has lost years of education as schools have come under fire,” DiCarlo said. She also cited findings by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of “widespread human rights violations – torture, sexual violence, and even executions of prisoners of war and civilian detainees,” adding, that “these acts have gone with virtually no accountability.” United Kingdom Minister Stephen Doughty recalled visiting Bucha, where a priest told him of “shocking atrocities carried out by the Russians,” describing how he dug graves for members of his congregation. “That conversation stays with me because it shows how Russia wages this war,” Doughty said. He also noted that Moscow is showing “the same disregard for civilian lives” as in the killing of Alexei Navalny, which Doughty said he was confident “was the result of lethal poisoning.” Doughty announced that London was unveiling the “largest package of measures since 2022, targeting oil revenues and components, fueling that war machine,” and said partners were working to defend the UN charter, “because Russia's war is illegal and unprovoked.” Latvia’s Foreign Minister Baiba Braže said, “There's only one country and one man standing between us here and peace. This country is Russia and this man is Vladimir Putin,” urging countries to “exert maximum pressure on Russia.” Deputy Representative Tammy Bruce of the US said, “We are closer to a deal right now than at any point since the war began, but we have obviously not reached it yet.” She noted that “the fighting continues” but said President Trump is “committed to peace” and determined to end “the carnage.” Russia’s ambassador, Vasily Nebenzya, said Russian intelligence had published a report alleging plans by London and Paris to deliver nuclear weapons to Kyiv, including what he called “the so-called dirty bomb.” “One option being considered is the French TN75 compact warhead from the M51.1 submarine-launched ballistic missile,” Nebenzya said, describing what he called a “clandestine handover” of European components and technology. The United Kingdom rejected the claim with Doughty calling it “an outright lie,” adding, “This is yet another piece of disinformation from the Russian Federation, and a clear attempt to deflect attention from its ongoing, unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine.” Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mariana Betsa told the Council that in one recent month alone, Russia launched “over 6000 strike drones, approximately 5500 guided aerial bombs and 158 missiles of various types against Ukrainian people.” “It is terror directed not at armies but at maternity wards, hospitals, apartment buildings, power plants and buses carrying workers. It is terror meant to extinguish light, heat and hope. Men do not fight like this. Human beings do not act to one another like this,” she said. Speaking earlier at the stakeout, Betsa welcomed a General Assembly call for “the immediate, full and unconditional cease fire and for comprehensive justice and lasting peace, in line with UN charter and international law.” She underscored the need for “the complete exchange of prisoners of war” and safe return of all internees and civilians who have been "forcibly transferred or deported, including thousands of Ukrainian children.” Full remarks [as delivered]: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/statements/2026-02-24/secretary-generals-remarks-the-security-council-ukraine-delivered


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We Need to talk about Tourette's, Racism and The Baftas

The Kavernacle: We Need to talk about Tourette's, Racism and The Baftas

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SG Remarks to the Security Council on Ukraine

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Water, Work and Will. A Partnership Changing Lives in Luapula, Zambia | United Nations

In Zambia’s Luapula Province, a peer partnership is strengthening local capacity and improving essential services. Through co-creation between Luapula Water Supply and Sanitation Company and three German utilities from Dresden, Elbaue Ostharz and Vogtland – supported by the EU-funded Water Operators’ Partnerships Programme managed by GWOPA/UN-Habitat – infrastructure has been operationalised, water losses reduced, and access to water and sanitation extended to thousands. This short documentary features residents, health workers and utility staff sharing how collaboration and solidarity are delivering lasting improvements in water and sanitation. Funded by the European Union and produced by the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA/UN-Habitat).


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We Need to Talk about the Normalisation of Ozempic (This is so DANGEROUS)

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