🩺Botswana nominates Armenian oncologist for WHO director general job. Gevorg Tamamyan, professor and chair of the pediatric oncology department at Yerevan State University, in Armenia’s capital, is the sixth candidate to enter the race and stands out in being the nominated by a country other than his own.

🇨🇭Swiss reject tighter neutrality rules in referendum backed by right-wing populist party. Voters overwhelmingly rejected the proposal which would have barred Switzerland from joining punitive measures against other countries unless they were imposed by the United Nations.

🇨🇳China set to decide if Costa Rican or Guyanese diplomat becomes first woman UN chief. Ahead of today’s fourth straw poll vote, Rebeca Grynspan and Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett lead a split Security Council as Beijing rules out Argentina's Rafael Grossi.

🗣Opinion: The UN is Terrible. We need the UN. Columnist Nicholas Kristof argues that though easy to bash the UN – and often deservedly so – millions more would die each year were it not for its agencies, like Unicef and WFP, providing vital aid. And when have critics of the United Nations done anything half so noble?

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❝When algorithms dictate war and the promise of efficiency. Speed ​​has long been considered a determining factor in military decision-making. But algorithms promise to accelerate these decisions far beyond human capabilities, to the detriment of the protective logic of law, writes Anna Rosalie Greipl, postdoctoral researcher at the Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva. This article is part of a series published in collaboration with Le Temps.

❝The UN's human rights system is being hollowed out so it can be captured. The UN human rights architecture is being hollowed out from within and carefully prepared for capture. Nobody should be watching from the sidelines, warns Victor Madrigal-Borloz, trustee at the UN’s fund for torture victims.