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📖Inside Geneva: Are democracies copying Russia’s repressive playbook? An authoritarian trend is creeping into politics in more and more countries, with press freedom often the first casualty, warn Russian journalists and UN experts in this podcast.
Swissinfo (EN)
💼Exclusive: International Labour Organization could face job losses if US does not pay dues. In a 35-page draft document, sent to staff on Monday by director general Gilbert Houngbo, the organisation said around 295 jobs, or eight per cent of its workforce, could be at risk.
Reuters (EN)
🧱UN says countries are willing to help fund Gaza's $70bn reconstruction. These include European and Arab nations, Canada and the US, a UN official told reporters on Tuesday, adding that the war had generated some 55 million tons of rubble – equal to around 13 times the pyramids of Giza.
Reuters (EN)
🚚UN aid convoy targeted in Ukraine. Two World Food Programme trucks were damaged by a Russian drone attack in the Kherson region, south of Ukraine, No injuries were reported. Matthias Schmale, the UN's coordinator in Ukraine, condemned the incident as a violation of international humanitarian law and a potential war crime.
Dev Discourse with agencies (EN)
🦑Opinion: Trump’s destruction of maritime law raises the risk of war. Unless rescinded, Donald Trump’s go-ahead for deep-sea mining will almost certainly unleash a lawless gold rush among major powers, writes author and SOAS University research fellow Guy Standing.
Porject Syndicate (EN)

Hi, this is Michelle. The race for the UN's top refugee role is heating up. But as the UN agency for refugees grapples with its worst financial crisis yet and faces mounting calls to overhaul – or even scrap – the asylum it was created to protect 75 years ago, expectations are running high.

Meanwhile, Washington's failure to pay its UN dues might put cost jobs at the UN labour agency. And Russian-style authoritarianism is very much in vogue abroad.

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