The trend of disrespecting multilateralism is concerning and requires rectification, as it remains under threat.
This position is the view of Ambassador Tuliameni Kalomoh, who served as the first Namibian Ambassador to the US shortly after the country's independence in 1990.
The race for the next United Nations Secretary-General is officially underway, as several countries have already put forward their nominees.
However, the contest is already raising questions about tradition, regional rotation and gender balance at the world body.
Arican leaders and continental organizations have called for restraint, dialogue, and adherence to international law as tensions continue to rise in the Middle East following military exchanges involving Iran, the United States, and Israel.
Former refugees who have been camping at the Swapo Party headquarters say they will not leave the area without the letter that came from the United Nations outlining repatriation, rehabilitation and resettlement in detail.
The United Nations says additional funding is urgently needed to sustain the humanitarian response in Mozambique, where the death toll from severe flooding has risen to more than 145.
The floods have affected more than 510,000 people across central and southern provinces.
The Former Refugees Repatriation Association of Namibia (FRRAN) said it will now escalate its demands to President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah following an inconclusive meeting with Swapo Party officials and United Nations (UN) representatives on Saturday.
The United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator, Hopolang Phororo, is adamant that the UN has fully accounted for all assistance provided to Namibian exiles during the 1989 repatriation process and has formally closed the chapter.
The United Nations will continue its work in line with its mandate despite the United States' withdrawal from several agencies, a decision the organisation has described as regrettable.
The United Nations Security Council is set to convene an emergency session today (Monday) to discuss the U.S. attack on Venezuela and the subsequent kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has written to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres about what he terms "an escalation of extremely serious aggression by the government of the United States of America".
