Archive for December 15th, 2025

15/12/2025

Unaffordable Health Costs? We’re Sick of It!

Human Wrongs Watch

By the United Nations*

Girl visiting pediatrician

Girl visiting pediatrician. | PHOTO:WHO
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On 12 December 2012, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed a resolution urging countries to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) – the idea that everyone, everywhere should have access to quality, affordable health care.

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15/12/2025

A New UN Secretary-General Needs the Blessings of the US–or Get Vetoed

Human Wrongs Watch

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 11 2025 (IPS)* When there was widespread speculation that a UN Under-Secretary-General (USG), a product of two prestigious universities—Oxford and Cambridge—was planning to run for the post of Secretary-General back in the 1980s, I pointedly asked him to confirm or deny the rumor during an interview in the UN delegate’s lounge.
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The Security Council in session. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider

“I don’t think”, he declared, “anyone in his right mind will ever want that job”.

Fast forward to 2026.

As a financially stricken UN is looking for a new Secretary-General, who will take office beginning January 2027, the USG’s remark in a bygone era was a reflection of a disaster waiting to happen.

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15/12/2025

2026: Millions in Need Will Not Get Aid Unless Global Solidarity Revived

Human Wrongs Watch

Statement by Maureen Magee, Global Director of Field Operations, at the Norwegian Refugee Council, commenting on the Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) for 2026:

En kvinna sitter inne i ett dunkelt tält och ser rakt in i kameran. Hon bär en klarblå hijab som täcker hår och axlar, och en gul tröja syns under tyget. Händerna är sammanflätade framför henne.
Halima Omar, a displaced mother of seven lives in a camp in Baidoa, Somalia. Halima has been directly impacted by aid cuts: “We had access to water and latrines, but those services are no longer available. The organisations that used to support us have stopped their programmes.” Photo: Abdulkadir Mohamed/NRC

“2026 is set to stretch humanitarian responses to their limit as they seek to support people with the most severe needs around the world.  

“Next year, 239 million people will be in need of humanitarian assistance and protection. Humanitarians are aiming to reach just over half of them.

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