Kyrgyzstan’s first UN Security Council seat gives Central Asia a stronger voice on peace and regional security https://ow.ly/mA8X50Z7wiE #UNSC #SecurityCouncil #Diplomacy #Multilateralism #Kyrgyzstan #CentralAsia #UNSecurityCouncil #SecurityCouncilSeat

Kyrgyzstan Elected to UN Secur...
Kyrgyzstan Wins First-Ever Seat on UN Security Council - The Times Of Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan has been elected to the United Nations Security Council for the 2027–2028 term, securing a non-permanent seat after a closely watched contest for

The Times Of Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan’s first UN Security Council seat gives Central Asia a stronger voice on peace and regional security https://timesca.com/kyrgyzstan-elected-to-un-security-council-vote/ #UNSC #SecurityCouncil #Diplomacy #Multilateralism #Kyrgyzstan #CentralAsia #UNSecurityCouncil #SecurityCouncilSeat

Technology and dominance in the recent
First Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas, 15 May 2026

* Chapter 3: TECHNOLOGY AND DOMINANCE
Some of the topics discussed are:
Automation, dignity of work
Protecting freedom against dependencies and commercialization
Breaking the chains of new forms of slavery
The normalization of war
Force without limits
The military-industrial complex
Weapons and artificial intelligence
The crisis of multilateralism
The need to disarm words
Justice >>
https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html#CHAPTER_THREE

* Existential risk from artificial intelligence >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_risk_from_artificial_intelligence

* Martin Heidegger, The Question Concerning Technology, 1954 >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Question_Concerning_Technology
#humanism #human #performance #enhancement #RemainingHuman #transhumanism #PostHumanism #AI #algorithms #machines #governance #regulation #humanity #fallibility #automation #commercialisation #transformation #dehumanisation #slavery #CommonGood #war #multilateralism #justice #TechnologyAssessment #TA #TechnologicalWorldview #techne #technologies #ScientificConsensus #PublicSphere #FLI #risks #existence #nature #RawMaterials

Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)

ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________

The Shift from Domination to Partnership: with Dr. Riane Eisler

Our next With Compassion episode featuring Jennifer Nadel & Riane Eisler

Charter for Compassion

今日は歴史的な一日でした。CEBがアジアで初めて東京で開催され、ガイ・バーナード・ライター国連事務次長による講演がありました。

現在、常任理事国5カ国のうち2カ国が国際法を無視という危機的状況の中で、ライター氏から日本への熱いメッセージが届きました。

🇯🇵 日本への2つの期待

1️⃣ 国際法を順守し、法に基づく国際秩序の模範であり続けること

2️⃣ 国連改革の声を上げ続けること——加盟国の一員として主体的に推進すべき

グテーレス事務総長が来日し、高市総理と「日本が国連改革を後押しする」と約束を交わしたばかり。このタイミングでの事務次長の言葉は、極めて重く、日本の方向性を示す決定的なメッセージだと感じています。

#UnitedNationsReform #Japan #Multilateralism #UN

Africa: South Africa to Champion Climate Cooperation At Copenhagen Summit: [SAnews.gov.za] As South Africa prepares to participate in the 2026 Copenhagen Climate Ministerial Summit, government says it will reaffirm its commitment to multilateralism as a key driver of implementation-based cooperation to tackle global environmental and climate challenges. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSdSGk #ClimateChange #SouthAfrica #CopenhagenSummit #ClimateCooperation #Multilateralism

King Charles III urged Congress to embrace multilateralism and climate action in a pointed address with subtle critiques of current U.S. policies.

https://worldbriefly.news/king-charles-iii-delivers-pointed-address-to-us-congress-championing-multilatera

#RoyalVisit #ClimateAction #Multilateralism

#earth #uno #securitycouncil #reform #multilateralism #genocide #egregriouscrimes

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… members, one Asian member and one North American member and no Latin America or African members [and] just one Asian doesn’t correspond at all to the world of today. And this creates a problem of #legitimacy. And with legitimacy comes its effectiveness in guaranteeing #peace and #security in the world.”«

#earth : #uno / #securitycouncil / #reform / #multilateralism

»[T]he Secretary-General noted that France and the UK were “preparing legislation” to limit the use of the veto by the five permanent members of the Security Council in cases involving #genocide or other #egregriouscrimes.

“These questions are on the table or will be soon on the table,” he said. “We need to have all countries recognising that…a Security Council in which there are three European …

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https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/05/1167478

Strait of Hormuz de-escalation is urgent, says UN chief

As the Strait of Hormuz crisis deepens and tensions between Iran and the United States remain unresolved, oil prices rose again early Monday, prompting the UN Secretary-General to call for a peaceful resolution and warn of the widening fallout across Africa and beyond.

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