Malawi has delivered a trenchant critique of global governance at the United Nations in New York, calling on the international body to abandon performative diplomacy and transform itself into an “engine of delivery” for the Global South. Addressing the 81st UN General Assembly General Debate, Malawi’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr George […]
Former Malawian president Joyce Banda has delivered a blistering call to action to African leaders and the international community, demanding they finally move beyond empty political promises and take real, concrete steps to get women a seat at the table in peace efforts across eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the wider Great Lakes Region. […]
Malawi is dispatching its smallest ever delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, in a dramatic display of austerity as President Peter Mutharika continues his drive to rein in government spending and steady the country’s battered economy. President Mutharika has handed Foreign Affairs Minister George Chaponda the task of leading Malawi’s delegation to the 81st […]
Malawi’s Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chimwemwe Chipungu, has outlined a series of housing and land administration reforms she says are central to the country’s national development strategy, in remarks delivered at a United Nations dialogue on housing affordability, inclusion and sustainable urban development. Addressing the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive […]
Malawi’s Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chimwemwe Chipungu, told the United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on the Midterm Review of the New Urban Agenda on Wednesday that the coming decade “must be defined by decisive implementation,” as the organisation marked ten years since the agenda’s adoption. Delivering Malawi’s national statement in New […]
Malawi’s Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chimwemwe Mazabuka Chipungu, is set to deliver a statement during the opening segment of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on the Midterm Review of the New Urban Agenda, taking place in New York. Malawi is co-chairing the process alongside Poland, jointly leading global consultations and […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima has stressed commitment in ensuring transparency and accountability in domestic and external resources for attainment of national development in line with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Chilima made the assertion on Wednesday during a virtual media conferenced hosted by the UN office of the High Representative for the […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has expressed his desire to see Malawi not just surviving but thriving through self-reliance and resilience. Chakwera made the committment at Bingu international Conference Centre in Lilongwe on Tuesday whenUnited Nations (UN) in Malawi conducted an inclusive dialogue of various stakeholders and the youth to tackle issues such as climate change, justice […]
United Nation (UN) has engaged different university students across the country in order to shape the future of Malawi as part of celebrating their 75th anniversary in the country. Speaking on Tuesday in Lilongwe during the UN75 dialogue with university students, UN Resident Coordinator, Maria Jose Torres said they engage university student to develop the […]
Several UN member States took turns to congratulate Malawi for a peaceful, democratic transition as positive examples to the African continent at the 36th Session of UN Human Rights Council’s organized Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday. Malawi appeared before the UN Human Rights Council to present it’s progress in terms of […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday announced appointment Malawi female scientist, Professor Nyovani Madise and 14 other eminent scientists to draft the 2023 Global Sustainable Development Report. Professor Madise—who is the Director of Research and Development Policy and Head of the Malawi office of the African Institute for Development Policy—is a sister to Dr Sunduzwayo […]
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Titus Mvalo, has said Malawi’s election to UN’s 47-member Human Rights Council is a step in the right direction to improve human rights record. Mvalo told a news conference in Lilongwe that the UN the Human Rights Council is satisfied with Malawi human rights record. “This is a mark of […]
The United Nations in Malawi has congratulated the World Food Programme (WFP) for winning the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize awarded last Fridayby the Norwegian Nobel Committee for its efforts to combat hunger, fight the use of hunger as a weapon of war and improve conditions for peace across the world. In a statement made available […]
Malawi has been elected to the UN human rights council for the next three years on the 47-seat body during elections held on Tuesday conducted at the UN headquarters in New York. Under the council’s rules, seats are allocated to regions to ensure geographical representation. Four countries won Africa seats: Malawi, Ivory Coast, Gabon and Senegal. Russia and […]
Malawi’s leading daily newspaper has used its editorial opinion column to point comment on President Lazarus Chakwera’s begging bowl speech on debt relief at the 75th United Nations General Assembly (Unga) on Thursday, stating that debt relief may not be an end in itself. Chakwera asked rich countries and international lenders to immediately cancel debts of […]
President Lazarus Chakwera —who won Malawi’s first court-ordered fresh presidential election on June 23— on Thursday took his Tonse philosophy, to the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA75) to promote unity as the session highlighted a lack of unity between UN members, with tensions particularly apparent between the US and China. The […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has appealed to development partners for deliberate measures that would ease supply chain disruptions on trade. Chakwera made the appeal on Thursday in his maiden address which was delivered virtually to the General Debate of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The Malawi leader who was addressing the […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has kicked his journey at UN with a virtual address at the United Nations General Assembly (Unga) by reiterating the call s his predecessor, Peter Mutharika, who advanced the need for Africa to have two permanent seats with veto power and five non-permanent seats in the Security Council. At present, the Council […]