Today the world celebrates International Women’s Day. In this context, the United Nations is launching the theme: “Rights, Justice and Action for and by All Women and Girls,” to raise awareness about remaining challenges in areas such as labor rights, healthcare, equal justice, access to information and education, recognition of achievement, security, and respect.

According to the UN, “by 2026, women will only have 64 % of the legal rights that men have worldwide. In fundamental areas of life, such as work, money, security, family, property, mobility, business, and retirement, the law is systematically unfavorable to women.”

 

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Women still face everything from “harmful social norms to discriminatory laws. Women and girls continue to face entrenched obstacles, and even setbacks, in achieving equality before the law. If progress continues at the current pace, it will take 286 years to close the legal protection gaps. That is not a deadline; it is a surrender.”

The UN will celebrate International Women’s Day this Monday, March 9, and will focus on “equality before the law, deliberately coinciding with the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) (March 9–19).”

This intergovernmental forum will serve as a meeting point for representatives of Member States, United Nations entities, and civil society to negotiate conclusions on the theme of “Ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, including by promoting inclusive and equitable legal systems, eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, and addressing structural barriers.”

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Despite current tensions following US actions in Venezuela, Russia’s representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, indicated on Thursday, February 5, that they will continue to strengthen relations with the South American country.

According to Nebenzia, “Moscow will continue to support Venezuela and reinforce its strategic partnership with the South American country”. The announcement comes in a context of international tensions, marked by new US sanctions and the UN’s call to “respect the sovereignty of nations.”

Nebenzia assured that Russia’s support for Venezuela will continue in all areas of cooperation. For his part, the Venezuelan ambassador to Moscow, Jesús Rafael Salazar Velásquez, “confirmed that the strategic partnership treaty signed in May 2025 between the two countries remains in effect and is being implemented through joint projects in energy, defense, and technological development.”

Regarding the agreements between the two countries, Salazar stated: “We will continue to implement what has been established in the treaty in all areas.”

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The deadline for announcing the replacement for the current Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, is January 1, 2027. In this regard, the current President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, announced on Monday the formal registration of former President Michelle Bachelet for the position.

Boric, who will leave the presidency on March 1, when José Antonio Kast will assume the office, highlighted Bachelet’s track record, emphasizing that “she already has the support of Mexico and Brazil, the two most populous countries in Latin America.”

According to Boric, the Chilean former president’s candidacy represents a shared hope: “that Latin America and the Caribbean will make their voices heard in building collective solutions to the tremendous challenges of our time.”

In addition to Bachelet, other candidates from the region who announced their candidacy include “the former vice president of Costa Rica, Rebeca Grynspan, current head of Trade at the organization; and the current director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Argentine Rafael Grossi.”

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According to forecasts from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office in Venezuela, the South American country’s economy could grow by 5.8 %. Of that total, the oil sector is expected to grow by 13 % and non-oil activity by 3.4 %.

UNDP experts estimate that “the nation’s economy is showing signs of growth, mainly thanks to the momentum of the oil sector and the good performance of several other sectors.”

However, they warn that policies are needed to help stabilize prices and concretely improve the quality of life, beyond the positive signs following the change in US oil policy.

One of the most significant obstacles that, according to the organization, must be taken into account is inflation, which is expected to reach 275 % by 2025, coupled with “the loss of currency value and the decline in household purchasing power.”

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Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU), recently stated that in light of the dangers of fragmentation in the use of AI and its consequences for deepening inequalities, global regulation is essential.

The official told AFP that she “hopes that AI can truly benefit humanity.” To achieve this, it is urgent to consider “the risks posed by this rapidly evolving technology—including the fear of job loss, the spread of fake news and misinformation, and the deterioration of the social fabric—and she insisted that regulation is key.”

Her warning comes after US President Donald Trump presented an “aggressive, low-regulation strategy to ensure the United States has an advantage over China in AI.”

The United Nations must analyze the positions of various countries and companies on AI, its development, application, and regulation to establish measures that, far from slowing its progress, optimize its application and minimize risks.

“For Bogdan-Martin, it is key to have a dialogue between these different strategies,” bridging the gaps between countries.

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The United Nations’ humanitarian aid programs will suffer drastic cuts due to a lack of funding, especially from the United States.

With this cut, the organization’s aid to various countries for medicines, food, and vaccines will be slashed, impacting those most in need.

The decision was announced Monday by the UN, stating that “the new aid plan has a budget of $29 billion, far from the $44 billion the UN requested for 2025.”

New ways have been outlined to prioritize UN plans “to assist 114 million people worldwide instead of the initial plan of 180 million,” according to a statement from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

In relation to the humanitarian aid cuts, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) also announced the elimination of approximately 3,500 jobs.

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During the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, a cybersecurity agreement was announced between Venezuela, Russia, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Nicaragua, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, and Laos.

The signing of this agreement is an endorsement of the United Nations Convention on Cybercrime and will help members collect and share digital evidence, combat the use of cyberspace to commit crimes, and strengthen regulations in this field.

“The group urged all member states to sign the document during the official ceremony scheduled for Hanoi in 2025, and to work on the development of an additional protocol addressing other crimes enabled by digital technologies, in accordance with General Assembly resolutions 74/247 and 75/282.”

Venezuela and the 11 signatory countries urged the UN to establish a “Permanent Mechanism on ICT Security, to replace the current open working group on the peaceful use of information technologies (2021–2025). The objective would be to consolidate a stable, consensus-based institutional framework to address cybersecurity issues from the perspective of international peace and stability.”

The document is critical of sensitive issues such as the use of new technologies as tools for interference in internal affairs, “political destabilization, and manipulation through satellite internet networks.”

The twelve nations advocate multilateralism, non-interference, and respect for each state’s national legislation.

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Given the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032, the United Nations has activated the Planetary Security Protocol for the first time.

According to recent reports, the asteroid is approaching Earth and has a 1.5 % probability of impacting the planet in 2032.

Although it is recognized that this is a very small possibility, in view of the possible impact, the UN decided to activate said protocol, according to Juan Luis Cano, coordinator of NASA’s Planetary Defense Office.

European Space Agency keeps watch on asteroid 2024 YR4

The European Space Agency (ESA) said on Tuesday: “Asteroid 2024 YR4 is estimated to be larger than 50 m and has a probability of impact greater than 1 % at some point in the next 50 years. It therefore meets all the criteria necessary to activate the two UN-approved asteroid response groups: the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) and the Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG).”

Cano stressed that there are no strong reasons for concern. However, as space observers, agencies working with NASA must do everything possible to mitigate any possible risk, since “asteroid 2024 YR4 is now classified at level 3 on the Turin impact risk scale.” ESA believes that “it will likely remain on the risk list until it becomes observable again in 2028.”

Between April and May of that year, the SMPAG will meet again to reassess the situation. If it is confirmed that the diameter of the asteroid remains above 50 m “and the probability of impact remains above 1%, the SMPAG will issue a recommendation on additional measures to be taken to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)”.

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After a five-year absence, Switzerland will return to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The return will be effective from January 2025 until the end of 2027.

The election of the United Nations General Assembly was held on October 9, for the selection of 18 new members of the Human Rights Council, which already comprises 47 states.

As is known, in this council the seats are assigned to regional groups to guarantee geographical representation. “These countries will have a 3-year mandate, starting on January 1, 2025.”

Through a secret ballot, the UN selected “Benin, Bolivia, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Iceland, Kenya, Marshall Islands, Mexico, North Macedonia, Qatar, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland and Thailand as members of the UN Human Rights Council for the period 2025-2027,” according to international media reports.

The new members apply to replace Argentina, Benin, Cameroon, Eritrea, Finland, Gambia, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Montenegro, Paraguay, Qatar and Somalia, United Arab Emirates and the United States, whose mandate expires on December 31, 2024.

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Bancamiga and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched this Thursday the En Marcha Digital program, which seeks to strengthen the management of micro-entrepreneurs in the country.

The initiative will provide 40 micro-entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs, for three months, the opportunity to receive 100 % online and free training, which will facilitate their access to training processes, personalized advice, guides, videos and tools, which will help them strengthen and develop a set of good business practices to achieve its growth and sustainability.

The training comprises a first theoretical component that includes four sessions of 16 hours per week. The second component is made up of personalized consulting practices, where each of the participants actually applies the methodological tools simultaneously with the theoretical part. Two hours of weekly accompaniment and the advice of an expert in digital marketing are expected, it was reported in a press release.

Bancamiga’s Director of Social Responsibility, Milagro González, stated that the financial institution is a socially responsible company that provides support and training to entrepreneurs who contribute to the economic development of the country.

“We want to be recognized as a financial entity that is committed to promoting each of the areas that serve the development of a country, such as education, culture and sports,” she explained.

The start of this training process is framed in the Memorandum of Understanding signed in October 2022 with UNDP, which will offer technical assistance for the transfer and execution of its business development methodologies.

Among the conditions to participate in the En Marcha Digital methodology are being an innovative microenterprise that is active, preferably with less than a year of operation, that its owners have approximately two hours a week to participate in training and consulting sessions, and have basic technological resources such as internet, smartphone or computer.

Training and accompaniment

Gustavo González, UNDP certified consultant and Director of Inverso Consultores C.A., said that they support the organization with the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of programs related to entrepreneurship.

“We are consultants certified in business development methodologies by the UNDP, among these programs is En Marcha Digital. The experience of training these entrepreneurs is always very rewarding,” he said.

One of those selected to participate was Ysleidid Corona, from Valencia, Carabobo state. Her proposal is to develop a cytotechnology and teaching service.

“The idea is to establish protocols adjusted to what the client expects and reach agreements with other professionals to work on the same vision that benefits the patient,” she explained.

She also expressed her interest in obtaining administrative tools, cost structure, profitability, legal aspects, and permits to make the initiative scalable from a business point of view.

Another of the chosen ventures was that of Dubelys Nieves, from Caracas, which proposes the production of natural dehydrated food for pets

“My business consists of making handmade snacks for pets based on a biologically appropriate diet. On a day-to-day basis, dogs and cats consume gatarina and perrarina, which is the most practical for humans, but a balance can also be achieved and the pet’s quality of life improved with foods of natural origin, ”she explained.

In addition, he said that he needs to settle all the administrative knowledge that is a very important basis for the business to be maintained over time and be sustainable.

With the start of this program, Bancamiga demonstrates its commitment to the country by developing various lines of action in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility, which have entrepreneurship as a strategy and transversal axis of its management process, concludes the information provided.

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