It’s official: alcohol damages DNA Ahead of the busy festive season, learn about the dangers of alcohol that will no doubt be tempting in the coming weeks By Sebastian Zielinski | HEALTH | 8 December 2025
EDITORIAL- DECEMBER 2025/JANUARY 2026 By Prisca Chaoui | EDITORIAL | EDITORIAL | EDITORIAL | 1 December 2025
Digital foundations for the UN family Shared digital foundations are enabling the UN system to deliver faster, smarter, and more securely across mandates and organizations By Mollie Fraser-Andrews | FOCUS ON | 1 December 2025
UNICC model lessons amid UN system-wide reforms As an institutional innovation, UNICC remains a living model of collaboration and shared infrastructure that delivers across the UN system By Jean Pierre Mora Casasola | FOCUS ON | 1 December 2025
A responsive UN system for an AI and quantum future Meeting the challenges of AI and quantum innovation demands true UN system collaboration more than mere adaptation By Milena Grecuccio | FOCUS ON | 1 December 2025
Twenty years of the Human Rights Council To mark Human Rights Day on 10 December, we look at why this UN body finds itself at a crossroads? By Eric Tistounet | GLOBAL AFFAIRS | 1 December 2025
Beyond ramps and access: safety and dignity in SEA Protection On 3 December, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, learn how the UN protects persons with disabilities from sexual exploitation By Patricia Nemeth | GLOBAL AFFAIRS | 1 December 2025
Can we renegotiate a new eco-social contract? Around the world, people are rethinking how economies can serve both people and the planet: rebuilding trust and shaping sustainable and just futures By Patrick Huntjens and Katja Hujo | GLOBAL AFFAIRS | 1 December 2025
Espionage and Resistance in Switzerland 1939-45 Various intelligence services operating from Switzerland played a major role in the clandestine war that contributed to the Allied victory of 1945 By Gudrun Beger | CULTURE | 1 December 2025