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Investing In Clean Air Can Saves Lives And Combat Climate Change

The UN Secretary-General is marking ‘Clean Air Day’ with a call for global investment in solutions that tackle climate change and the increasing public health, environmental, and economic harm caused by air pollution

2024-09-09 04:37:51 0 Comment 4041 view

Planning Ahead: 5 Things To Know About The UN’s Landmark Summit Of The Future

Is there another way the world could be run? And in the face so much global turmoil, how can we make the future fairer?

2024-09-07 12:17:28 0 Comment 4652 view

UN Chief Urges Climate Justice For Pacific Nations Beset By Rising Oceans

Pacific island nations threatened by rising oceans, debt and geopolitical tensions can only fight back if international lenders agree to fairer terms for vital development funding and the world’s biggest polluters make a “massive increase” in contributions to address “climate chaos”

2024-08-23 06:25:29 0 Comment 5829 view

Retaliatory Spiral In Middle East Must End, Says UN Chief After Reported Strikes On Iran

NEW YORK, US: Following reports of alleged Israeli strikes inside Iran near a nuclear power station early Friday, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a new appeal to all parties to “stop the dangerous cycle of retaliation in the Middle East”.

2024-04-21 12:54:42 0 Comment 36000 view

‘Concerted Global Push’ For Sudan Ceasefire Is Essential: UN Sec-Gen

NEW YORK, US: “The world is forgetting about the people of Sudan” the UN chief warned on Monday, calling for a boost in humanitarian funding and a global push for peace to end a year of brutal fighting between rival militaries.

2024-04-17 19:20:50 0 Comment 32671 view

Human Ingenuity Can Help To Save Nature, Guterres Appeals On World Wildlife Day

NEW YORK, US: UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for action now to protect nature in his message to mark World Wildlife Day on Sunday.

2024-03-05 09:29:59 0 Comment 20984 view

Peace Is UN’s Raison D’être: UN Gec-Gen Guterres

NEW YORK, US: Around the globe, “peace is the missing piece” as conflicts rage, divisions grow and polarization deepens, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday.

2024-02-14 03:15:49 0 Comment 26823 view

Effort To Restart Iran Nuclear Deal ‘At A Standstill’ Security Council Hears

NEW YORK, US:The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreed in 2015 lays out the rules for monitoring Iran’s domestic nuclear programme and paved the way for US sanctions to be lifted. It was agreed by Iran, the five permanent members of the Council (China, France, Russia the United Kingdom and the United States) plus Germany together with the European Union.

2024-01-01 14:40:58 0 Comment 29865 view

Climate Advocates Demand Stronger COP28 Language On Fossil Fuels

NEW YORK, US: The latest COP28 draft outcome text released to negotiators in Dubai Monday evening dropped a call to ‘phase out’ fossil fuels, prompting outcry from climate vulnerable countries and civil society.

2023-12-14 01:53:20 0 Comment 37149 view

Middle East Crisis: Guterres Appeals For End To ‘Vicious Cycle Of Bloodshed, Hatred And Polarization’

NEW YORK, US: The UN Secretary-General on Monday said that he recognized the legitimate grievances of the Palestinian people and the legitimate security concerns of Israel, but underlined his rejection of terrorist acts and upheld the need to protect civilians.

2023-10-14 14:10:53 0 Comment 26013 view

UN Chief Reinforces Call For Multilateral Reform, Outlines Next Steps

NEW YORK, US:Global leaders issued a resounding call for reform and renewed multilateral cooperation during the General Assembly’s crunch week, the UN chief told top diplomats meeting in New York on Wednesday.

2023-10-06 02:28:34 0 Comment 28386 view

‘Reform Or Rupture’ Says Guterres, Calling For Multilateralism To Be Remade For 21st Century

NEW YORK, US: Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday warned the world is “becoming unhinged” and underscored the United Nations’ raison d'être, to resolve global crises during times of “maximum danger and minimum agreement.”

2023-09-22 15:40:38 0 Comment 33938 view

Libya: Humanitarian Response Ramps Up As Floods Of 'Epic Proportions' Leave Thousands Dead

NEW YORK, US: UN agencies and partners are responding to the disaster unfolding in eastern Libya after extreme rainfall caused devastating flooding and loss of life over the weekend, humanitarians told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday.

2023-09-14 14:34:40 0 Comment 32157 view

African Children Bearing The Brunt Of Climate Change Impacts

NEW YORK, US: Children in Africa are among the most at risk from climate change impacts but are being woefully deprived of the financing necessary to help them adapt, survive and respond to the crisis, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a new report on Friday.

2023-09-03 15:14:22 0 Comment 32850 view

High-Stakes UN Operation Underway In Yemen To Avert Catastrophic Oil Spill

NEW YORK, US:The UN on Tuesday began siphoning one million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen, a crucial step in the race against time to prevent a potential environmental disaster.

2023-08-07 14:03:20 0 Comment 28864 view

Status Quo On Korean Peninsula ‘Alarming And Unsustainable’, Security Council Hears

NEW YORK, US: Unity on the Security Council in the face of missile launches by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is essential to ease tensions across the whole Korean Peninsula, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for political and peacebuilding affairs for the region said on Thursday.

2023-07-19 04:20:47 0 Comment 35598 view

Sudan: UN Relief Chief Heads To Region As Humanitarian Crisis Nears 'Breaking Point'

NEW YORK, U.S.-In light of the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Sudan, Secretary-General António Guterres is sending UN Humanitarian Affairs chief Martin Griffiths to the region immediately, the global body announced on Sunday.

2023-05-04 02:48:46 0 Comment 41131 view

What Would It Take To Recognize The Taliban?

WASHINGTON, U.S.-Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, speculation has been rife over whether the group would achieve the global recognition that has long eluded it.

2023-05-04 02:43:23 0 Comment 39492 view

World Order Without Twisting Arms And UN Protection

NEW YORK, U.S.-The current crisis in the world signals that the US hegemony has come to an end and there is a chance to switch to a fair and democratic multipolar world order, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday at the general debate during the 77th session of the UN General Assembly.

2023-04-26 14:35:05 0 Comment 42135 view

Top Officials Strongly Condemn Taliban Ban On Afghan Women Working For UN

NEW YORK, U.S.-A Taliban edict banning Afghan women from working for the UN mission and agencies inside the country, has been strongly condemned by both the UN chief and his deputy.

2023-04-06 08:32:31 0 Comment 51205 view