LIVE: World leaders adopt pivotal UN Pact for the Future
Sep 22, 2024 · World leaders are at UN Headquarters in New York this Sunday where they adopted the potentially game-changing Pact for the Future by consensus, with a small group of just seven countries holding out, having failed to pass a last-minute amendment. The centrepiece of the Summit of the Future is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine the multilateral system and steer humanity on a new ...
Ukraine: Report reveals war’s long-term impact which will be felt …
Feb 22, 2024 · Millions displaced, thousands dead. In its latest report, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has verified 30,457 civilian casualties since 24 February 2022, including 10,582 killed and 19,875 injured, with the actual numbers likely to be significantly higher.. Millions have been displaced, thousands have lost their homes, and hundreds of medical and educational institutions have ...
Hate speech: A growing, international threat | UN News
Jan 28, 2023 · Hate speech is having a demonstrable effect on society: one of the many similarities between the January attacks on Brazil’s government buildings, and the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, is that each occurred after certain groups repeatedly directed dangerous rhetoric and false claims against others.. Concerns over the growing phenomenon have prompted independent human rights ...
Pact for the Future: World leaders pledge action for peace, …
Sep 22, 2024 · The Pact along with its annexes, the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations, was adopted by consensus, despite a last-minute proposal for an amendment by some countries, including Russia, Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Syria.. The amendment sought to incorporate text calling for non-intervention in any issue of national sovereignty, and ...
Human, economic, environmental toll of climate change on the …
Apr 21, 2023 · The organization says its report, released ahead of this year’s Mother Earth Day, echoes UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ call for “deeper, faster emissions cuts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degree Celsius”, as well as “massively scaled-up investments in adaptation and resilience, particularly for the most vulnerable countries and communities who have done the least ...
Gaza: Number of children killed higher than from four years of …
UN-partnered efforts to help alleviate the desperate situation amid ongoing fighting and Israeli bombardment included a World Food Programme aid convoy to Gaza City on Tuesday – the agency’s first successful mission to the north since 20 February.“With people in northern Gaza on the brink of famine, we need daily deliveries to the north, as …
Explainer: What is international humanitarian law? | UN News
While aid workers serving conflict-affected civilian populations depend on a set of laws to protect them, some warring parties violate these global agreements, from targeting hospitals and schools to blocking aid workers from reaching civilians with lifesaving goods and services.
Break free from pollution, climate chaos and ‘biodiversity …
Jun 4, 2024 · UN chief’s special address. In New York, Secretary-General António Guterres will deliver a special address at the American Museum of Natural History on climate change on Wednesday morning local time, where he will set out some hard-hitting truths about the state of the climate. He will also share new data from the World Meteorological Organization and the Copernicus Climate Change Service.
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Biodiversity: What is it and how can we protect it? | UN News
Jan 22, 2024 · What is the Biodiversity Plan? The Plan, officially called the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, is a UN-driven landmark agreement adopted by 196 countries to guide global action on nature through to 2030, which was hashed out at meetings in Kunming, China and Montreal, Canada, in 2022.. The aim is to address biodiversity loss, restore ecosystems and protect indigenous rights.