The UN Security Council is due to meet once again on Wednesday morning in New York on the Middle East crisis. This will be the first open meeting since the 15-member body passed a resolution in mid-November. Briefing top diplomats, the UN chief said th…
Continue reading →From New York to Jerusalem and beyond, United Nations offices on Wednesday commemorated the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Read the full story, “UN affirms solidarity with the Palestinian people on International Day”, on g…
Continue reading →The impact of “failed promises” to address the rapid rise in global temperatures is strikingly evident in Antarctica in the South Pole, according to the UN Resident Coordinator in Chile.Read the full story, “Impact of ‘failed promises’ on climate, evid…
Continue reading →Humanitarians have launched a $1.8 billion plan to support six million people in South Sudan next year, the United Nations has reported. Read the full story, “World News in Brief: South Sudan aid plan, rising cost of healthy eating, Europe’s diabetes b…
Continue reading →As the Israel-Palestine crisis continues, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was commemorated on 29 November, and has been annually since 1978.Read the full story, “Stories from the UN Archive: The origin of #PalestineDay”,…
Continue reading →CARACAS, Nov 28 (IPS) – In the wee hours of one morning in early November, Ernesto, 50, swallowed several glasses of a cocktail of drugs and alcohol in the apartment where he lived alone in the Venezuelan capital, ending a life tormented by declining …
Continue reading →NAIROBI, Nov 28 (IPS) – A catastrophic surge in the frequency, intensity, and severity of extreme weather events has placed children on the frontlines of climate emergencies. Nearly half of the world’s children, or one billion, live in countries at ex…
Continue reading →MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Nov 28 (IPS) – For many of Argentina’s voters the choice on 19 November was between the lesser of two evils: Sergio Massa, the minister overseeing an economy with the world’s third-highest inflation rate, or Javier Milei, an errat…
Continue reading →As the pause in fighting in Gaza appeared to enter a fifth day on Tuesday, UN humanitarians warned that aid deliveries needed to multiply immediately to save the lives of the injured and stem the risk of a deadly disease outbreak that has left doctors …
Continue reading →Global temperatures continue to reach record levels and, as the year draws to a close, the diplomatic heat is rising as all eyes turn to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where world leaders are meeting from 30 November to 12 December, to chart an ambitious…
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