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WMO hybrid press conference

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home WMO hybrid press conference 04 July 2023 Press Conference Announcement El Niño Update Under embargo until 4 July 2023, 10 a.m. CEST Wilfran Moufouma Okia, Head of Regional Climate Prediction Services - WMO

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears that Digital, Media and Information Literacy Programmes Should be Considered an Integral Part of Education Efforts Given their Importance for the Exercise of Rights in the Digital Age

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears that Digital, Media and Information Literacy Programmes Should be Considered an Integral Part of Education Efforts Given their Importance for the Exercise of Rights in the Digital Age 03 July 2023 Meeting Summaries   Council Also Hears that the Adverse Effects of Climate Change, including on the Right to Food, Threaten the Full and Effective Enjoyment of All Human…

Human Rights Committee Reviews the Human Rights Situation in Burundi in the Absence of a Delegation

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Reviews the Human Rights Situation in Burundi in the Absence of a Delegation 03 July 2023 Meeting Summaries   Experts Commend Action on Trafficking in Persons, Express Concern about Reports of Sexual Violence by the Ruling Party’s Youth League and Persecution of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Persons The Human Rights Committee today…

MORNING - High Commissioner for Human Rights: the Environment is Dying and the Right to Food is Comprehensively Threatened by Climate Change - the World Demands Action Now

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - High Commissioner for Human Rights: the Environment is Dying and the Right to Food is Comprehensively Threatened by Climate Change - the World Demands Action Now 03 July 2023 Meeting Summaries   Council Discusses the Impact of Casualty Recording on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Hearing that Casualty Reporting is Important for Pursuing Accountability   The…

IAEA: Europe’s largest nuclear power plant regains back-up electricity feed

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home IAEA: Europe’s largest nuclear power plant regains back-up electricity feed 03 July 2023 Ⓒ IAEA The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine is now reconnected to its only back-up power line after four months, but the power situation at the site remains “highly vulnerable”, warned Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the International…

UN rights chief: ‘Don’t leave the climate crisis for our children to fix’

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief: ‘Don’t leave the climate crisis for our children to fix’ 03 July 2023 © WFP/Michael Tewelde التغير المناخي يؤدي إلى الجفاف والقضاء على المحاصيل والماشية Global heating is a burning human rights issue, as extreme weather and climate disasters threaten humanity’s universal right to food, UN rights chief Volker Türk said on Monday…

From the Field: Finding a sanctuary for animals in Ukraine

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home From the Field: Finding a sanctuary for animals in Ukraine 03 July 2023 UNICEF Participants of the UN-supported UPSHIFT programme have united to help animals in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine. Animals left behind by their owners following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 have been found a new sanctuary, thanks in part to the support of the UN…

Global shipping poised to get new emissions-fighting strategy

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Global shipping poised to get new emissions-fighting strategy 03 July 2023 © Unsplash Global trade reached a record $33 trillion in 2024 A new strategy is expected to set global shipping on an ambitious path towards phasing out greenhouse gas emissions, top UN officials said at the opening of the latest session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) in London on Monday…

At Caribbean Summit, UN chief calls for climate action, debt relief, and urgent aid for Haiti

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home At Caribbean Summit, UN chief calls for climate action, debt relief, and urgent aid for Haiti 03 July 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Secretary-General António Guterres (left) is greeted by Prime Minister Keith Rowley of Trinidad and Tobago where he will address the 45th meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The UN chief advocated for…

New guidance to protect children from ‘aggressive’ food marketing

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home New guidance to protect children from ‘aggressive’ food marketing 03 July 2023 © UNICEF/Bashir Ahmed Sujan Food marketing involves the use of numerous persuasive techniques to influence children's food attitudes, preferences, and consumption. The World Health Organization (WHO) released on Monday fresh guidance on shaping policies to best protect children from the harmful impact of food…