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COP29 climate talks end with $300 billion annual pledge, Guterres calls deal a ‘base to build on’

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home COP29 climate talks end with $300 billion annual pledge, Guterres calls deal a ‘base to build on’ 23 November 2024 UNFCCC/Kiara Worth Wide shot of the plenary hall at the UN climate conference, COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Rich nations pledged to contribute at least $300 billion annually to the global fight against climate change as UN climate talks came to a contentious end early Sunday…

Gaza update: Fleeing families just have ‘the clothes on their back’

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza update: Fleeing families just have ‘the clothes on their back’ 23 November 2024 © UNOCHA video Beit Lahia New School, affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which has been transformed into a shelter. Families fleeing from besieged areas of northern Gaza are leaving homes and shelters with just the shirts on their backs, Louise…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 22 November 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Federation of the Red Cross, the…

Committee against Torture Concludes Eighty-First Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Cameroon, Jordan, Kuwait, Mongolia, Namibia and Thailand

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Concludes Eighty-First Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Cameroon, Jordan, Kuwait, Mongolia, Namibia and Thailand 22 November 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this morning closed its eighty-first session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Cameroon, Jordan, Kuwait, Mongolia, Namibia and Thailand on their…

World News in Brief: Mpox update, Haiti violence, deadly strikes in Ukraine, Pakistan attack condemned

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Mpox update, Haiti violence, deadly strikes in Ukraine, Pakistan attack condemned 22 November 2024 © UNICEF/Mirindi Johnson A young patient is receiving treatment at the UNICEF-supported mpox isolation and treatment unit at Kavumu Hospital in South Kivu province, DR Congo, on 10 September 2024. The mpox outbreak continues to constitute a public health emergency of…

Children and amputees bear brunt of Myanmar’s deadly landmine epidemic

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Children and amputees bear brunt of Myanmar’s deadly landmine epidemic 22 November 2024 © UNICEF/Minzayar Oo A 14-year-old boy in eastern Myanmar who lost his right leg and suffered deep injuries to his left leg and both hands, after stepping on a landmine while searching for his family’s injured cow. Myanmar has become the world’s deadliest country for landmine and unexploded ordnance…

WFP requires $16.9 billion in 2025 as hunger reaches alarming highs

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home WFP requires $16.9 billion in 2025 as hunger reaches alarming highs 22 November 2024 © WFP/Eulalia Berlanga En Rupchai (estado de Unity), Sudán del Sur, la gente recoge alimentos lanzados desde un avión. The World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday called for some $16.9 billion to address the escalating global hunger crisis – or roughly what the world spends on coffee in just two weeks…

Middle East crisis: Live updates for 22 November

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East crisis: Live updates for 22 November 22 November 2024 © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra People queue for bread at a bakery in Khan Younis, Gaza. The crisis in Gaza, Lebanon and Israel continues unabated as people struggle to live in the midst of conflict. Follow this live blog for the latest updates from humanitarians on the ground, our colleagues in Geneva and at UN Headquarters in New York.…

Lebanon crisis: Intensifying violence is deadliest in decades, warn aid agencies

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon crisis: Intensifying violence is deadliest in decades, warn aid agencies 22 November 2024 © UNHCR/Ximena Borrazas A plume of smoke caused by the impact of a missile strike is visible over the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut, Lebanon, on 15 November. The past two months of intensifying Israeli bombardment in Lebanon have been the “deadliest and most devastating” in decades as…

COP29 draft deal proposes wealthy nations give $250 billion in climate finance

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home COP29 draft deal proposes wealthy nations give $250 billion in climate finance 22 November 2024 UNFCCC/Kiara Worth Civil society groups at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, advocate for climate financing initiatives that are in line with the Paris Agreement. A new draft finance deal delivered to harried negotiators in Baku on Friday – the final scheduled day for the UN climate talks that have been…