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Europe warming twice as fast as other continents, warns WMO

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Europe warming twice as fast as other continents, warns WMO 19 June 2023 Jutta Benzenberg/ World Bank In 2022, for the first time, more electricity was generated by wind and solar than by natural gas in the EU. Europe has been warming twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s it was revealed on Monday, with extreme weather causing excess deaths and economic disruption.…

Sudan: Guterres urges donors to boost aid response to halt death, destruction

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: Guterres urges donors to boost aid response to halt death, destruction 19 June 2023 © UNICEF/Donaig Le Du A young girl who fled Sudan with her family waits for a distribution of relief aid in Chad. A UN-led appeal for funding to help the people of Sudan raised $1.5 billion on Monday as UN chief António Guterres warned that the country was descending “into death and destruction” at…

‘Vital’ human rights cooperation must be above fray of politics: Türk

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Vital’ human rights cooperation must be above fray of politics: Türk 19 June 2023 © UN Human Rights/Petre Oprea Volker Türk (right), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the opening of the Human Rights Council 53rd Session. A lack of strong cooperation with the international human rights system leaves States “adrift”, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Monday, as he…

Beyond borders: Why new 'high seas' treaty is critical for the world

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Beyond borders: Why new 'high seas' treaty is critical for the world 19 June 2023 © Nuno Vasco Rodrigues/UN World Oceans Day 2023 A team of scientific divers assess the marine biodiversity on the top of a seamount in Porto Santo, Madeira, Portugal. The UN’s 193 Member States adopted a landmark legally binding marine biodiversity agreement on Monday following nearly two decades of…

Poverty, inequality and exclusion fuelling terrorism, warns UN chief

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Poverty, inequality and exclusion fuelling terrorism, warns UN chief 19 June 2023 © UNICEF/Delil Souleiman UN Secretary-General reminded that more than 50,000 children, women and men remain in Al-Hol and other camps and detention centres. With terrorism posing a complex, constantly evolving and multi-faceted threat, law-enforcement agencies gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York…

Libya: ‘Persistent disagreements’ must be overcome, Security Council hears

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Libya: ‘Persistent disagreements’ must be overcome, Security Council hears 19 June 2023 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Libya is struggling to recover from years of conflict. Libyan political leaders who are being encouraged to set aside their differences for the sake of a new democratic future, must put the interests of the people “above all else”, said the UN’s Special Representative for the country…

Report reveals war’s ‘stark impacts’ on Ukraine society

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Report reveals war’s ‘stark impacts’ on Ukraine society 19 June 2023 Фото ЮНИСЕФ/Д.Санчес Обстрелы мешают доставлять гуманитарную помощь жителям Украины, которые отчаянно нуждаются в такой поддержке. Twenty-two percent of households in Ukraine are spending over a quarter of their monthly income on healthcare, according to a report issued on Monday by 12 UN agencies in the country.…

Russia declines UN request for aid access to areas flooded by Ukraine dam breach

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Russia declines UN request for aid access to areas flooded by Ukraine dam breach 18 June 2023 © UNICEF/Alexsey Filippov A woman is evacuated from a flooded Kherson neighbourhood after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. A senior United Nations relief official said on Sunday that Russia has so far declined requests to help residents of Russian-controlled areas of southern…

We must work together to reign in ‘toxic and destructive’ hate speech

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home We must work together to reign in ‘toxic and destructive’ hate speech 18 June 2023 Unsplash/Jon Tyson UNESCO says that hate speech is on the rise worldwide. With hate spreading lightning fast on social media and “mega spreaders” using divisive rhetoric to inspire thousands, the United Nations is calling for concerted global efforts to combat hate speech…

Countering ‘dark age of intolerance’ starts by tackling hate speech

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Countering ‘dark age of intolerance’ starts by tackling hate speech 17 June 2023 United Nations The UN's eight-part UNiting Against Hate podcast series shows how hate speech manifests itself in different parts of the world and how the work of activists is bringing about positive change. From institutionalized racism to genocide, the roots are the same, according to people on the…