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Island nations unite at UN: ‘Empty pledges’ will not save future generations

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Island nations unite at UN: ‘Empty pledges’ will not save future generations 25 September 2024 © UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin Children in a Pacific Island stand in an area heavily affected by sea level rise and coastal erosion. As wars and crises dominate global headlines, leaders from small island developing States used the UN General Assembly platform to sound the alarm on climate change – their…

UN chief to G20 ministers: Collaboration key to a sustainable future

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief to G20 ministers: Collaboration key to a sustainable future 25 September 2024 © UNICEF/Frank Dejongh Una adolescente de Costa de Marfil sostiene un panel solar que está estudiando como parte de un curso sobre energías renovables. As foreign ministers from the G20 group of industrialised nations met on Wednesday to discuss sustainability and justice issues, the UN chief urged global…

Sudan crisis: Top ministers meet in New York in call for concerted action

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan crisis: Top ministers meet in New York in call for concerted action 25 September 2024 © UNHCR/Aymen Alfadil Women carry their belongings across muddy ground at a gathering site for internally displaced people near Kassala, Sudan. With war raging in Sudan and no end in sight to the catastrophic hunger crisis it has created, UN agencies and Member States meeting at the General Assembly…

Security Council ‘must spare no effort’ to unite and push for peace

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council ‘must spare no effort’ to unite and push for peace 25 September 2024 UNMISS Vietnamese women UN peacekeepers serving in South Sudan line up at a medal ceremony. (file) In a world where peace is “never automatic”, leadership is essential on the part of the UN Security Council which must find better ways to unite in the face of gridlock, the UN chief said on Wednesday…

Stop global warming to turn the tide on sea level rise: UN Assembly President

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Stop global warming to turn the tide on sea level rise: UN Assembly President 25 September 2024 © UNICEF/Arimacs Wilander A mosque is partially submerged in the Muara Baru neighbourhood of North Jakarta, Indonesia. With global sea level rising faster than at any time over the last 3,000 years, UN Member States met on Wednesday to examine how best to address this existential threat.…

Protecting civilians must be our ‘North Star’, says French President Macron

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Protecting civilians must be our ‘North Star’, says French President Macron 25 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe President Emmanuel Macron of France addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-ninth session. President Emmanuel Macron of France deplored on Wednesday what he saw as deepening divisions among the world’s nations, telling the General Assembly that effective…

‘Hell is breaking loose in Lebanon,’ Guterres warns Security Council

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Hell is breaking loose in Lebanon,’ Guterres warns Security Council 25 September 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías The UN Security Council meets to discuss the situation in Lebanon UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the Security Council on Wednesday “to work in lock-step” to end the escalating violence between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants across the Blue Line in southern Lebanon…

Invisible killer: What is antimicrobial resistance?

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Invisible killer: What is antimicrobial resistance? 25 September 2024 © CDC/Dan Higgins/James Archer A medical illustration depicts carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an invisible killer, which is directly responsible for 1.3 million deaths and a contributing factor to five million other fatalities every year. Everyone seems to have had a family…

Russia can’t win on the battlefield, so it’s finding other ways to torment Ukrainian civilians, Zelenskyy tells UN

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Russia can’t win on the battlefield, so it’s finding other ways to torment Ukrainian civilians, Zelenskyy tells UN 25 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Volodymyr Zelenskyy (at podium and on screens), President of Ukraine, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that Russia cannot…

What happened Wednesday at UNGA: Focus on Lebanon; deepening geopolitical divides; rising seas

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home What happened Wednesday at UNGA: Focus on Lebanon; deepening geopolitical divides; rising seas 25 September 2024 UN Photo/Laura Jarriel A wide view of the opening and plenary segment of the High-level Plenary Meeting on Addressing Existential Threats Posed by Sea Level Rise. Amid ongoing wars in Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan – and the escalating risk of wider conflict in the Middle East – world…