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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…

Sudan crisis must not be forgotten by world leaders, says UN food agency

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan crisis must not be forgotten by world leaders, says UN food agency 24 September 2024 © UNHCR/Faouzia Haidara Refugees build makeshift shelters during the rainy season in Adre, eastern Chad. (file) Ongoing heavy fighting in Sudan has continued to kill and uproot the country’s people who global leaders should remember as they gather in New York on Tuesday, UN humanitarians have said…

LIVE COVERAGE: Join forces to take ‘more sustainable path’, Guterres tells world leaders

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home LIVE COVERAGE: Join forces to take ‘more sustainable path’, Guterres tells world leaders 24 September 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías The Secretariat building with flags of Member States in the foreground, at UN Headquarters, in New York. The world is on an unsustainable course, the UN Secretary General told world leaders gathered for the UN general debate in New York on Tuesday – but growing…

Lebanon escalation: Have we learned nothing from Gaza, UN humanitarians ask

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon escalation: Have we learned nothing from Gaza, UN humanitarians ask 24 September 2024 © UNICEF/Ibarra Sánchez A 5-year-old boy walks through destroyed buildings in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon. (file) As Lebanon mourns the victims of a wave of Israeli airstrikes believed to have left hundreds dead, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday against a return to the “dark days of 2006” when…

UN’s Guterres urges global solutions as uncertain world edges toward a ‘powder keg’

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN’s Guterres urges global solutions as uncertain world edges toward a ‘powder keg’ 24 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the General Assembly before the opening of the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 79th session. The world is locked in a “purgatory of polarity” with a growing number of governments and others feeling entitled to a “…