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Greenhouse gases surged to new highs in 2023, warns UN weather agency

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Greenhouse gases surged to new highs in 2023, warns UN weather agency 28 October 2024 © ЮНЕП/T. Браун Темпы отступления ледников ускорились. New data released by the UN on Monday indicating that greenhouse gases have hit a record high shows once again that urgent action and not words is needed from the world’s major polluters to protect us all from climate change, the World Meteorological…

Gaza: No let-up in Israeli military offensive, situation ‘only getting worse’

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: No let-up in Israeli military offensive, situation ‘only getting worse’ 28 October 2024 © UN Women/Samar Abu Elouf A woman walks next to her destroyed house in the Palestine Stadium area in central Gaza City. (file) After a weekend of continuing Israeli military operations throughout the Gaza Strip and especially the north, UN humanitarians warned on Monday that the already dire aid…

Sudan trapped in a ‘nightmare of violence’, UN chief tells Security Council

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan trapped in a ‘nightmare of violence’, UN chief tells Security Council 28 October 2024 © WFP/Leni Kinzli A boy walks in the Al Salaam camp for displaced people in North Darfur. UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday the people of Sudan are trapped in a “nightmare of violence, hunger, disease and displacement”, as the brutal war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and…

UN official urges more ambitious, credible climate action plans

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN official urges more ambitious, credible climate action plans 28 October 2024 © Unsplash/Ehud Neuhaus Harmful gasses continue to be released into the atmosphere across the world. Proposed actions by countries to mitigate the worsening impacts of climate change “fall miles short of what is needed,” according to a major UN report has revealed on Monday…

Middle East crisis: Live updates from the Security Council and UN across the region

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East crisis: Live updates from the Security Council and UN across the region 28 October 2024 © WHO A joint UN mission in northern Gaza helped transfer some patients from Kamal Adwan Hospital to Al-Shifa Hospital. Thanks for joining us for the latest breaking news over the day, including from UN staff on the ground, dispatches from Gaza, Lebanon and the wider region and the Israeli…

France: Hijab ban during sports, ‘discriminatory and must be reversed’ say experts

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home France: Hijab ban during sports, ‘discriminatory and must be reversed’ say experts 28 October 2024 © IOM/Anjam Rasool Mosul Girls Football Club, Iraq Independent human rights experts on Monday called on France to reverse bans that prevent Muslim women and girls who wear the hijab from participating in sports, citing concerns that these restrictions are discriminatory and violate…

Israeli Knesset vote on UNRWA set to deepen Palestinian suffering

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israeli Knesset vote on UNRWA set to deepen Palestinian suffering 28 October 2024 © UNRWA UNRWA continues to offer support to people in Gaza. Monday’s vote by the Israeli Knesset banning the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) contradicts principles of the UN Charter, violates Israel’s obligations under international law, and sets a dangerous precedent, the head of the Agency, Philippe…

Committee against Torture Opens Eighty-First Session in Geneva

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Opens Eighty-First Session in Geneva 28 October 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this morning opened its eighty-first session, which is being held in Geneva from 28 October to 22 November, during which it will review efforts by Cameroon, Jordan, Kuwait, Mongolia, Namibia and Thailand to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or…

WMO Press Conference

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home WMO Press Conference 28 October 2024 Press Conference Announcement Annual WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin Ko Barrett, WMO Deputy Secretary-General Oksana Tarasova, Senior scientific officer, WMO

UN chief ‘shocked’ at harrowing death and destruction in north Gaza

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief ‘shocked’ at harrowing death and destruction in north Gaza 27 October 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the press on the situation in Sudan. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed shock at the “harrowing levels of death, injury and destruction” in north Gaza amid an ongoing intense Israeli military operation, his Spokesperson said on…