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‘Cut the theatrics’: UN climate chief tells COP29 negotiators to focus on solutions as talks enter final week

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Cut the theatrics’: UN climate chief tells COP29 negotiators to focus on solutions as talks enter final week 18 November 2024 UNFCCC/Kiara Worth UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell addresses negotiators as the final week of COP29 begins in Baku, Azerbaijan. As COP29 climate talks in Baku enter their final week, the UN climate chief told negotiators on Monday to “cut the…

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Updates on Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Updates on Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine 18 November 2024 © UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic As war continues in Gaza, mass displacement is having a devastating impact on the 2.3 million Palestinians trapped there. The Security Council held three high-stakes high-level meetings on Monday in New York, with the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary David Lammy presiding. Russia…

New UN relief chief takes office

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home New UN relief chief takes office 18 November 2024 © UNOCHA Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Tom Fletcher, UN’s new chief of humanitarian affairs, took office on Monday, pledging to defend humanitarian values while navigating operations amid growing global crises…

Lazzarini: Annexation of Gaza won’t create lasting Middle East peace

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Lazzarini: Annexation of Gaza won’t create lasting Middle East peace 18 November 2024 © UNRWA A child carries a baby through the streets of Gaza. The head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, confirmed on Monday that a large convoy of humanitarian aid was looted inside Gaza at the weekend, amid a near-total breakdown in law and order and harassment of the agency’s staff by Israeli…

Haiti: Over 20,000 flee as gang violence spurs mass displacement

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: Over 20,000 flee as gang violence spurs mass displacement 18 November 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke A displaced woman washes clothes at a disused theatre in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Over 20,000 people have fled their homes across Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince in just four days amid escalating gang violence, with more than 17,000 seeking shelter in 15 displacement sites as…

New Permanent Representative of Egypt Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Egypt Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 18 November 2024 Presentation of Credentials  Alaa Mohamed Salaheldin Hegazy, the new Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to…

Ahead of G20 Summit in Brazil, Guterres urges bloc to take the lead on peace, climate and other challenges

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Ahead of G20 Summit in Brazil, Guterres urges bloc to take the lead on peace, climate and other challenges 17 November 2024 UN Photos/Gustavo Stephan UN Secretary-General António Guterres holds a press conference ahead of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The G20 group of developed economies must be at the forefront of global efforts to bring about peace, climate action, fairer…

UN chief condemns Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy system

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief condemns Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy system 17 November 2024 © 开发署/Oleksandr Ratushniak 乌克兰一座受损的变电站。（资料图片） UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the latest Russian drone and missile attack against the power grid and critical civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, his Spokesperson said on Sunday…

Raising the roof: Building resilience through conserving historic homes in the Philippines

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Raising the roof: Building resilience through conserving historic homes in the Philippines 16 November 2024 UN Philippines/Gaylord Hintay Many historic houses in Vigan are falling into disrepair. One of the best-preserved Spanish colonial towns in Asia that was damaged in a huge earthquake in the Philippines is being repaired with an eye to reducing the impact of future disasters thanks…

Will COP29 deliver the trillions needed to tackle the man-made climate crisis?

5 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Will COP29 deliver the trillions needed to tackle the man-made climate crisis? 16 November 2024 UNFCCC/Kiara Worth Participants at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, advocate for financing climate initiatives. The latest round of UN climate negotiations, COP29, opened this past Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, following a year that broke multiple extreme heat records and saw widespread climate-driven…