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From vulnerability to action: Asia-Pacific leaders urge global responsibility

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home From vulnerability to action: Asia-Pacific leaders urge global responsibility 27 September 2024 UNDP Tuvalu/Aurélia Rusek The low-lying island nation, Tuvalu, in the Pacific Ocean is particularly susceptible to higher sea levels caused by climate change. At the UN General Assembly on Friday, leaders from Asia and the Pacific underscored a dire reality: climate change is a clear and present…

Lebanon crisis: 90,000 displaced in last 72 hours, warns refugee agency

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon crisis: 90,000 displaced in last 72 hours, warns refugee agency 26 September 2024 © UNICEF/Dar Al Mussawir Smoke billows from a site targeted by shelling in the southern Lebanese village of Zaita. A new humanitarian crisis is unfolding at Lebanon’s border with Syria as thousands of people flee Israeli shelling linked to the war in Gaza, UN humanitarians said on Thursday, just as…

LIVE: World leaders adopt declaration to tackle growing threat of superbugs

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home LIVE: World leaders adopt declaration to tackle growing threat of superbugs 26 September 2024 © WHO/Etinosa Yvonne Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines. Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is an invisible killer, so world leaders are holding a high-level meeting at UN Headquarters on Thursday in…

What happened Thursday at UNGA: Gaza crisis tops discussions; Africa pushes for Security Council reform; leaders act against ‘superbugs’

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home What happened Thursday at UNGA: Gaza crisis tops discussions; Africa pushes for Security Council reform; leaders act against ‘superbugs’ 26 September 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten Journalists wait for a world leader's stakeout at UN Headquarters. At the UN on Thursday, world leaders urged a concerted diplomatic drive to end the war in Gaza and to avert further escalation in the region.…

$1.5 billion commitment for education and skills training in lower-middle-income countries

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home $1.5 billion commitment for education and skills training in lower-middle-income countries 26 September 2024 © UNIC Pakistan Today, globally, some 250 million children are out of school. A new $1.5 billion investment, announced on Thursday, will boost education and skills development for millions of the world’s children and youth most in need.…

‘We have failed the people of Gaza,’ Guterres tells ministers

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘We have failed the people of Gaza,’ Guterres tells ministers 26 September 2024 © UNRWA An UNRWA-run school, which was converted into a shelter, was severely damaged by previous strikes. (file) The UN agency that supports Palestine refugees, UNRWA, is the only “outpost of hope” left in the hellscape that is Gaza, the UN Secretary-General told a high-level ministerial meeting on Thursday in…

Abbas dismisses ‘Israeli lies’, tells world leaders entire generations being wiped out in Gaza

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Abbas dismisses ‘Israeli lies’, tells world leaders entire generations being wiped out in Gaza 26 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-ninth session. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, addressed world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, stressing that…

Governments urged to ‘stop gambling with humanity’s future’ and eliminate nuclear weapons

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Governments urged to ‘stop gambling with humanity’s future’ and eliminate nuclear weapons 26 September 2024 © ICAN/Darren Ornitz On 26 November 2023, campaigners in New York joined people all around the world on the Global Day of Action against nuclear weapons. World leaders, senior government officials and civil society representatives joined forces at UN Headquarters on Thursday to…

Exert more pressure to dry up funding for Houthi militias, Yemeni leader tells UN

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Exert more pressure to dry up funding for Houthi militias, Yemeni leader tells UN 26 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi, President of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-ninth session. The Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen called on Thursday for increased international…

‘At this very moment the future of Lebanon’s people is imperiled’, Foreign Minister tells UN

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘At this very moment the future of Lebanon’s people is imperiled’, Foreign Minister tells UN 26 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib of Lebanon addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-ninth session. The Foreign Minister of Lebanon on Thursday said that the crisis in his country demanded urgent international action as Israeli attacks…