Gaza: Number of children killed higher than from four years of …
UN-partnered efforts to help alleviate the desperate situation amid ongoing fighting and Israeli bombardment included a World Food Programme aid convoy to Gaza City on Tuesday – the agency’s first successful mission to the north since 20 February.“With people in northern Gaza on the brink of famine, we need daily deliveries to the north, as well as direct entry points,” WFP …
COP16: Landmark biodiversity agreements adopted | UN News
2024年11月3日 · “This is an unprecedented occasion in the history of multilateral environmental agreements,” Camila Paz Romero, spokesperson for Indigenous Peoples at the summit, told UN News. “Indigenous peoples and local communities of the world – connected from our knowledge systems in the care of life and biodiversity – remember the long road we have traveled …
‘Climate crunch time is here,’ new UN report warns | UN News
2024年10月24日 · In short, countries must start curbing emissions immediately, according to the UN Emissions Gap Report 2024. “Climate crunch time is here,” said UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen. “We need global mobilisation on a scale and pace never seen before, starting right now before the next round of climate pledges.” If not, she warned, the 1.5°C goal to cap …
Biodiversity: What is it and how can we protect it? | UN News
2024年1月22日 · What is the Biodiversity Plan? The Plan, officially called the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, is a UN-driven landmark agreement adopted by 196 countries to guide global action on nature through to 2030, which was hashed out at meetings in Kunming, China and Montreal, Canada, in 2022.. The aim is to address biodiversity loss, restore …
Ukraine: Report reveals war’s long-term impact which will be felt …
2024年2月22日 · Millions displaced, thousands dead. In its latest report, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has verified 30,457 civilian casualties since 24 February 2022, including 10,582 killed and 19,875 injured, with the actual numbers likely to be significantly higher.. Millions have been displaced, thousands have lost their homes, and hundreds of …
United States vetoes Gaza ceasefire resolution at Security Council
2024年11月20日 · Despite having secured 14 votes in favour, the draft resolution put forward by the 10 elected members of the Security Council (E10), failed to pass owing to the negative vote by a permanent member, the US.. The text also reiterated the Council’s demand for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.
Growing or shrinking? What the latest trends tell us about the …
2024年7月11日 · It will then fall to around 10.2 billion, which is 700 million lower than expected a decade ago.That’s just one of the key findings revealed in Thursday’s World Population Prospects 2024 report published by the UN Thursday.. However, changes in global population are uneven and the demographic landscape is evolving, with rapid population growth in some places and …
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas …
2024年11月21日 · “With regard to the crimes, the [Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber I] found reasonable grounds to believe that Mr. Netanyahu…and Mr. Gallant…bear criminal responsibility for the following crimes as co-perpetrators for committing the acts jointly with others: the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, …
China responsible for ‘serious human rights violations’ in Xinjiang ...
2022年8月31日 · A long-awaited report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) into what China refers to as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has concluded that “serious human rights violations” against the Uyghur and “other predominantly Muslim communities” have been committed.