Step up action to protect the planet during wartime: UN environment chief
Greater action is needed to protect the environment during wartime if the world is to realize the goal of a more sustainable future for all […]
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Microplastics, microbeads and single-use plastics poisoning sea life and affecting humans, says UN Environment
Each year, an estimated eight million tonnes of plastic ends up in the ocean – equivalent to a full garbage truck every minute dumped into […]
Far more needed to ‘confront the world’s climate emergency’, UN chief tells ASEAN Summit
Four of the ten countries most affected by climate change are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said […]
Friday’s Daily Brief: When journalists are targets, landslides in Cameroon, UN Female Police Officer of the Year award
A recap of stories in brief this Friday: Societies ‘pay a price’ when journalists are killed; Guterres saddened by Cameroon landslide deaths; Senegalese woman officer […]
Friday’s Daily Brief: When journalists are targets, landslides in Cameroon, UN Female Police Officer of the Year award
A recap of stories in brief this Friday: Societies ‘pay a price’ when journalists are killed; Guterres saddened by Cameroon landslide deaths; Senegalese woman officer […]
Guterres in Turkey: UN to study ‘new settlement areas’ plan for Syrian refugees
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday presented UN Secretary-General António Guterres with a plan for resettling hundreds-of-thousands of Syrian refugees, in the wake of […]
UN Migration Agency appeals to South Sudan group to free volunteer worker and child
The UN Migration Agency appealed on Friday for the immediate liberation of a volunteer and child who’ve been missing since a gun battle in South […]
Education and inclusion should be human rights priorities, UN Assembly hears
UN Member States agreed seven decades ago to a set of inalienable rights to ensure the dignity of everyone. On Friday, the newly-installed General Assembly […]
‘When journalists are targeted, societies as a whole, pay a price’, UN chief
“Without journalists able to do their jobs in safety, we face the prospect of a world of confusion and disinformation”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has […]
Thursday’s Daily Brief: The power of mediation, Southern Africa food crisis, urban deaths, climate meeting update and Iraq protest latest
A recap of Thursday’s top stories: Guterres in Turkey underscores successes of mediation; 45 million lack food across Southern Africa; rights experts push to release Palestinian […]