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UN underlines solidarity with Ukraine 1,000 days into Russian invasion
- UN News
The international community must continue to show solidarity with Ukraine, a senior UN aid official said on Tuesday, marking 1,000 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of the country.
Lebanon: Increased violence is the ‘horrific new normal’ for children, warns UNICEF
- UN News
Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), told reporters in Geneva that ground clashes inside Lebanon – some of them very close to UNIFIL positions – have become “more violent”.
Middle East crisis: Live updates for 19 November
- UN News
Fighting is becoming more violent and destructive either side of the UN-patrolled Blue Line separating Lebanon and Israel, UN peacekeepers said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, conditions continue to worsen in Gaza, particularly in the north at stricken Kamal Adwan Hospital. Stay tuned for live updates from UN headquarters and the field. UN News app users can follow here.
COP29 gets boost from Rio as G20 leaders back scaling up climate finance from ‘billions to trillions’
- UN News
The high-level diplomatic push for climate action shifted southward on Tuesday as G20 leaders meeting in Rio sent a clear signal to negotiating teams at stalled UN climate talks in Baku on the need to rapidly and substantially ‘scale up climate finance from billions to trillions from all sources.’
Survival at Stake: Caribbean Calls For Just, Fair Financing For Small Island States at COP
- Inter Press Service
BAKU, Nov 18 (IPS) - Communities living in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) pay the price of climate change in lives, livelihoods, and stunted sustainable development.
‘The International Community Must Stop Turning a Blind Eye to the Suffering of Sudanese Women’
- Inter Press Service
Nov 18 (IPS) - Content warning: this interview contains details some readers may find distressing.
CIVICUS discusses Sudan's civil war and its impact on women with Sulaima Elkhalifa, a Sudanese human rights defender and expert on gender-based violence.
Governments Must Ease Pressure on Families to Stop Children Slipping Through the Cracks
- Inter Press Service
INNSBRUCK, Austria, Nov 18 (IPS) - From the cost-of-living crisis to the impacts of war, cuts to social protection and even climate change, families worldwide are facing a combination of pressures that test their capacity to cope and care for children.
Rebuilding Trust, Dialogue, Collaboration Key to COP29's Success, Says Barbados Minister
- Inter Press Service
BAKU, Nov 18 (IPS) - "This Finance COP has to deliver. I think this is a crucial moment for the COP process," said Shantal Munro-Knight, Barbados Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.
Human Rights Watch Condemns Israel’s “Deliberate” Military Offensives in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 18 (IPS) - A new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) postulates that Israeli military practices in the Gaza Strip constitutes as war crimes. Released on November 14, the new report details the scale of destruction in the Gaza Strip over a 13-month period, during which time the Israeli Defense Forces' (IDF) undertook a campaign to enact "deliberate, controlled demolitions of homes and civilian infrastructure" that were conducted to drive millions of Gazans out of their homes and inflict as much damage as possible.
The World Depends on a Healthy Southern Ocean
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (IPS) - It is a hectic week for UN environmental conservation talks with simultaneous meetings occurring around the world: Climate change negotiations are entering their second week in Baku, Azerbaijan and the G20 takes place in Rio de Janeiro November 18-19—so, it's understandable other important issues could get lost in the mix.
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