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Impact of ‘failed promises’ on climate, evident in Antarctica: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
- UN News
The impact of “failed promises” to address the rapid rise in global temperatures is strikingly evident in Antarctica in the South Pole, according to the UN Resident Coordinator in Chile.
UN affirms solidarity with the Palestinian people on International Day
- UN News
From New York to Jerusalem and beyond, United Nations offices on Wednesday commemorated the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
UPDATING LIVE: World must not look away from humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, UN chief tells Security Council
- UN News
The UN Security Council is due to meet once again on Wednesday morning in New York on the Middle East crisis. This will be the first open meeting since the 15-member body passed a resolution in mid-November. Briefing top diplomats, the UN chief said the world must not look away from the suffering of civilians in Gaza. Follow LIVE COVERAGE from UN Web TV here.
Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza City a ‘ghost town’, reports UN aid agency
- UN News
Amid hopes of a deal to extend the pause in fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) reported that humanitarian assistance had reached its shelters in northern Gaza for first time since war erupted last month.
Suicides, Another Face of the Crisis in Venezuela
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Nov 28 (IPS) - In the wee hours of one morning in early November, Ernesto, 50, swallowed several glasses of a cocktail of drugs and alcohol in the apartment where he lived alone in the Venezuelan capital, ending a life tormented by declining health and lack of resources to cope as he would have liked.
Right Here, Right Now: ECWs USD 150 Million Climate Appeal to Save Children at Risk
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 28 (IPS) - A catastrophic surge in the frequency, intensity, and severity of extreme weather events has placed children on the frontlines of climate emergencies. Nearly half of the world’s children, or one billion, live in countries at extremely high risk from the effects of the climate crisis. Most of these children face multiple vulnerabilities.
Argentina Plunges into the Unknown
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Nov 28 (IPS) - For many of Argentina’s voters the choice on 19 November was between the lesser of two evils: Sergio Massa, the minister overseeing an economy with the world’s third-highest inflation rate, or Javier Milei, an erratic far-right libertarian outsider promising to shut down the Central Bank, adopt the US dollar as the currency, cut taxes and privatise public services.
The Increase in Nuclear Rhetoric on the Korean Peninsula is Deeply Concerning
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28 (IPS) - In his remarks to the UN Security Council on Non -Proliferation/DPRK , November 27At 10:42 PM local time on 21 November, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched a rocket “Chollima-1" loaded with the reconnaissance satellite "Malligyong-1", from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station.
Syria: ‘A dozen different powder kegs’
- UN News
The situation in Syria remains dire, with continued fighting, and tens of thousands displaced - all exacerbating the suffering of civilians and compounded by the effects of the war in Gaza, senior UN officials said on Tuesday.
UN and African Union sign new human rights agreement
- UN News
The United Nations and the African Union have reinforced their partnership following the conclusion of their seventh high-level dialogue in New York on Tuesday.
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