Super-charging efforts and setting a fresh direction for the next phase of climate policymaking is what’s urgently needed and on offer this month during the 78th UN General Assembly in New York, as mass heat waves, devastating wildfires, fatal floods, and withering droughts continue to wreak havoc across continents. These extreme
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When the UN came under attack from a mis-guided rocket launcher
When 150+ world leaders, including Presidents and Prime Ministers, arrive in New York to address the high-level segment of the General Assembly beginning September 19, the UN neighborhood will be turned into a veritable war zone. The streets will be littered with scores of police officers, US secret service personnel, UN
UN financing appeal last hope for SDGs and climate?
The United Nations Secretary-General’s Dialogue on Financing for Development on 20 September may well be the world’s last chance to save the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and curb global warming in time. The UN and international finance Many features of the international financial system – including multilateral arrangements developed over many decades
Russia vetoes UN resolution on Mali sanctions
Russia on Wednesday vetoed an attempt to keep inside military-run Mali a team of UN experts who had charged that foreign forces a veiled reference to Moscow-linked Wagner mercenaries -- were involved in widespread abuses. Thirteen of the UN Security Council's 15 members backed a proposal that would have extended by
A plea for a UN summit on the global food crisis
A coalition of civil society organizations, (CSOs), including climate activists, anti-poverty campaigners and celebrity chefs, are among those calling for an emergency meeting of world leaders on the global food crisis during the UN General Assembly (UNGA) sessions in New York next month. With 735 million people going hungry, 122 million
UN to support country in addressing climate issues
United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction in United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Mami Mizutori today assured Bangladesh of providing more support to deal with the adverse impacts of climate change. "Bangladesh is one of the 30 prioritised countries announced by
UN cybercrime convention: Could the cure be worse than the disease?
If you’ve never heard of the Cybercrime Convention, you’re not alone. And if you’re wondering whether an international treaty to tackle cybercrime is a good idea, you’re in good company too. Negotiations have been underway for more than three years: the latest negotiating session was held in April, and a multi-stakeholder
UN should take the challenge to make AI work for the good of humanity
UN expert against pilot project for Rohingya repatriation
Bangladesh must immediately suspend a pilot repatriation project for Rohingya to return to Myanmar, where they "face serious risks" to their lives and liberty, a UN expert said on Thursday. UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, said there were reports that Bangladeshi authorities were
Dhaka needs to improve wages in RMG sector: UN
While Bangladesh seeks to diversify its economy and in particular its exports, it also should improve working conditions and wages in the RMG sector and beyond, said a UN expert on Monday. "There is ample room for increasing the minimum wage," UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier