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The UN Security Council on Tuesday called for the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan, denouncing a ban by the Taliban-led administration on women attending universities or working for humanitarian aid…
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Top officials at high-stakes UN biodiversity negotiations said on Saturday they were confident of securing a major deal to save the natural world from destruction. Observers had warned the COP15 talks aimed at sealing a “peace pact for…
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Countries are gathering on Tuesday for a key United Nations nature conference in Montreal, aiming to broker a new global agreement to protect what’s left of Earth’s wildlife and natural spaces. Negotiators hope that the two-week summit,…
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The first round of negotiations on a global plastics treaty ended on Friday with an agreement to end plastic pollution but a split on whether goals and efforts should be global and mandatory, or voluntary and country-led. More than 2,000…
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The world population surged past eight billion people on Tuesday, the United Nations (UN) said, warning that more hardship is in store for regions already facing resource scarcity due to climate change. Whether it is food or water,…
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The United Nations on Monday unveiled a five-year plan to build a global early warning system for deadly and costly extreme weather events amplified by climate change. The price tag, a relatively modest US$3.1 billion, or less than 50 US…
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Canadian International Development Minister Harjit Sagan said Friday that the Canadian government intends to allocate additional funds to the United Nations World Food Program to provide immediate humanitarian assistance. "Just yesterday,…
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A spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Stephane Dujarric, stated that the United Nations cannot confirm the validity of Ukraine's accusations of Russia "looting Ukrainian grain." "We are in contact with the WFP…
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United Nations spokesman, Farhan Haq, said today, Friday, that the organization had seen a "shocking" video clip showing violence during the funeral of Al-Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Aqleh in Jerusalem. United nations-. "We just saw…
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed that the leaders of the Group of Seven called for an extraordinary session of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and called on countries to refrain from imposing a food ban.…
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