The UN climate summit : What was the outcome from COP26 ?
World leaders signed off on a new climate change agreement after two weeks of intense negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland. While some countries committed to more ambitious cuts to heat-trapping pollution, many nations…
UN Security Council calls for an end to Ethiopia fighting
The United Nations Security Council has for the first time called for an end to hostilities in Ethiopia, urging the warring sides to negotiate a “lasting ceasefire”. The yearlong conflict…
UN Special fund aims to inject liquidity into Afghan households amid cash shortage
The United Nations says it has set up a special trust fund to provide urgently-needed cash directly to Afghans through a system that taps into donor funds frozen since…
US elected to UN Human Rights Council that Trump quit
The United States has been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the first time since the Trump administration quit the international body in 2018, citing what it called…
Countdown to 76th UN General, What to expect?
UN: COVID-19 restrictions bring brief air-quality gains in 2020
Pandemic lockdowns and travel restrictions caused dramatic but short-lived improvements in air quality and drops in pollution, the United Nations has said, but warned the blip was no substitute for…
Madagascar on the brink of first climate-induced famine, UN warns
A four-year drought has pushed at least 30,000 people in southern Madagascar to level five of famine, the UN warned. The island nation of Madagascar has endured four years of…
NGOs call for urgent aid as millions on brink of starvation
More than 250 NGOs have urgently called on international governments to increase aid and save more than 34 million people on the brink of starvation this year. In an open…
World on the verge of climate crisis ‘abyss’, warns UN
Time is fast running out to tackle the climate crisis, a United Nations report has warned, with the COVID-19 pandemic having failed to put the brakes on “relentless” climate change….
FAST- TRACK WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC LIFE “FOR EVERYONE’S BENEFIT”
The UN rights chief said on Tuesday March 16th that empowering women and girls to participate fully in public life is both the right and “smart thing to do”, speaking…
