Updated on 01/21/2022 03:04 pm The Committee against Enforced Disappearances of the United Nations (UN) has urged the Cuban communist regime to report by February 7 on the alleged disappearances in relation to the July 11 protests. The NGO Cubans for Democracy, based in Spain, shared the letter sent by this committee of the HIM-HER-IT […]
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Global growth will slow to 4% this year, UN says
The United Nations Organization (UN) reported that 2022 will be marked by lower growth (4% worldwide) and greater inequalities, both between countries and within each country, a direct consequence of the imbalances caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, he indicated that his projections, which are in the same line as those of entities such […]
FAO: world food prices rose 28.1% year-on-year in 2021
Updated on 06/01/2022 10:12 am The food price index of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reached an average of 125.7 points in 2021, which represents 28.1% more than the previous year, it reported in a statement. The FAO explained that this rate in December averaged 133.7 points, which represents a […]
Precariousness and gambling, the cocktail that explains corruption in sport
The precariousness of athletes and the enormous amount of money that gambling moves – both legal and illegal – are the cocktail that explains much of the corruption in the sport, according to a United Nations report released today. Illegal gambling moves around US $ 1.7 trillion, a figure close to what a developed economy […]
UN reaffirms support for victims of Salvadoran massacre in search of justice
United Nations reaffirmed this Saturday its support for the survivors and relatives of the victims of the El Mozote massacre, perpetrated in 1981 by the Army of The Savior, in search of justice. “40 years after the massacre, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is here once again to express […]
Illegal sports gambling close to US $ 1.7 trillion annually, says UN
Updated on 12/10/2021 06:28 am Illegal sports gambling could approach US $ 1.7 trillion annually and is often used by criminals to launder money, according to a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The estimate makes the legal sports betting market, which is hovering around $ 40 billion, look tiny, according […]
Investor group warns that livestock industry must do more to reduce methane emissions
A group of investors He said the global push to reduce methane emissions and end deforestation runs the risk of being held back by weak efforts by companies in the livestock sector. More than 100 countries pledged to reduce methane emissions by 30% and to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 in last month’s climate […]
Experts call for reducing marine debris by up to 90% by 2030
Reduce marine debris between 50% and 90% and developing a global high-tech monitoring system are the two essential objectives posed by a panel of international experts from the HIM-HER-IT to achieve clean oceans by 2030. This is stated in the “Manifesto for a Clean Ocean”, presented by the International Group of Experts of the UN […]
Latin America and its advances in open science “out of necessity”
Latin America It is one of the most advanced regions of the world in open science and it is due to the “need” of its experts to continue a long tradition in research with low resources to develop it. This is stated by Guillermo Anlló, regional head of the Scientific, Technological and Innovation Policy Program […]
COP26: climate negotiations will drag on until Saturday
The Glasgow climate change conference (COP26) will prolong its negotiations on Saturday, the British presidency reported, after a day of intense debates around conflictive points such as financing. Delegates from 194 countries were preparing to spend a long night of technical consultations, at a decisive moment in the fight against global warming. The COP26 It […]