The overall cost of managing the Solid waste Urban waste could reach US$640.3 billion by 2050, including US$443 billion related to the negative impacts of waste, said Carlos Silva Filho, president of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA). The ISWA head stressed that it is “urgent” to halt the growth rate of waste generation, because […]
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Israel considers UN-supported report on hunger in Gaza “misleading” and “biased”
Israel considered on Thursday “misleading” and “biased” a report supported by the UN which states that nearly half a million inhabitants of the Gaza Strip are threatened by famine “catastrophic”. Around 495,000 people in Gaza, a 22% of the population of the Palestinian territory, live “catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity”according to the Integrated Food […]
UN: Latin America, less affected by the impact of continued wars
The head of the United Nations agency for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Rebeca Grynspan, stated this Wednesday that, “probably”, Latin America will be less affected by the economic impact that the continuation of the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine may have. “Probably less than Africa and Asia, but, still, if there is an […]
UN accuses Israel of possible crimes against humanity after analyzing its bombings
The Office of the UN for Human Rights stated that the bombings of Israel in Gaza could constitute crimes against humanity by involving “systematic attacks against the civilian population,” according to a report published this Wednesday that analyzes six of these attacks in the conflict. The study focuses on the details of half a dozen […]
“Rebuild hope”, distance class project for students in Gaza
Professor Imad Asmad prepares in his office at Birzeit University, in the Palestinian province of Ramallah (West Bank busy) to teach a class, as he confesses, without knowing how many students will appear on the other side of the screen: your students are in Loop. “They have killed faculty members, students… and now there is […]
UN: Watching a foreign TV series can be punishable by death in North Korea
The regression in the human rights situation in North Korea is so serious that the simple consumption of a foreign television series can be punished with the death penalty, the High Commissioner for Human Rights of North Korea warned this Wednesday before the Security Council. the UN, Volker Türk. Türk painted a gloomy panorama of […]
Guterres demands to stop the “horror” in Gaza, open its land routes and protect the UN
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterrescalled this Tuesday in Jordan for the opening of all “possible” routes for the entry of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, where the “horror” must stop immediately and where the work of the United Nations and its members must be protected. officials. Guterres expressed this during […]
More than 20 countries sign “declaration of peace to the ocean” before the UN summit in 2025
At least 26 countries signed this Saturday in Costa Rica a “declaration of peace to the ocean” at the end of the “Immersed in charge” marine protection forum, prior to a crucial meeting of the UN in France in 2025. Among the signatories are Germany, Spain, France, Sweden, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Israel, South Korea or […]
UN chief compares humanity to meteorite that wiped out dinosaurs
The secretary general of the UNAntonio Guterres, compared the threat that humanity represents to the planet with the meteorite that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, in a speech in which he called for a ban on advertising of fossil fuels to combat the climate crisis. “Of the great forces that have shaped life on […]
More than a million Venezuelans received humanitarian aid in the first four months
A total of 1.1 million Venezuelans received humanitarian aid in the first four months of the year, through social programs implemented by 132 national and international non-governmental organizations, the United Nations Organization (UN). This total of people, 58% women were benefited “for the humanitarian response” in Caracas and in the 23 states of the country, […]