About a thousand people – 600 on Israeli soil and more than 400 in Gaza – died in two days of war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, who captured a hundred hostages in an offensive that took the Jewish State by surprise. “The enemy is still on the ground,” the Israeli army […]
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COP28 chief: World cannot “switch off” current energy system
The president of the next climate conference of the UNthe COP28 which will be held in Dubai, called on governments this Sunday to leave behind “fantasies” like the hasty abandonment of energy infrastructure existing to meet climate objectives. “We cannot disconnect today’s energy system before building the new system of tomorrow. It is simply neither […]
Security Council to meet on Sunday to discuss attacks on Israel
The Security Council of the UN will meet on Sunday to discuss the terrorist attacks by the Islamist group Hamas this Saturday against Israel and the escalation of the conflict between the country and the Palestinian Territories. According to the agenda of the highest decision-making body of the UNthe session will be held behind closed […]
Brazil calls emergency meeting of the Security Council due to attacks in Israel
Brazilwho holds the presidency of the Security Council of the UNannounced this Saturday that it will call an “emergency meeting” of the body in the face of the serious escalation of violence between Israel and the Palestinian Territories. ”As President of the United Nations Security Council, Brazil will call an emergency meeting of the body,” […]
Shipping industry does not have an easy path to decarbonization
The sector of Marine transport lacks clarity about the future fuels and regulatory systems, which is holding back companies from replacing aging vessels amid pressure to decarbonise more quickly, the UN agency UNCTAD said on Wednesday. UN. Maritime transport, which represents more than 80% of world trade and almost 3% of global carbon dioxide emissions, […]
Exclusion of women costs Afghanistan US$1 billion a year, according to UN
The exclusion of women from most of the working market in Afghanistan and public space in general is costing the country US$ 1,000 million, a sum that will only increase, warned today the executive director of UN Women, Sima Bahous. Bahous was speaking at a session of the Security Council dedicated to the situation of […]
Mexico denounces “excessive” firearms trafficking at the UN
Mexico this “extremely worried” for him “excessive” increase of illicit firearms traffickingsaid at the UN General Assembly foreign ministerAlicia Bárcena. His country, he said, “assumes in good faith its international commitments to combat drug trafficbut all efforts will be limited if the countries of manufacture and origin of trafficked weapons do not assume their responsibility […]
Colombia: government manipulated video of Petro at the UN to include applause
The government of Colombia manipulated a video to alter the applause the president received Gustavo Petro during his speech at the General Assembly of United Nationsin NY. The recording released by the Presidency of Colombia incorporated the applause that the speech of the president of the United States, Joe Biden, received, moments before Petro spoke, […]
The courts, key tools in the climate fight
Legal actions against the climate inaction of governments or the polluting policies of companies have skyrocketed in recent years, sometimes managing to influence the climate policies. It is the result expected by young Portuguese who will be heard by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in which they denounced 32 states for inaction. Explosion […]
UN chief: Libya is a reflection of the injustice in the world
The catastrophe of the Libyan city of Dernawhere thousands of people have died from floods, is a “sad snapshot” of a world stalked by injustice, warned this Tuesday the secretary general of the UNAntonio Guterres, at the opening of the 78th General Assembly in New York. “Derna is a sad snapshot of the state of […]