Frustration grows after the US blocks resolution at UN Security Council calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. An emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly has brought Israel’s assault on Gaza into sharp global focus. After more than nine weeks of the Israel-Hamas war, the UN Security Council has…
A flurry of shuttle diplomacy is under way at the UN-led negotiations in the UAE as countries fight over the wording of a potential deal. The COP28 climate talks have gone into overtime as countries grapple over the wording of a potential agreement on the issue of fossil fuels. There…
Oil-rich countries have pushed back against proposed language that underscores need to move away from fossil fuels. A draft deal at the COP28 climate talks in Dubai stops short of calling on nations to gradually phase out fossil fuels, whose use is the primary driver of climate change and increasingly…
Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he hopes resolution will be starting point for further UN action on crisis. The World Health Organization has agreed on a resolution, the first by any United Nations agency, calling for immediate access to vital humanitarian aid and an end to the fighting in Gaza….
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter, urging the UN Security Council to act on the war in Gaza. The rare move by the secretary-general comes as the Security Council is yet to adopt a resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel, Hamas and…
UN agency pauses general food distribution in north Yemen due to limited funding and disagreements with the group. The World Food Programme (WFP) says it is suspending food distribution in Houthi-controlled areas of northern Yemen due to a dip in funding and disagreements with the group over how to focus…
Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, but environmental groups have called it a “smokescreen”. Sultan al-Jaber, the president of the United Nations climate summit (COP28) held in Dubai this year, made…
The United Nations political mission in Sudan, UNITAMS, will end on Sunday. A United Nations political mission in war-racked Sudan will end on Sunday after the UN Security Council voted to shut it down following a request from Sudanese authorities last month. Fourteen of the council’s 15 members adopted Friday’s…
The United Nation’s annual climate summit is under way in Dubai, with world leaders approving a climate disaster fund that will help vulnerable nations cope with the impact of drought, floods and rising seawater. The agreement marked a “positive signal of momentum” at the start of the 2023 conference –…
People & Power investigates what major new oil projects in Uganda mean for the country, its people and the environment. In this documentary, People & Power investigates what major new oil projects in Uganda mean for the country, its people and the environment. As nations gather for COP28, one issue…
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