Tag: United Nations

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  UN apologizes to Spain: Nazis bombed Guernica, not the Republican forces

  

  The United Nations has apologized to Spain for having mistakenly attributed the devastating 1937 bombing of the town of Guernica to Spanish Republican forces, a spokesman said on Monday.

• Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 12:21 UTC

  Bolsonaro still in hospital returns to feeding with liquids

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro had a feeding tube removed from his nose on Friday, doctors said, five days after another operation on his stomach, where he was stabbed during a campaign rally last year.

• Wednesday, September 11th 2019 - 23:11 UTC

  UN: Scientists call for urgent action to avoid reversing the development gains

  

  New York, 11 September — Achieving human well-being and eradicating poverty for all of the Earth’s people—expected to number eight and a half billion by 2030—is still possible, but only if there is a fundamental—and urgent—change in the relationship between people and nature, and a significant reduction in social and gender inequalities between and inside countries, according to a new United Nations report by an independent group of scientists to be launched at the 2019 SDG Summit, but made available today.

• Friday, August 23rd 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  France and UN lead battle for the protection of fire plagued Amazon rainforest

  

  France and the United Nations called on Thursday for the protection of the fire-plagued Amazon rainforest as Brazil's right-wing president blamed NGOs for promoting an “environmental psychosis” to damage the country's interests.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 17:20 UTC

  Spanish actor Bardem calls for a world accord to protect the oceans

  

  Spanish actor Javier Bardem on Monday defended the need for a world pact to protect the oceans, just as the third round of negotiations on the subject is kicking off at the United Nations, where he is participating as an ambassador for Greenpeace.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2019 - 08:44 UTC

  North Korea with cyber attacks stole US$ 2bn to fund its weapons programs, UN report

  

  North Korea has stolen US$ 2bn to fund its weapons program using cyber-attacks, a leaked United Nations report says.  The confidential report says Pyongyang has targeted banks and crypto-currency exchanges to collect cash.

• Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Bachelet in Venezuela to check human rights situation; Maduro releases 21 political prisoners and applauds the visit

  

  The United Nations' top human rights official arrived in Venezuela on Wednesday for a visit that comes amid heightened international pressure on President Nicolás Maduro for allegedly silencing opponents with jail, torture and excessive violence.

• Friday, June 14th 2019 - 22:54 UTC

  Michelle Bachelet visiting Venezuela next week to examine Human Rights situation

  

  Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, confirmed her visit to Venezuela between June 19 and 21 to meet with President Nicolas Maduro, as well as several ministers and senior officials of his Government.

• Saturday, June 8th 2019 - 08:08 UTC

  US Department of Agriculture confirms discovery of unapproved GM wheat plants

  

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed the discovery of unapproved, genetically modified (GM) wheat plants growing in an un-planted agricultural field in Washington state.

• Friday, June 7th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  The first UN World Food Safety Day to be marked on Friday 7 June

  

  The first-ever celebration of the United Nations World Food Safety Day, to be marked globally on 7 June, aims to strengthen efforts to ensure that the food we eat is safe.
Every year, nearly one in ten people in the world (an estimated 600 million people) fall ill and 420,000 die after eating food contaminated by bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances.