Tag: United Nations

• Tuesday, May 21st 2019 - 12:36 UTC

  Brazil changes mind and will host the UN regional Climate Week in Salvador next August

  

  Under pressure from a key political ally, Brazil’s ministry of environment said it will now host the United Nations' Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week in Salvador in August. In a statement published on Sunday, the ministry said it had changed its mind about cancelling the event after talks with the mayor of Salvador Antonio Carlos Magalhães Neto.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 09:23 UTC

  UN Guterres on tour of Pacific islands threatened by rising sea levels caused by climate change

  

  United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has kicked off a major United Nations push for progress on what he calls the defining issue of our time: climate change. Guterres traveled to New Zealand on Sunday, from where he is set to visit several Pacific islands where rising sea levels are threatening the very existence of those small countries.

• Friday, May 10th 2019 - 08:56 UTC

  The US seizes North Korean cargo ship accusing it of violating UN sanctions

  

  The United States says it has seized a North Korean cargo ship, accusing it of violating international sanctions. The justice department said the ship was used to transport coal, North Korea largest export but subject to a UN export ban. The vessel was initially impounded in Indonesia in April 2018.

• Tuesday, May 7th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Human activities have put a million species at risk of extinction, says UN global biodiversity report

  

  Human activities have put as many as one million other species at risk of extinction, according to the first comprehensive United Nations report on global biodiversity. The report, a summary of which was released on Monday, emphasizes humanity’s devastating impact on the natural world, which is accelerating extinctions at an unprecedented rate in human history.

• Tuesday, May 7th 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Myanmar releases two Reuters reporters imprisoned for 500 days

  

  Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon on Tuesday after spending more than 500 days behind bars, witnesses said. 

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  UN message on International Mother Earth Day

  

  Mother Earth is a common expression for the planet earth in a number of countries and regions, which reflects the interdependence that exists among human beings, other living species and the planet we all inhabit.

• Wednesday, April 17th 2019 - 07:15 UTC

  International conference for peace development held in Romania

  

  In Romania where discussions for peace and security of the international community have been actively operated as the presidency of EU in 2019, a peace conference took place for 2days from April 1st with the presence of the heads of state, governments, civil society, and international NGOs registered under the United Nations.

• Tuesday, April 16th 2019 - 09:17 UTC

  Lima Group calls on the UN to prevent an escalation of Venezuela's humanitarian crisis

  

  The Lima Group made up of mostly Latin American countries called on the United Nations on Monday to “take action” to prevent an escalation of Venezuela's humanitarian crisis.

• Saturday, April 13th 2019 - 07:25 UTC

  World Bank grant for Colombia to help deal with Venezuelan refugees

  

  Colombia will receive a US$ 31.5 million grant to help deal with the flood of refugees from neighbouring Venezuela, the World Bank announced on Friday Colombia has received about a third of 3.7 million refugees who have fled the worsening crisis in Venezuela in recent years - the most dramatic and fastest exodus in the world after war-torn Syria, according to the United Nations.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 23:59 UTC

  UN warns that Julian Assange would face serious violations of human rights in the US

  

  For the United Nations (UN), the United Kingdom arrested “arbitrarily” WikiLeaks’s co-founder, Julian Assange, on Thursday and warned that by allowing his arrest, Ecuador has put the Australian journalist at risk of being extradited to the United States, “Exposing him to the risk of serious violations of human rights.”