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Montevideo, April 19th 2025 - 09:53 UTC

Tag: United Nations

  • Monday, May 27th 2019 - 20:48 UTC

    UN: Global Action Plan to boost family farming and achieve zero hunger

    Farmers unload potato from a truck in the highlands of Mérida, Venezuela. Photo: Sebastián Astorga

    Family farmers have an important role in the global fight to end hunger and promote a healthy diet, according to the President of the United Nations General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) states that, in a context in which almost one million plants and animal species are endangered by the impact of man, traditional agriculture can make a contribution essential to safeguard agricultural biodiversity.

  • Monday, May 27th 2019 - 04:07 UTC

    Ghosn family cries “hostage” before United Nations

    Lawyer Jessica Finelle admitted the UN has no compelling power but it is all a matter of image.

    Relatives of disgraced former Renault and Nissan boss, the Brazilian Carlos Ghosn, have once again sought the intervention of the United Nations (UN) against what they believe is a “judicial persecution” in Japan.

  • Friday, May 24th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

    No Parallels between Falklands and Chagos

    UK’s ambassador to the UN, Karen Pierce, said she did not expect any change of position on the part of Argentina, a country with which London maintains good relations

    In a move that will no doubt be greeted favorably in Buenos Aires, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly demanded on Wednesday that Britain give up control over the Chagos Islands.

  • Tuesday, May 21st 2019 - 12:36 UTC

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

    In a statement, the ministry said it had changed its mind about cancelling the event after talks with the mayor of Salvador Antonio Carlos Magalhães Neto.

    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

    “We are seeing everywhere a clear demonstration that we are not on track to achieve the objectives defined in the Paris agreement,” Guterres said

    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

    It is the first time the US has seized a North Korean ship for breaching sanctions and comes amid worsening relations between the two

    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

    People have altered or destroyed three-quarters of land environments, two-thirds of marine habitats, and 85% of the most important wetland regions

    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

    The two reporters, Mr Wa Lone, 33, and Mr Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, had been convicted in September and sentenced to seven years in jail

    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

    Climate change is one of the largest threats to sustainable development globally and is just one of many imbalances caused by the unsustainable actions of humankind

    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

    The conference held with the title of “The Role of Cultural Diplomacy in Approaching the Protracted Conflicts: Culture of Peace through Understanding the Other”

    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.