Tag: United Nations

• Thursday, February 7th 2019 - 10:33 UTC

  As March countdown clicks, UN warns about global implications of the US/China trade dispute

  

  United Nations trade official has warned a US plan to raise tariffs on Chinese goods next month would have “massive” implications for the global economy. The US plans to increase tariffs on Chinese goods if the two sides fail to make progress on a trade deal by 1 March.

• Thursday, February 7th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  Last four years the hottest on record, confirms UN's Meteorological Office

  

  The last four years were the hottest since global temperature records began, the UN confirmed on Wednesday in an analysis that it said was a “clear sign of continuing long-term climate change”. The UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in November that 2018 was set to be the fourth warmest year in recorded history, stressing the urgent need for action to rein in runaway planetary warming.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2019 - 06:48 UTC

  UN chief Antonio Guterres sends Lunar New Year greetings

  

  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday extended his warm wishes for the Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival. In a video message, Guterres thanked China and the Chinese people for their commitment to the United Nations and called for efforts to build a peaceful and prosperous world.

• Sunday, February 3rd 2019 - 10:02 UTC

  Gibraltar's legal status is a matter of fact, not opinion

  

  In its proposal for post-Brexit, ‘visa-free travel’ the European Council on Friday has described Gibraltar as a “colony of the British Crown.” HM Government of Gibraltar is grateful to the Prime Minister for her comment that such a description is “completely unacceptable.”

• Thursday, January 31st 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Humanitarian aid to Venezuela caught in a divided UN Security Council

  

  Three days after proclaiming himself Venezuela’s head of state, Juan Guaidó wrote to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres asking for help in tackling the country’s urgent humanitarian crisis.

• Wednesday, January 30th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  UN chief Guterres ready to facilitate dialogue and negotiations in Venezuela

  

  Following a meeting with a delegation from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has offered to facilitate discussion to help resolve the ongoing political crisis in Venezuela.

• Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 20:02 UTC

  USA at the UN: Countries should support transition in Venezuela; Russia denounces interventionist acts

  

  The Security Council convened by the United States this Saturday to discuss the institutional and political crisis that Venezuela is experiencing has been lifted this afternoon. With a strongly polarized participation, the bloc that supports the transitional government of Juan Guaidó with the US at the head, faced the block that recognizes as legitimate the regime of Nicolás Maduro, headed by Russia and China. Latin American countries also expressed their positions, describing the case as a crisis that directly affects the region.

• Friday, January 18th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  WHO statement on reports of alleged misconduct

  

  World Health Organization (WHO) is aware of a news story published today about allegations of misconduct in the organization. The allegations are being investigated according to WHO’s established procedures, having been referred to WHO’s Office of Internal Oversight Services by the Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

• Monday, January 14th 2019 - 09:26 UTC

  FAO Food Price Index fell almost 22% in 2018 compared to 2017

  

  Global food prices held broadly stable in December, with rising international cereal prices offsetting declining sugar and dairy quotations, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said. However overall for 2018, the FAO Food Price Index fell by almost 22% from 2017

• Saturday, January 12th 2019 - 10:39 UTC

  Argentina calls on Venezuela and Guyana for a peaceful resolution to the Essequibo controversy

  

  Argentina has called on Venezuela and Guyana to favour dialogue and a peaceful resolution, in conformity with International Law, regarding their territorial controversy over the region of Essequibo.