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Baku: Tens of thousands of people from around the globe will gather next week for COP29, the annual UN climate summit, in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku. But as each year’s summit has produced its own set of promises, plans, and paperwork to chase, the rationale for these discussions can be hard to follow. Here’s what…
The United Nations’ world food price index rose in October to its highest level since April 2023 as vegetable oils led increases seen in most food staples, data showed on Friday. The price index, compiled by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to track the most globally traded food commodities, increased to 127.4 points…
Paris: The world is nowhere near ready for the “calamity” being caused by climate change and must urgently prepare for even worse in the future, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Thursday. Global efforts to adapt to climate change — from building defensive sea walls to planting drought-resistant crops — have not kept pace as…
United Nations, United States: The UN’s special coordinator for Middle East peace warned Tuesday that the region was at its “most dangerous juncture” in decades, as the war between Israel and Iran-backed groups risked spiraling into a broader conflict. “We have now entered the second year of this horrific conflict, and the region is on…
tel aviv11 minutes ago copy link Voting has taken place in the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) to ban the United Nations agency (UNRWA). There is a provision in this law to stop the agency from working on Israeli soil. According to BBC, this law was passed 92-10. According to the law, UNRWA, which is helping people…
Current climate policies will result in global warming of more than 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, according to a United Nations report on Thursday, more than twice the rise agreed to nearly a decade ago. Source link [ad_3]
Delhi: Swiss industrialist Pankaj Oswal filed an appeal with the United Nations against the alleged illegal detention of his 26-year-old daughter in Uganda. Vasundhara Oswal was seized by around 20 armed men, who did not produce an identification or warrant, from Oswal’s extra-neutral alcohol (ENA) plant in Uganda. While she was detained on October 1, purportedly…
Delhi: Swiss industrialist Pankaj Oswal filed an appeal with the United Nations against the alleged illegal detention of his 26-year-old daughter in Uganda. Vasundhara Oswal was seized by around 20 armed men, who did not produce an identification or warrant, from Oswal’s extra-neutral alcohol (ENA) plant in Uganda. While she was detained on October 1, purportedly…
Italy’s defense minister condemned the “intolerable” Israeli shooting at the UN peacekeeping headquarters and troops in Lebanon. Italy’s defence minister said he “protested” to his Israeli counterpart Gallant and summoned the Israeli ambassador. Italy has more than 1,000 troops in the 10,000 strong UNIFIL force in south Lebanon. Crosetto said there had been other incidents,…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday took a critical view of the United Nations, saying it was “like an old company”, not entirely keeping up with the market but occupying the space. During an interaction at the Kautilya Economic Conclave here, he also said that two very serious conflicts are going on in the…