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UN climate change summit to open next week while 2024 is declared hottest year on record

Baku, Azerbaijan/New York, November 8, 2024 – The 29th UN Conference on Climate Change will open next week in Azerbaijan amid catastrophic devastations happening around ...
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Update: UN calls for ending crimes against journalists as many more have died while covering recent crises and conflicts

Paris/New York, November 2, 2024 – The United Nations marked the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists this year while reports showed ...
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Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 22 countries and territories

New UN report warns of conflict-induced famine and catastrophic hunger in five major hotspots alongside the looming La Nina climate threat in others. Following is ...
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8% GDP Loss by 2050 Foreseen Due to World Water Crisis; More Than 50% of Food Production at Risk

Paris, October 17, 2024 — An international group of leaders and experts warns that unless humanity acts with greater boldness and urgency, an increasingly out-of-balance ...
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Violence against children worldwide has reached unprecedented levels: UN

New York, October 11, 2024 – Up to one billion children are vulnerable to various forms of abuses – from armed conflicts and forced displacement ...
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One Year of Unimaginable Suffering Since the 7 October Attack

New York/Geneva, 7 October 2024 – It has been a year of unimaginable suffering, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) ...
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Nobel Peace Prize 2024 finalists include the ICJ, UN agencies

Oslo, October 3, 2024 – The Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Henrik Urdal, announced his updated list today for the 2024 Nobel ...
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China supports reform of international institutions, increase role of developing countries

New York, September 28, 2024 – China called for strengthening the role of the United Nations by next year as the world, as well as ...
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Update: Israeli leader defends military action in Gaza, Lebanon; UN condems war in Gaza

New York, September 27, 2024 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an address to the UN General Assembly that his country has the ...
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Ukraine’s leader says UN is powerless to stop war in his country

New York, September 25, 2024 – The exercise of the veto by some members of the UN Security Council, which has authority over matters of ...
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UN warns of powder keg that may engulf the world, demands government leaders to act

New York, September 24, 2024 – The nearly 120 presidents and ministers, and some royalties, attending the opening of the UN General Assembly session are ...
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UN adopts Pact for the Future to improve global peace and security, transform global governance

New York, September 22, 2024 – Against a backdrop of conflicts in the Middle East, climate disasters and desperate humanitarian needs in many countries, United ...
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