Window to reach climate goals ‘rapidly closing’, UN report warns

Window to reach climate goals ‘rapidly closing’, UN report warns

Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which issued the report, called for “greater ambition and accelerating action”. “I urge governments to carefully study the findings of the report and ultimately understand what it means for them and the ambitious action they must take next. It is the same…

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No legal grounds for Russian ‘so-called elections’ in occupied Ukraine: UN official

No legal grounds for Russian ‘so-called elections’ in occupied Ukraine: UN official

Briefing the Security Council, Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, reiterated the UN Secretary-General’s position that “any annexation of a State’s territory by another State resulting from the threat or use of force is a violation of the principles of the Charter and international law.” He voiced concern over reports of Russia holding so-called elections…

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DR Congo: Few worse places to be a child warns UNICEF as twins found boobytrapped

DR Congo: Few worse places to be a child warns UNICEF as twins found boobytrapped

UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in the country, Grant Leaity, issued the alert on Tuesday, revealing that youngsters in eastern DRC face daily atrocities, including rape, abduction and recruitment by armed groups. “I visited a centre in Beni and North Kivu for children released from armed groups where I met a couple of one-year-old twins….

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UNRWA appeals for end to deadly clashes at Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon

Lebanon: School occupations condemned as violence grips Palestine refugee camp

Clashes between rival factions in the Ein el Hilweh camp, the largest in Lebanon, has also displaced thousands of refugees, according to reports. Armed groups have taken over eight schools run by UNRWA, the UN agency providing support to Palestine refugees, preventing around 6,000 children from accessing the classroom as a new school year gets…

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Electricity fell on consumers, increasing the price by one rupee 46 paise per unit

Electricity fell on consumers, increasing the price by one rupee 46 paise per unit

Parvez Elahi was sent to Adiala Jail During the hearing of the judicial complex vandalism case in the Anti-Terrorism Court in Islamabad, the prosecution requested the physical remand of former Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi for another 10 days. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’); fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’); }, 6000);…

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