UN investigative team hands over key ISIL crime data to Iraq

UN investigative team hands over key ISIL crime data to Iraq

Thus far, some 28 terabytes (TB) of data have been transferred, representing a majority of the 40TB held by UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD). Briefing ambassadors at the Security Council, UNITAD acting head Ana Peyró Llopis said she has regularly engaged with Iraqi officials, notably the judiciary, survivors…

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‘All hands on deck’ in Antigua and Barbuda as small island States chart course to resilient prosperity

‘All hands on deck’ in Antigua and Barbuda as small island States chart course to resilient prosperity

The Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) will bring together governments, the UN, civil society, the private sector and leading youth voices to turn new ideas into action, raise new pledges of support and discuss the key challenges that lie ahead for the vulnerable group of nations. Living on the edge There…

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UN chief calls for all hands on deck at Climate Promise 2025 launch

UN chief calls for all hands on deck at Climate Promise 2025 launch

The Climate Promise 2025 aims to accelerate efforts from local to international levels to take more ambitious steps to ensure the global temperature does not heat up beyond the 1.5° limit, a goal set with the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the initiative, driven by the UN Development Programme (UNDP),…

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United States: UN rights experts gravely concerned over ‘brutal deaths’ at hands of police

United States: UN rights experts gravely concerned over ‘brutal deaths’ at hands of police

Keenan Anderson died in Los Angeles after being repeatedly tased by police following a chase resulting from a traffic stop, according to news reports, and Tyre Nichols in Memphis, died after being severely beaten as he lay on the ground, by five officers in Memphis, Tennessee, who have since been charged with murder and other…

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The British Prime Minister reshuffles the cabinet, Greg Hands appointed the new chairman of the Conservative Party

The British Prime Minister reshuffles the cabinet, Greg Hands appointed the new chairman of the Conservative Party

British Prime Minister Rishi Sonak has reshuffled the cabinet. According to media reports from London, Greg Hands has been made the new chairman of the Conservative Party. It should be noted that this position was vacant after the dismissal of Nadeem Dahavi. According to media reports, Grant Shops will be the new Secretary of State…

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