With more than 7,000 delegates from 182 UN Member States and more than 170 ministers participating in Nairobi, UNEA-6 adopted a package of action plans, from promoting sustainable lifestyles to the sound management of chemicals and waste and sand and dust storms, issuing calls for immediate steps to rein in overconsumption and take smarter, greener steps towards sustainability. “The…
Describing the national vision for 2030, Faisal bin Farhan Al Furhan Al-Saud said it centred on promoting development for future generations and empowering women and young people by developing their creativity. Human rights are of utmost importance, he said, adding that Saudi Arabia has adopted laws to protect its citizens and is also working on…
—File photo Denmark plans to ban desecration of Quran According to the news agency, the Minister of Justice of Denmark, Peter Himmelgaard, has said in a statement that we will present a bill to ban inappropriate treatment of things of religious importance. The Minister of Justice has said that the aim is to prevent the…
Alexander Senkevich, the Mayor of Mykolaiv, spoke to UN News about reconstruction efforts and the role of the United Nations amidst the threat of ongoing shelling. “We were bombed for 230 days, 159 people died, and 750 were injured. A lot of the city was destroyed because there was shelling everywhere. Mykolaiv City Council/Valery Fedchenko…
File photo Due to the extreme heat wave in many European countries, vacationers started canceling or changing their travel plans. According to the report of the British media, there is a severe heat wave in many famous tourist destinations of the Mediterranean including Spain, Italy and Greece. The Meteorological Department has predicted more hot weather…
Courtesy: The Guardian London. There are plans to close ticket offices at railway stations in England over the next three years. According to a media report from London, the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) has proposed to close all ticket offices except for a few major stations. According to media reports, Rail Delivery Group says that…
A strongly worded statement by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General reiterates that settlements are a flagrant violation of international law and relevant UN resolutions. Antonio Guterres, it says, urged the Government of Israel to halt and reverse the expansion of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, to immediately and completely cease all settlements activities there…
Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, insisted that current conditions there were “anything but conducive” for the return of Rohingya refugees. Death trap He stressed that the very generals who had launched “genocidal” attacks against the Rohingya, causing hundreds of thousands to flee the country, were now…
File photo Japan’s government has said that North Korea plans to launch a satellite in the coming weeks. According to foreign media, an official of the Japanese Coast Guard said that North Korea has informed Japan about the launch of a satellite between May 31 and June 11, which may be a ballistic missile. Japanese…
Dubai’s Jebel Ali beach is planned to become a public beach. According to the information received from Dubai, a briefing was given to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, the ruler of Dubai. Development initiatives along the Jebel Ali coast are part of the Dubai Urban Plan 2040. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid said that 400 public beaches…
