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a UN working group considers the detention of Joël Aïvo arbitrary
The United Nations working group on arbitrary detention, in a document dated August 2024 and recently made public, considers that the detention of Joël Aïvo is arbitrary. He was notified…
An artwork depicting a dead sperm whale appeared at the Baku climate conference | Foreign countries
The art installation also includes actors playing scientists. Almost without exception, activists appear around climate meetings who want to pressure the participants into stricter decisions. At the UN international climate…
UN: Climate change is a growing threat to people who are already fleeing war, violence and persecution | News in brief
Climate change is a growing threat to people who are already fleeing war, violence and persecution, warns a recent report by the UN refugee agency. The report shows how climate…
The Baku climate meeting will start you arguing right from the start | News in brief
The COP29 meeting seeks more climate finance for developing countries. The UN COP29 climate meeting, which started today in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, has stumbled into a dispute between…
Trump’s UN ambassador Elise Stefanik | News in brief
Future President of the United States Donald Trump has confirmed that he will nominate a congressman Elise Stefanik too US Ambassador to the UN, The New York Post magazine says.…
nearly 1.5 million people affected by unprecedented floods
In South Sudan, the toll from floods continues to rise. Nearly 1.5 million people have been affected and more than 379,000 displaced, announces the UN Office of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha).…
Created 30 years ago, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda illustrates a page of history still open
Created thirty years ago in the wake of the Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and fifty years after the Nuremberg trials, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) tried 79…
UN concerned about lack of funding for small-scale farmers to adapt
While the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) publishes its annual report on adaptation to climate change on Thursday, November 7, another UN agency, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD),…
Israel denounces call by Turkey and 52 countries for arms embargo
The Israeli ambassador to the UN criticized Turkey on November 4 for a letter requesting an arms embargo on Israel, calling the initiative “ malice » and political attack. This…
The closing session of the UN nature meeting stretched by an hour | News in brief
The Finnish delegation at the meeting was led by the Minister of Environment and Climate Kai Mykkänen (chairman). The UN COP16 nature conference organized in Cali, Colombia has stretched into…