At least 150 people killed over past week in Haiti’s Port-au-Prince: UN
8
votes
Showing only topics with the tag "united nations".
Back to normal view
-
-
China and India should not be called developing countries, several Cop29 delegates say
13 votes -
We've got a lot of ways to go: Thoughts on World Toilet Day
9 votes -
Violence against children reaches unprecedented levels worldwide
15 votes -
Danish initiative to support mothers with postpartum depression has provided a safe, nurturing environment for women to regain their sense of well-being through song
8 votes -
Finland's President Alexander Stubb has called for expansion of the UN Security Council, abolition of its single state veto power, and suspension of any member engaging in an “illegal war”
41 votes -
EFF’s concerns about the UN draft Cybercrime Convention
9 votes -
Haiti to receive first Kenyan officers in mission to quell gang violence
19 votes -
Pentagon contracts reveal US prep for multinational force in Haiti, down to toothbrushes and WiFi
22 votes -
How GPS warfare is playing havoc with civilian life
15 votes -
Two years to save the planet, says UN climate chief
53 votes -
Finland has remained the happiest country in the world for the seventh year in a row, according to the annual World Happiness Report published on Wednesday
26 votes -
Norway will not go ahead with plans to permit seabed mining of critical raw materials on its continental shelf if initial exploration suggests it cannot be done sustainably
25 votes -
Would Roman elections pass a UN inspection?
8 votes -
How the UN is holding back the Sahara desert
8 votes -
The UN agency that aids Palestinians fired several workers and is investigating charges of their involvement in the 7 October attacks
24 votes -
Why Indian universities are ditching English-only education
17 votes -
Large livestock companies and lobby groups will target pavilions in a coordinated campaign at the UN climate summit, documents show
7 votes -
The United Nations Committee against Torture has expressed concerns about Denmark's ambitions to transfer asylum seekers to third countries like Rwanda
17 votes -
UN warns violence in Sudan 'verging on pure evil'
18 votes -
Israel's Gaza evacuation order could breach international law [by forcibly transferring civilians]
34 votes -
UN says Israel wants 1.1 million Gazans moved south in the next twenty-four hours
46 votes -
The race to mine the bottom of the ocean
13 votes -
Meta in Myanmar, Part 1: The Setup
12 votes -
UN criticizes French move to bar Olympians from wearing headscarves
8 votes -
UN Secretary-General: A worrisome new nuclear arms race is brewing. Any use of a nuclear weapon — anytime, anywhere and in any context — would unleash a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions.
27 votes -
UN chief calls for an end to $7 trillion in fossil fuel subsidies
40 votes -
UN Security Council: Should Germany be a permanent member?
27 votes -
US President Joe Biden's decision to skip Climate Ambition Summit called a 'disgrace'
24 votes -
US-Mexico border, ‘world’s deadliest’ overland migration route: International Organization for Migration
11 votes -
United Nations humanitarian mission is attempting to unload oil from decaying supertanker in the Red Sea before the ship sinks or breaks apart
17 votes -
UN Chief proclaims 'era of global boiling' as July set to be hottest month ever recorded
21 votes -
Architects trying to make Denmark carbon-neutral – Copenhagen hosts 2023 World Congress of Architects, displaying experimental structures that could decarbonise housing
9 votes -
Rights expert urges Denmark and Greenland to examine colonial legacy’s impact
9 votes -
We’re about to kill a massive, accidental experiment in reducing global warming (2018)
15 votes -
Europe's indigenous Sámi people have taken their fight for improved rights to the United Nations
8 votes -
For the sixth year in a row, Finland is the world's happiest country, according to World Happiness Report rankings
10 votes -
UN mulls quick foreign troop deployment to ease Haiti crisis
5 votes -
UN rebukes Finland for violating rights of its children held in Syria camps – child rights committee says Helsinki must do more to repatriate those detained
3 votes -
Switzerland has 'systemic' racism issues, UN experts say
8 votes -
Denmark became the first central government of a developed country to propose ‘loss and damage’ funding to poorer countries for climate breakdown
8 votes -
World population to reach eight billion this year, as growth rate slows
14 votes -
UN panel finds journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli fire
9 votes -
United Nations committee finds Finland violated an international convention on racial discrimination when it comes to the political rights of Sámi
5 votes -
Turkey will now be known as Türkiye (at least at the UN)
15 votes -
For a fifth year in a row, Finland takes the top spot as the happiest nation in the world in what is the tenth edition of the World Happiness Report
14 votes -
UN experts call for Sweden to scrap a planned iron ore mine – toxic waste and other contaminants would cause 'irreversible risks' to land used by the Sámi
2 votes -
UN's culture agency adds Nordic clinker boats to its list of traditions that represent the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
4 votes -
The invisible wall - Tired of migrants arriving from Africa, the EU has created a shadow immigration system that captures, and sends them to brutal Libyan detention centers run by militias
10 votes -
"The project goal is to connect a worldwide array of sensors that monitor the sparsely observed deep ocean environment, ocean climate, and sea level rise."
5 votes