EU leaders endorse migration outsourcing but offer few details
4 hours ago · Address: 2077 Sharon Lane Mishawaka, IN 46544, USA Phone: (+1) 574-255-1083 Email: [email protected]. BRUSSELS — The 27 leaders of the European Union gave on Thursday their most explicit endorsement yet of the contentious project of outsourcing migration policy, even if they offered scant details on...
UNRWA ‘very near’ to possible breaking point on Gaza operations, …
1 day ago · BERLIN, Oct 16 — The UN Palestinian refugee agency is close to a possible breaking point for its operations in the Gaza Strip due to increasingly complicated conditions, said its head today. “I will not hide the fact that we might reach a point that we won’t be able anymore to operate,” UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini told journalists at ...
COP29 president calls for united action on climate finance goals
Sep 14, 2024 · I am an editor and reporter of “Financial” category. Address: 383 576 Gladwell Street Longview, TX 75604, USA Phone: (+1) 903-247-0907 Email: [email protected]. Mukhtar Babayev, president of COP29, has called for global unity as the world approaches a critical turning point in climate change negotiations.
‘Sickening cycle of escalation’ in Middle East must stop, UN chief …
NEW YORK, Oct 3 — UN chief Antonio Guterres called yesterday for an end to the “sickening cycle of escalation” in the Middle East, while specifically condemning Iran over its latest missile attack after facing harsh criticism from Israel. The secretary-general was speaking at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, called after ...
UN refugee chief urges states to drop border controls as …
3 days ago · GENEVA: The head of the UN refugee agency warned on Monday that displacement crises in Lebanon and Sudan could worsen, but said tighter border measures were not the solution, calling them ineffective and sometimes unlawful. Addressing more than 100 diplomats and ministers in Geneva at UNHCR’s annual meeting, Filippo Grandi said an unprecedented 123 million people are now displaced around...
Saudi Arabia highlights AI, data efforts at UN meeting
Sep 25, 2024 · Address: 838 Emily Drive Hampton, SC 29924, USA Phone: (+1) 803-887-5567 Email: [email protected]. RIYADH: The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority participated in a dialogue session on AI capabilities at the 79th UN General Assembly in New York, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday.
Hamas says no hostage will leave alive unless demands met
GAZA STRIP, Dec 11 — Palestinian armed group Hamas, engaged in a war with Israel in the Gaza Strip, warned yesterday that no hostage would leave the territory alive unless the group’s demands were met.
Leaders depart UN facing prospect of a wider Mideast war — but …
Oct 1, 2024 · The 42-page blueprint aims to bring the 193 UN member nations together to meet today’s challenges, from climate change and artificial intelligence to escalating conflicts and increasing inequality and poverty. It challenges leaders of countries large and small, rich and poor, to turn promises into actions. Whether that happens remains to be seen.
Lebanon’s military appeals for calm and unity after Nasrallah’s ...
BEIRUT, Sept 29 — Lebanon’s army today warned Lebanese against actions that would disturb public order in the crisis-hit country after Israel’s killing of Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the powerful Iran-backed group Hezbollah. The army in a statement said it “calls on citizens to preserve national unity and not to be drawn into actions ...
COP28: UN climate event mobilizes over $57bn in first four days
Dec 4, 2023 · DUBAI: The UN’s climate action summit has mobilized over $57 billion from various sectors in just four days of the event, with financial pledges and commitments covering finance, health, food, nature and energy. On climate finance, the UAE announced on opening day a $30 billion catalytic fund, ALTÉRRA, with an emphasis on …