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Indigenous protesters block COP30 entrance, demand action from Brazilian Government
- UN News
Around 90 Indigenous people from the Munduruku Indigenous group staged a peaceful protest early Friday, blocking the main entrance to the Blue Zone – the restricted area set aside for negotiators – at COP30 in Belém. Access was halted for about an hour, and the army was called in to reinforce security.
Diabetes now affects 1 in 6 pregnancies: What you need to know
- UN News
Diabetes is one of the world’s fastest-growing health challenges – and its impact stretches across every life stage, from childhood to older age.
COP30: Climate crisis is a health crisis, WHO warns as philanthropies pledge $300m for solutions
- UN News
Climate change is already fueling a global health emergency, killing more than half a million people each year through extreme heat and threatening hospitals worldwide, according to a major report released on Friday at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
Stolen Past: Inside the fight against illicit antiquities trafficking
- UN News
The illicit trade in cultural property is one of the world’s oldest and most profitable forms of criminal activity – but now efforts by the UN and law enforcement agencies across the world are helping to bring down these global operations.
Ukraine: UN condemns latest deadly attack targeting civilians in Kyiv
- UN News
Several civilians were killed and many others injured, including children, in a large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine’s capital and the wider Kyiv region early on Friday.
Sudan war: Aid teams plead for access to thousands trapped in El Fasher
- UN News
Just how many people are still trapped in the Sudanese city of El Fasher? That’s the burning question for relatives of the many thousands of people believed to still be there, since paramilitary fighters overran the regional capital of North Darfur last month, after a 500-day siege.
Forcefully Deported Afghan Women Return to a Life of Fear and Anxiety
- Inter Press Service
PARWAN, Afghanistan, November 13 (IPS) - When Roya, a former police officer under Afghanistan’s Republic government, left the country with her family, she felt a great sense of relief, having escaped from the horrors of Taliban rule. She never imagined that less than three years later she would be forced back into the same conditions, only worse.
We’re All in the Same Storm, Different Boats, Says Young Activist With Disability
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, November 13 (IPS) - At the UN Climate Conference venue in Belém, young activist João Vitor da Costa da Silva is trying to make his case heard by negotiators. The 16-year-old Da Silva has a specific request for the parties: the needs of young people with disabilities should be addressed through the lens of climate justice.
Brazil is Breathing Life into Climate Commitments—Human Rights Lawyer
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, November 13 (IPS) - Binaifer Nowrojee, a human rights lawyer and the president of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), has lauded the Brazilian government “for significant steps taken to breathe life into the climate commitments.”
Poor Countries Welcome Loss and Damage Fund’s Call for Requests, Warn It Falls Short of Needs
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, November 13 (IPS) - Least Developed Countries have hailed the debut call for proposals for the Loss and Damage Fund, which was launched on 11 November at the United Nations climate summit known as COP30 in Belem, Brazil.
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