News headlines in September 2021, page 31

  1. Taliban’s Quest for Legitimacy – and a Seat at the United Nations

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Sep 01 (IPS) - When the Taliban captured power back in 1996, one of its first political acts was to hang the ousted Afghan President Mohammed Najibullah in Ariana Square in Kabul.

    The newly-installed government played a triple role: judge, jury and hangman, all three rolled into one.

  2. Climate and weather related disasters surge five-fold over 50 years, but early warnings save lives - WMO report

    - UN News

    Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting poorer countries, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) said on Wednesday.

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