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Nepalese Superintendent in DR Congo is UN Woman Police Officer of the Year
- UN News
A Nepalese peacekeeper serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was on Friday named the recipient of the UN Woman Police Officer of the Year Award.
Sudan coup: Human Rights Council hears calls for return to democratic rule
- UN News
International calls for the restoration of democratic government in Sudan continued on Friday, as the Human Rights Council met in special session in Geneva to discuss the recent military coup.
Veteran Australian judge Hilary Charlesworth elected to the International Court of Justice
- UN News
The United Nations General Assembly and Security Council elected a new judge this Friday to sit on the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the UN.
Spare no effort in probe into attack against blue helmets in CAR: Guterres
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in the Central African Republic (CAR) to spare no effort in investigating the “unacceptable attack” earlier this week by the presidential guard against a vehicle from the UN mission in the country, MINUSCA.
At COP26, EBRD Launches Plan to Mobilise Private Capital for Climate Finance
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Nov 05 (IPS) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced its intention to double the mobilisation of private sector climate financing by 2025.
In Glasgow, Indigenous People Pound the Table for Their Rights
- Inter Press Service
GLASGOW, Nov 04 (IPS) - "For my people, the effects of climate change are a daily reality. The rainy season is shorter and when it rains, there are floods. And we have suffered from drought," said Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, a member of the Wodaabe or Mbororo pastoral people of Chad.
By 2030, half world’s population will be exposed to flooding, storms, tsunamis
- UN News
By the year 2030, an estimated 50 per cent of the world's population will live in coastal areas which are exposed to flooding, storms and tsunamis.
Zimbabwe's High-Risk Cross-Border Trade
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE, Nov 04 (IPS) - Thirty-six-year-old Thandiwe Mtshali* watched helplessly as her informal cross-border trading (ICBT) enterprise came to a grinding halt when the Zimbabwean authorities closed the border with South Africa as part of global efforts to stem the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus.
World food prices reach highest level in more than a decade
- UN News
The UN barometer of world food prices has surged to a new peak, reaching its highest level since July 2011, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced this Thursday.
UN Food Systems Summit: Breakthrough or Missed Opportunity?
- Inter Press Service
Gödöllő, Hungary, Nov 04 (IPS) - UNSG Antonio Guterres convened the first-ever UN Food Systems Summit which took place on 23-24 September. The Summit preparation had a well-designed structure with remarkable and appreciated leadership of Amina Mohammed, UN DSG. Due to the hard work of the UN Special Envoy, Agnes Kalibata, and her whole Team, the organisation and logistics of the Summit was excellent.
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