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Belem City Limits: How to Host a Successful Climate COP
- Inter Press Service
SAN FRANCISCO, California / APEX, North Carolina, US, August 4 (IPS) - There is no question that most climate activists and governments were delighted when Brazil offered to host the 2025 UN Climate Conference taking place this November.
First Person: Documenting despair and finding hope amidst the rubble of Gaza
- UN News
The daily struggle to survive an ongoing war in Gaza and to protect one’s family – while reporting on the fear and chaos that conflict brings – has become an unrelenting obligation for a UN News correspondent in the embattled enclave.
Mounting civilian casualties in Sudan as fighting intensifies
- UN News
As conflict intensifies between rival militaries in Sudan, the UN humanitarian wing (OCHA) expressed alarm on Monday over mounting civilian casualties and worsening humanitarian conditions across the country.
Gaza: As aid trucks enter, videos of Israeli hostages and attack on Red Crescent staffers spark outrage
- UN News
In Gaza, UN aid teams continue to report that Gaza is on the brink of famine with the UN human rights chief on Monday denouncing images of starvation inside the enclave as “an affront to our collective humanity.”
World News in Brief: Uganda’s refugee funding crisis, academic freedom tested in Serbia, rural resilience in Afghanistan
- UN News
Since the beginning of 2025, 600 refugees have arrived in Uganda each day, bringing the total number of new arrivals to almost two million. But with funding rapidly running out, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is warning the East African nation will not be able to continue providing life-saving services and aid.
UN urges MPs to deliver on development promises for 600 million in landlocked nations
- UN News
At a major UN forum opening in Awaza, Turkmenistan, this week, parliamentarians from around the world are being urged to take decisive action to improve the lives of more than 600 million people living in landlocked developing countries (LLDCs).
The final straw? Plastic pollution talks get underway in Geneva
- UN News
Efforts are getting underway in Geneva to finalize a global agreement to tackle the staggering and growing amount of plastic waste and its impact on human health, marine life and the economy.
Do Nuclear Tests Still Remain a Future Threat — as World Commemorates the 80th Anniversary of Hiroshima & Nagasaki?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, August 4 (IPS) - The 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II triggers the question: Is nuclear testing dead or is it still alive–and threatening?The August 6-9 anniversary marks the devastating bombings, which claimed the lives of between 150,000 and 246,000 civilians– and still remains the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.
Cholera spreads in North Darfur, 640,000 children under threat, UNICEF warns
- UN News
Cholera is ripping through North Darfur, Sudan, threatening thousands of children already weakened by hunger and displacement, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Sunday, as aid convoys struggle to reach cut-off communities amid escalating conflict.
Awaza gears up to host UN conference on landlocked developing countries
- UN News
In the city of Awaza, where the Caspian Sea meets the desert, UN and Turkmen flags were raised on Sunday ahead of the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3), as final preparations continue to welcome world leaders and delegates for a week of high-level talks on boosting development in some of the world’s most geographically disadvantaged nations.
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