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US: Rights experts urge Senate to reject bill sanctioning the International Criminal Court
- UN News
Three experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council on Friday urged the United States Senate to oppose a bill seeking to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), and cut funding to the UN-backed tribunal, in response to its arrest warrants against Israeli leaders.
Confirmed: 2024 was the hottest year on record, says UN weather agency
- UN News
UN weather experts from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed on Friday that 2024 was the hottest year on record, at 1.55 degrees Celsius (C) above pre-industrial temperatures.
It’s not censorship to stop hateful online content, insists UN rights chief
- UN News
Social media posts inciting hate and division have “real world consequences” and there is a responsibility to regulate content, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, insisted on Friday, following Meta’s decision to end its fact-checking programme in the United States.
Developing Countries are Being Choked by Debt: This Could be the Year of Breaking Free
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jan 09 (IPS) - The debt disaster is back. Indeed, the aid agency Cafod reports that developing countries today face “the most acute debt crisis in history”.
India: Protests Erupt Over Hazardous Waste Disposal of Bhopal Gas Tragedy
- Inter Press Service
PITHAMPUR, India, Jan 09 (IPS) - The local community of Pithampur, India, says the incineration of Bhopal gas tragedy waste is unsafe for their health and environment.An eerie calm prevails over Pithampur, a town 250 km (155 miles) away from Bhopal, the capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. This town witnessed widespread protests for three days last week following the transportation of large quantities of toxic waste from the site of one of the world's worst industrial disasters in Bhopal.
Resilience of Ukrainians remains high, as UN maps aid and reconstruction needs for 2025
- UN News
Persistent Russian bombardments have failed to dampen the resilience of the Ukrainian people, according to the United Nations. Despite the lack of a clear resolution to the ongoing war, the UN is not only at the forefront of aid efforts, but also deeply involved in reconstruction and development across the country.
‘Children are now freezing to death’: harrowing updates from Gaza
- UN News
The horrors in Gaza show no signs of abating, the UN said on Thursday, noting that the Ministry of Health reports that over 46,000 Palestinians have been killed there since October 2023, most of them women and children.
UN Commission notes new sense of optimism in Syria during first-ever visit
- UN News
A team from the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria concluded a first visit to the country on Thursday, taking crucial steps to promote dialogue and engagement with the new caretaker government.
Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia attack marks highest civilian casualties in nearly two years
- UN News
Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia city in Ukraine on Wednesday caused the highest number of civilian casualties in a single incident in almost two years, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country, HRMMU, has reported.
UN chief offers condolences amid devastating wildfires in California
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed sorrow over the fast-moving wildfires that have devastated the Los Angeles area, claiming lives and displacing thousands.
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