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UN Secretary-General COP29 Closing Statement

UN Secretary-General COP29 Closing Statement

COP29 comes at the close of a brutal year – a year seared by record temperatures, and scarred by climate disaster, all as emissions continue to rise. Finance has been priority number one.

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Message for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

The Secretary-General Message for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

The epidemic of violence against women and girls shames humanity. Every day, on average, 140 women and girls are killed...

 

 

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Ministry of Health/Saudi Arabia Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, addresses the opening of the Fourth AMR Conference in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Antimicrobial resistance crisis ‘happening now,’ WHO’s Tedros stresses at Jeddah summit

The top UN health official gave a sobering reality check as the Fourth Global High-Level Ministerial Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance began Friday in Jeddah: “AMR doesn't just threaten to make the medicines on which we depend less effective; it’s happening now.”

 

© Unsplash/Ishan @seefromthesk 2024 has seen record-breaking heatwaves.

Record heat persists as WMO calls for urgent services and investment boost

The world is experiencing unprecedented warming with 2024 poised to become the hottest year on record, surpassing the previous record in 2023, according to new data released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ahead of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

 

UN News/Khaled Mohamed Loss of Home on of the dialogues held on day 4 of the WUF12.

Rebuilding beyond bricks: World Urban Forum focuses on housing, community support in war-torn cities

Delegates discussed a complicated urban development issue at the World Urban Forum on Tuesday: What is needed to safeguard residents and guarantee they have access to housing and basic services when war breaks out in a city crowded with people and critical infrastructure?

 

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The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set a new universal standard for development which aims to ensure that no one is left behind.

 

 

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