New UN Global Climate report 'another strong wake-up call' over global warming: Guterres
Mar 29, 2019 | Trends
The increasing number of natural disasters and dangers linked to climate change, highlighted in a major UN report released on Thursday, represents "another strong wake-up call" to the world, which must be countered by finding sustainable solutions quickly, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said. Read...
'Provocative actions and inflammatory rhetoric' destabilizing Middle East, warns top UN official
Against a backdrop of rising tensions in Israel and Palestine, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East, painted a bleak picture once again in the Security Council on Tuesday, cataloguing further terrorist acts, attacks against civilians, reprisals against demonstrators, unlawful demolitions and settlement expansions, and a funding crisis which could have dramatic consequences for the stability of an already volatile region. Read...
'Revved up climate action' needed to counter 'prolonged' and deadly storms like Cyclone Idai: Guterres
Cyclone Idai and the mounting death toll is "yet another alarm bell about the dangers of climate change" UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, warning that vulnerable countries like Mozambique, would be hit the hardest unless urgent action is taken by nations across the world. Read...
Autonomous weapons that kill must be banned, insists UN chief
UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged artificial intelligence (AI) experts meeting in Geneva on Monday to push ahead with their work to restrict the development of lethal autonomous weapons systems, or LAWS, as they are also known. Read...
It's 'time to #EndTB', says UN on World Tuberculosis Day
Tuberculosis, or TB, is not only the world's top infectious killer, it is also the leading cause of deaths among people with HIV and a major cause of antimicrobial resistance-related deaths, the United Nations health agency said on Sunday, World Tuberculosis Day. Read...