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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has welcomed the UN's call for countries to observe "the Olympic Truce" during the Paris Games from July 26-August 11 and the subsequent Paralympics. A resolution respecting the truce was formally adopted by the UN in November last year. The truce begins from seven days before the start of the Olympic Games until seven days after the Paralympics. "I solemnly appeal to all Member States to demonstrate their commitment to the Olympic Truce for the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games and to undertake concrete actions at the local, national, regional a...
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Technology companies must take responsibility and mitigate harm to society, UN Secretary General António Guterres said on Monday as he launched a set of global principles to combat online hate. The principles form a framework for coordinated international action to make information spaces safer and more humane, "one of the most urgent tasks of our time," the UN said in a statement. Misinformation, disinformation, hate speech and other risks to the information ecosystem were fuelling conflict, threatening democracy and human rights and undermining public health and climate action, the UN said. ...
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Four out of every five people want governments to show more commitment on climate protection, according to a United Nations survey. Meanwhile 86% were in favour of their countries putting aside geopolitical differences and working together on climate protection, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said on Thursday. More than half of respondents said they think about the climate crisis at least daily or weekly. More than 75,000 people in 77 countries, including Germany, were asked 15 questions each for the survey - the largest in the world to focus solely on climate change and the second of its...
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The Taliban government on Sunday officially announced its intention to send a delegation to the upcoming Doha meeting on the situation in Afghanistan. Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told TOLOnews that the group believes their participation in the Qatar talks will benefit Afghanistan when it comes to humanitarian aid and investment. Meanwhile, the Taliban foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi clarified that the Taliban has agreed in principle to participate in the upcoming Doha meeting after reviewing the agenda and attendee list shared by the UN during discussions over the ...
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A 10-day UN climate conference in the German city of Bonn has failed to achieve a breakthrough when it comes to the issue of funding to help countries cut global warming. Since 2009, industrialized countries have been set the target of providing billions of dollars in aid to assist poorer countries with global warming mitigation measures. This was confirmed in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and extended to 2025. The targeted amount of $100 billion annually was achieved for the first time in 2022. The question now is how to proceed after 2025, with a concrete decision to be taken at COP 29 in...
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A 10-day UN climate conference in the German city of Bonn has failed to achieve a breakthrough when it comes to the issue of funding to help countries cut global warming. Since 2009, industrialized countries have been set the target of providing billions of dollars in aid to assist poorer countries with global warming mitigation measures. This was confirmed in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and extended to 2025. The targeted amount of $100 billion annually was achieved for the first time in 2022. The question now is how to proceed after 2025, with a concrete decision to be taken at COP 29 in...
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The Palestinians plan to join South Africa's genocide lawsuit against Israel currently before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Palestinian Foreign Ministry in Ramallah has applied to join the case, the court announced in The Hague on Monday evening. The ministry requested this on behalf of Palestine, which is not yet recognized as a state by the United Nations; instead it has observer status at the UN. It is unclear when the court will rule on the Palestinian application. If it were to approve it, the Palestinian authorities would be allowed to actively participate in the proceedi...
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UN climate chief Simon Stiell said the world "cannot afford to stumble" as climate experts gathered in the German city of Bonn on Monday for the UN's annual June climate meetings. Opening the conference, Stiell said "climate action will need to move at a much, much faster pace" if the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is to be achieved. He added that the world is currently on course for 2.7 degrees of global heating, down from initial estimates of 5 degrees before international co-operation to tackle climate change began under the UN's leadership. The meeting in Bonn is cr...
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UN climate chief Simon Stiell said the world "cannot afford to stumble" as climate experts gathered in the German city of Bonn on Monday for the UN's annual June climate meetings. Opening the conference, Stiell said "climate action will need to move at a much, much faster pace" if the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is to achieved. He added that the world is currently on course for 2.7 degrees of global heating, down from initial estimates of 5 degrees before international co-operation to tackle climate change began under the UN's leadership. The meeting in Bonn is cruci...
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Europe has put pressure on Israel to comply with the top UN court's ruling to end its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, even though Israel has said it will ignore the judgment handed down in the Dutch city of The Hague. "We take note of the order" given to Israel on Friday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell wrote on X on Saturday. "ICJ [International Court of Justice] orders are binding on the Parties and they have to be fully and effectively implemented." Even before the ruling, Israel had faced weeks of admonishment by the United States and European capitals over its...
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