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US backs two permanent seats for Africa on UN Security Council

The US has thrown its weight behind creating two permanent seats for African states on the United Nations Security Council, and one rotating seat for small island developing states. Years of talks about reforming the council have led nowhere, and many doubt whether US backing will be enough to spur…

Radio France Internationale

UN experts call for global system to trace critical minerals

UN experts have called for the creation of a global system to trace the extraction and production of critical minerals that are needed in the transition away from fossil fuels.

Radio France Internationale

US Calls For Africa To Get Two Permanent UN Security Council Seats

The United States called Thursday for two permanent seats on the UN Security Council to be reserved for African nations, alongside a rotating seat for small developing island nations.

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UN Chief Calls For 'Courage' Ahead Of Summit Of The Future

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday for world leaders to show greater "vision" and "courage" in their approach to the future, as a crunch summit on the threats and opportunities of the coming years nears.

International Business Times

UN agency says six staff killed in Israeli strike on school and homes in Gaza

THE UN agency for Palestinians has said that six of its staff were killed in an Israeli air strike on one of the schools it runs in central Gaza...

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Gaza Rescuers Say 18 Killed In Israeli Strike On School

Israel bombed a school housing displaced Palestinians in central Gaza on Wednesday, which rescuers said killed 18 people, including UN staffers, while the Israeli army said it hit a Hamas control centre.

International Business Times

UN Experts Call For Global System To Trace Critical Minerals

UN experts called Wednesday for the creation of a global system to trace the extraction and production of critical minerals that are needed in the transition away from fossil fuels.

International Business Times

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New president of UN General Assembly calls for unity to tackle borderless issues

Cameroon’s former prime minister has taken over the presidency of the U.N. General Assembly and called for nations to unite and to address global challenges from climate change and poverty to conflicts and armed violence

The Independent UK

UN chief 'never seen such death and destruction' as in Gaza amid Israel assault

THE head of the United Nations has spoken out amid Israel's ongoing assault of Gaza, saying he had "never seen such a level of death and…

The National (Scotland)

The UN chief calls the death and destruction in Gaza the worst he's seen

The U.N. chief says the United Nations has offered to monitor any cease-fire in Gaza and is demanding an end to the worst death and destruction he has seen in his more than seven-year tenure

The Independent UK

China's Xi Promises $50 Billion For Africa Over Next Three Years

Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday pledged over $50 billion in financing for Africa over the next three years, promising to deepen cooperation in infrastructure and trade with the continent as he addressed Beijing's biggest summit since the pandemic.

International Business Times

Death toll in third day of Israeli raid on West Bank hits at least 20

The death toll from a three-day Israeli raid on the occupied West Bank rose to at least 20 on Friday, Israel and the Palestinian Red Crescent said, while violence raged on in the Gaza Strip. Israel has described its raids on towns and refugee camps across the northern West Bank…

France 24

Israeli military kills Islamic Jihad commander in mosque shootout as West Bank raids continue

Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad confirms the death of commander Mohammed Jabber

The Independent UK

Death Toll Rises As Israeli West Bank Raids Enter Second Day

The death toll climbed Thursday as Israel pressed a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank for a second day, despite UN concerns it is "fuelling an already explosive situation".

International Business Times

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Pacific islands face grave danger as sea levels surge, UN warns

Warning that sea levels are rising at an accelerating rate, particularly around vulnerable Pacific island nations, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a fresh climate SOS to the world. His alert coincides with a new report from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), which warns that climate change threatens the very existence…

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UN chief issues climate SOS, warns of ‘unimaginable’ catastrophe

Speaking at a meeting of Pacific Island leaders in Tonga, Antonio Guterres warned the region was ‘uniquely exposed’.

AAP

NZ's Peters downplays human-made climate change at PIF

As Pacific leaders thanked the UN secretary-general for his advocacy on climate change, New Zealand has downplayed the heights of the crisis.

International Business Times

UN's Guterres Issues 'Global SOS' Over Fast-rising Pacific Ocean

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced a global climate "SOS" at a Pacific islands summit on Tuesday, unveiling research that shows the region's seas rising much more swiftly than global averages.

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UN chief calls rising seas a 'worldwide catastrophe' that especially imperils Pacific paradises

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is putting out yet another climate SOS to the world

AAP

UN issues rallying cry on climate for Pacific

The UN secretary-general has used the Pacific Islands Forum to call for developed nations to quit fossil fuels and fund developing countries to adapt.

International Business Times

Big Polluters Urged To Pay As Key Pacific Summit Opens In Tonga

Emissions-belching nations were challenged to stump up for climate-related damage as a key Pacific islands summit opened on Monday, with low-lying Tuvalu declaring: "If you pollute, you should pay."

AAP

UN chief rebukes New Zealand's fossil fuel plans

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has continued his advocacy for climate action while on a two-day visit to New Zealand.

International Business Times

UN Fears Repeat Of 2017 Atrocities Against Rohingyas

The United Nations said Friday it fears a repeat of the 2017 atrocities committed against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, warning a human tragedy was unfolding in Rakhine State.

AAP

UN head Guterres talks tough on climate in Pacific

Antonio Guterres has finished the first leg of his Pacific visit, the first time the United Nations Secretary General has been through the region in five years.

Al Jazeera

Pacific Islands leaders to meet as region faces ‘polycrisis’ of threats

Climate change will top the agenda as leaders of 18 nations meet in Tonga from August 26.

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