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COP27 closes with deal on loss and damage: ‘A step towards justice’, says UN chief |

·November 20, 2022·9 min read

“This COP has taken an important step towards justice. I welcome the decision to establish a loss and damage fund and to operationalize it in the coming period,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a video message issued from the conference venue in Egypt, underscoring that the voices of those...

As COP27 deadline slips, UN chief urges negotiators to aim for ‘maximum ambition’ on loss and damage |

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·November 19, 2022·4 min read

“I remain concerned at the number of outstanding issues, including on finance mitigation, adaptation, loss and damage and their inter linkages,” COP27 President, Sameh Shoukry, told delegates reunited at the plenary of the Sharm el-Sheik International Convention Centre. Mr. Shoukry called on parties to “urgently” work together to resolve the...

UN chief welcomes renewal of Black Sea Grain Initiative |

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·November 17, 2022·2 min read

More than 11.1 million tonnes of essential foodstuffs have been shipped as part of the agreement involving Türkiye, Ukraine, Russia and the United Nations, since it was signed on 22 July. ‘Deeply moved’ Speaking from Cairo, where Mr. Guterres was en route from the G20 summit in Bali to the...

UN chief highlights crucial role of G20 in resolving global crises |

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·November 15, 2022·3 min read

Speaking on the eve of the G20 Summit there, the UN chief appealed for the bloc to support his initiatives to address climate change, sustainable development, the worldwide food and energy crises, and digital transformation. The Summit is taking place at “the most pivotal, precarious moment in generations”, he told...

Somalia: Human rights chief decries steep rise in civilian casualties |

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·November 15, 2022·1 min read

According to latest UN figures, at least 613 civilians have been killed and 948 injured so far this year – the highest number since 2017 and nearly a third more than 2021. Most of the casualties, 315 killed and 686 injured, have been due to Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), nearly all...

Cambodia: In visit to genocide museum, UN chief warns of the dangers of hate and persecution |

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·November 14, 2022·3 min read

Mr. Guterres was speaking at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, memorial site of the infamous S-21 interrogation and detention centre under the bloody regime, which lasted from 1975 to 1979. ‘An essential reminder’ It is estimated that up to 18,000 people from across Cambodia were brought to the facility, located...

Egypt: Rights chief calls for immediate release of jailed blogger and activist |

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·November 9, 2022·1 min read

Alaa Abdel Fattah has been arrested many times over more than decade for his activism around violations perpetrated by the security forces and the use of military courts to try civilians. “I urge the Government to immediately release Abdel Fattah from prison and provide him with the necessary medical treatment,”...

‘Cooperate or perish’: At COP27 UN chief calls for Climate Solidarity Pact, urges tax on oil companies to finance loss and damage |

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·November 8, 2022·11 min read

“Humanity has a choice: cooperate or perish. It is either a Climate Solidarity Pact – or a Collective Suicide Pact,” the UN Secretary-General told over 100 world leaders reunited for the first official plenary of the UN Climate Change Conference. The proposed Pact would see all countries taking extra efforts...

COP27 begins a ‘new era to do things differently’, UN climate change chief declares as pivotal conference gets underway |

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·November 6, 2022·7 min read

“Today a new era begins – and we begin to do things differently. Paris gave us the agreement. Katowice and Glasgow gave us the plan. Sharm el-Sheik shifts us to implementation. No one can be a mere passenger on this journey. This is the signal that times have changed,” Mr....

New UN weather report ‘a chronicle of chaos’: UN chief |

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·November 6, 2022·2 min read

The provisional 2022 State of the Global Climate study outlines the increasingly dramatic signs of the climate emergency, which include a doubling of the rate of sea level rise since 1993, to a new record high this year; and indications of unprecedented glacier melting on the European Alps. The full...

UN chief urges Security Council, speak ‘with one voice’ to secure peace |

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·November 6, 2022·4 min read

“They help protect civilians and prevent violence…[and] enable the work of peacebuilding, development, humanitarian, and human rights actors”, he detailed.  However, “local and global contexts in which they operate are becoming more challenging by the day”. The UN chief reminded the Security Council that peacekeeping plays a “critical role” in...

Safety and security of Yemeni civilians at risk unless truce is extended, says human rights chief |

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·November 5, 2022·1 min read

Mr. Türk has echoed calls from the UN Secretary-General to extend the truce and to work towards a negotiated settlement to bring the conflict to an end once and for all. The outbreak of war over seven years ago between a pro-Government, Saudi-led coalition, and Houthi rebels – together with...