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Baku talks heat up: New climate finance deal, urban challenges in COP29 spotlight

·November 21, 2024·6 min read

The source of the hundreds of billions, if not trillions, of funds that developing nations say will be needed to adapt to a fast-changing climate – governments, multilateral banks, or the private sector – has become a major subject of contention during the last eight days. The good, the bad...

COP29: Push for agreement on a new climate finance deal ‘right from the start’

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·November 11, 2024·4 min read

“Let’s dispense with any idea that climate finance is charity;” runaway climate change is impacting “every single individual in the world one way or another,” Mr. Stiell said on Monday. His strong call to action kicked off the latest round of UN climate talks, which will run in the Azerbaijan...

Effort to restart Iran nuclear deal ‘at a standstill’ Security Council hears

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·December 26, 2023·3 min read

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreed in 2015 lays out the rules for monitoring Iran’s domestic nuclear programme and paved the way for US sanctions to be lifted. It was agreed by Iran, the five permanent members of the Council (China, France, Russia the United Kingdom and the...

UN’s Grandi welcomes EU deal overhauling regional migration system

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·December 23, 2023·1 min read

Agreement in Brussels on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum reportedly followed three years of intense negotiations, and it should start taking effect in 2024. The deal will attempt to distribute migrants more evenly across the bloc, providing enhanced support and coordination for processing claims away from frontier states...

Stop ‘kicking the can down the road,’ UN chief urges COP28 deal on phaseout of fossil fuels

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·December 11, 2023·1 min read

As COP28 entered its final 48 hours, the UN chief delivered a clear message to government negotiators: “We must conclude the conference with an ambitious outcome that demonstrates decisive action and a credible plan to keep 1.5-degree goal alive, protecting those on the frontlines of the climate crisis.” ‘The clock...

Gaza: UN welcomes deal for pause in fighting, hostage-release pact

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·November 22, 2023·4 min read

“This is an important step in the right direction, but much more needs to be done,” Mr. Guterres said via a statement from his spokesperson Farhan Haq. The top UN official leading efforts to secure a lasting peace in the Middle East, Tor Wennesland, echoed those comments and also...

Gaza aid ready to roll in once final deal reached

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·October 19, 2023·2 min read

Some 3,000 tonnes of supplies have been awaiting entry on the Egyptian side of the crossing since Saturday. On Wednesday, the UN Security Council failed to agree on a resolution that would have called for “humanitarian pauses” for aid delivery. UN chief expected in Cairo UN Secretary-General António Guterres was...

UN: Deal reached with Syria to reopen main border crossing from Türkiye

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·August 14, 2023·2 min read

For the next six months, the Bab al-Hawa border crossing will be accessible and allow much-needed assistance to reach millions of people in northwest Syria. Bab al-Hawa has been used since 2014, when the UN Security Council authorized cross-border relief deliveries “across conflict lines”. Around 85 per cent of aid...

Black Sea deal collapse sparks rise in global food prices: FAO

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·August 5, 2023·1 min read

The UN agency has issued its latest Food Price Index (FPI), which tracks the monthly international prices of cereals, vegetable oil, dairy, meat and sugar. The Index averaged 123.9 points in July, up 1.3 per cent from June, driven by an increase in vegetable oil and rice prices. End of a lifeline FAO’s Vegetable Oil...

Iran nuclear deal: Despite differences, still ‘best available option’, Security Council hears

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·July 10, 2023·3 min read

Briefing the Security Council on the state of the JCPOA, Ms. DiCarlo set the tone for the discussion by stating, “diplomacy is the only way to effectively address the Iranian nuclear issue.” The 2015 deal sets out rules for monitoring Iran’s nuclear programme and paves the way for the lifting of...

Countries must forge ‘Global Blue Deal’ to protect the ocean: UNCTAD

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·May 8, 2023·3 min read

That’s according to the UN Trade and Development body UNCTAD’s Trade and Environment Review 2023, published on Monday, which analyses the world’s $3-6 billion ocean economy, and assesses how human activity and multiple global crises have significantly impacted sectors like fishing, seafood, shipping and coastal tourism. The report, presented at the 3rd UN...

Colombia: Implementing peace deal, promoting dialogue ‘inextricably linked’

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·April 13, 2023·1 min read

The two aims are important aspects of the Government’s Total Peace Policy and have become “inextricably linked”, he said. “It is hard to envision either fully succeeding without the other, given the realities on the ground in many of the conflict-affected areas where violence by remaining armed groups is a...