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World News in Brief: Time for climate justice urges UN chief, Ukraine war update, call for ‘free and fair’ elections

·January 10, 2024·3 min read

Under the deal agreed by 193 countries in 2015 in the French capital, sticking to the limit will help humankind avoid the worst impacts of rising temperatures. This month is also on track to be so warm that for the first time ever, a 12-month cycle may exceed the 1.5°C...

South Sudan: No basis for free and fair 2024 elections, warns Haysom

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·December 17, 2023·1 min read

Briefing ambassadors at the UN Security Council, Nicholas Haysom outlined key conditions required by April 2024 for moving ahead, according to the agreed timeline. All in the details These include a new permanent constitutional framework; voter registration details; an election security plan; well trained, equipped, and unified security forces; and...

Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief

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·June 9, 2023·1 min read

Olivier de Schutter, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, and Attiya Waris, Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, have welcomed the proposed New York Taxpayer and International Debt Crises Prevention Act, which is currently under discussion. They urged lawmakers to adopt the draft bill, which compels...

LDC5: UN conference calls for more inclusive and fair digital transformation in world’s least developed countries

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·March 6, 2023·5 min read

On Monday at the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), a series of roundtable discussions saw global leaders, ci confront two of the most fundamental hurdles facing LDCs: how to make better use of science, technology and innovation (STI), and how to promote structural transformations that can...

Libya: Help make 2023 the year of ‘free and fair elections’, Security Council urged

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·December 17, 2022·3 min read

Since his briefing last month, Mr. Bathily has continued working to advance the political process and revive the electoral track. In Türkiye, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Tunisia, he told ambassadors he had been seeking coordinated support for the UN Mission, UNSMIL, to help political leaders overcome their differences,...