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The latest UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia; here’s what’s at stake

·October 22, 2024·4 min read

Considered the world’s most important event to conserve biodiversity, the summit is taking place in Cali, the third largest city of the South American nation, and will host some 15,000 attendees, including a dozen heads of State, 103 ministers and over 1,000 international journalists. Aiming to promote international cooperation, agree...

A ‘people’s COP’ to heal the planet: UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia

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·October 21, 2024·2 min read

The UN chief’s call came in a video message to the opening ceremony of the gathering, which officially begins on Monday 21 October in one of the most biodiverse countries on earth. Over the next two weeks, government experts, environmental activists and indigenous groups will tackle pressing global challenges in...

Global Refugee Forum opens amid ‘crisis of humanity’

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·December 14, 2023·3 min read

The world’s largest gathering dedicated to refugee issues, the Forum is co-hosted by UNHCR and Switzerland and convened by Colombia, France, Japan, Jordan and Uganda. It brings together Member States, civil society, financial institutions, private companies and more than 300 refugee advocates. Shattered dreams, disrupted lives Setting the tone for...

New settlement opens for latest Somali refugees in Ethiopia

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·April 12, 2023·2 min read

Mr. Guterres’s appeal came as the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned about the ongoing crisis faced by people displaced by violence from Somalia to Ethiopia. Relocation for the most vulnerable has begun, said UNHCR, after an uptick in violence in northern Somalia’s Lascanood city pushed close to 100,000 people to...