OHCHR Condemns Myanmar Ethnic Cleansing Move
New York (ABC Live): Myanmar Ethnic Cleansing : The United Nations human rights chief today lashed out at the treatment of the Rohingya in Myanmar which has led to more than 300,000 people fleeing to...
View ArticleFacilitative Dialogue on Paris Climate Change Agreement
New Delhi (ABC Live): Facilitative Dialogue : Preparations for an important formal discussion next year between countries – known as the “facilitative dialogue” – on progress to achieve the goals of...
View ArticleUNCCD Confirms World Loses Valuable Agricultural Land
New Delhi (ABC Live): UNCCD : A new UN report says that mismanagement of land coupled with the impacts of a changing climate are key factors responsible for the loss of valuable agricultural land....
View ArticleC2ES Reports Corporate Climate Action on Carbon Pricing
New Delhi (ABC Live): Carbon Pricing :Companies across sectors and geographies are turning increasingly to an internal carbon price to prepare for climate-related business risks, and guide and fund...
View ArticleUNCTAD Asks Corporate to Put People before Profits
New York (ABC Live): UNCTAD : Noting that the world economy in 2017 “is picking up but not taking off,” a new United Nations trade and development report has cautioned against fiscal austerity and...
View ArticleUNSC Extends UNSMIL for One More Year
New York (ABC Live): UNSMIL : The Security Council today extended for one year the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), focused on supporting the North African country’s...
View ArticleIndia Signs 15 MoUs with Japan During Shinzo Abe India Visit
New Delhi (ABC Live): Shinzo Abe India Visit : Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe today jointly laid the foundation stone for India’s first high speed rail project...
View ArticleOzone Heroes Campaign on International Day Ozone Layer
New Delhi (ABC Live):Ozone Heroes Campaign : Commemorating the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, senior United Nations officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres...
View ArticleSD Talks Special Series Setting the Rules of the Climate Game
New Delhi (ABC Live):SD Talks Special Series : In a few weeks, on 6-17 November, thousands of government delegates and leaders from all sectors of society will gather in Bonn, Germany, for the 2017 UN...
View Article61st IAEA General Conference All Set to Begins Today
Vienna (ABC Live): Representatives, including at ministerial level and above, from the IAEA’s Member States will convene at the 61st IAEA General Conference on Monday, 18 September to deliberate on key...
View ArticleKnow How to Protect from Sepsis
New Delhi (ABC Live): Sepsis : Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body’s response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs. As infections frequently complicate...
View Article21st Century UN Gets Countries Support
New York (ABC Live); 21st Century UN : Pledging to overhaul the United Nations bureaucracy to make the world body stronger and more responsive to the people it serves, Secretary-General António...
View ArticleUN Bats for 2030 Agenda Based Sustainable Fair Globalization
New York (ABC Live): 2030 Agenda : As the high-level week of the United Nations General Assembly gets underway, Secretary-General António Guterres today stressed the role of the UN to help reshape...
View ArticleUN Imbibes Climate Change Linked Hurricane Irma
New Delhi (ABC Live); Climate Change Linked Hurricane Irma : Noting the ever-increasing impact of extreme weather events, top United Nations officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres...
View ArticleWHO Releases NCDs Progress Monitor 2017
New York (ABC Live): NCD Progress Monitor 2017 : Governments must step up efforts to control noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) to meet globally agreed targets, including preventing the premature deaths...
View ArticleKnow Day 1 Happenings of 61st IAEA General Conference
Geneva (ABC Live): 61st IAEA General Conference : At the start of the plenary session, Ambassador Maria Zeneida Angara Collinson was elected as President of the 61st IAEA General Conference. Delegates...
View ArticleKnow About Rohingya Links with Pakistan, Arabs
New Delhi (ABC Live); Rohingya :There were an estimated 1 million Rohingya living in Myanmar before the 2016–17 crisis, the United Nations in 2013 stated that Rohingya as one of the most persecuted...
View Article400,000 Rohingya Flee to Bangladesh: UN
New York (ABC Live): Rohingya : As the number of Rohingya who have fled to Bangladesh surpasses 400,000, United Nations agencies are scaling up their efforts to assist the displaced and...
View ArticleOzone Treaty Becomes 30 Years Old in 2017
New Delhi (ABC Live): Ozone Treaty : The Earth’s protective ozone layer is well on track to recovery thanks to a highly successful environmental agreement which marks it 30th anniversary on 16...
View ArticleGlobal Warming Limit to 1.5 °C Easy to Achieve
New Delhi (ABC Live): Global Warming Limit : A team of climate scientists has delivered a rare bit of good news: it could be easier than previously thought to limit global warming to 1.5 °C above...
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