LIVE: World leaders adopt pivotal UN Pact for the Future
2024年9月22日 · World leaders are at UN Headquarters in New York this Sunday where they adopted the potentially game-changing Pact for the Future by consensus, with a small group of just seven countries holding out, having failed to pass a last-minute amendment. The centrepiece of the Summit of the Future is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine the multilateral system and steer humanity on a new ...
UN General Assembly calls for immediate end to war in Ukraine
2023年2月23日 · Rejected proposals. The world body on Thursday rejected two amendments proposed by Belarus.The first proposal would have altered several of the resolution’s provisions, and the second would have had the Assembly call on Member States to, among other things, refrain from sending weapons to the zone of conflict. ‘New chapter of history’ At the outset of the resumed session on Wednesday ...
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Pact for the Future: World leaders pledge action for peace, …
2024年9月22日 · The Pact along with its annexes, the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations, was adopted by consensus, despite a last-minute proposal for an amendment by some countries, including Russia, Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Syria.. The amendment sought to incorporate text calling for non-intervention in any issue of national sovereignty, and ...
General Assembly adopts landmark resolution on artificial …
2024年3月21日 · Same rights, online and offline. The Assembly called on all Member States and stakeholders “to refrain from or cease the use of artificial intelligence systems that are impossible to operate in compliance with international human rights law or that pose undue risks to the enjoyment of human rights.” “The same rights that people have offline must also be protected online, including ...
‘Climate crunch time is here,’ new UN report warns
2024年10月24日 · In short, countries must start curbing emissions immediately, according to the UN Emissions Gap Report 2024. “Climate crunch time is here,” said UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen. “We need global mobilisation on a scale and pace never seen before, starting right now before the next round of climate pledges.” If not, she warned, the 1.5°C goal to cap rising temperatures set in the ...
Palestine’s status at the UN explained | UN News
2024年4月18日 · Palestine’s current status. Right now, Palestine is a “Permanent Observer State” at the UN, enjoying the status that allows it to participate in all of the Organization’s proceedings, except for voting on draft resolutions and decisions in its main organs and bodies, from the Security Council to the General Assembly and its six main committees.
Sudan trapped in a ‘nightmare of violence’, UN chief tells Security ...
2024年10月28日 · UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday the people of Sudan are trapped in a “nightmare of violence, hunger, disease and displacement”, as the brutal war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and …
Gender equality: Distant, yet achievable | UN News
2024年9月16日 · While progress has been made worldwide on gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment, critical gender gaps remain in all 17 of the Sustainable Development Goals, according to the latest Gender Snapshot report released Monday by UN Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. “Today’s report reveals the undeniable truth: progress is achievable, but is not fast ...
WHO chief declares end to COVID-19 as a global health emergency
2023年5月5日 · According to WHO’s Coronavirus Dashboard which has collated key statistics since early in the pandemic, the cumulative cases worldwide now stand at 765,222,932, with nearly seven million deaths: the precise figure currently stands at 6,921,614.. As of 30 April, a total of more than 13.3 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. ...