By 2050, demand for air conditioning, refrigerators, and refrigerated transport will increase seven-fold in Africa and four-fold in Asia, according to the UN Environment Agency (UNEP) and the World Bank’s private sector arm IFC. “These nations are especially vulnerable to the deadly effects of rising temperatures and are urgently in need of cooling solutions,” said […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres set the tone in his opening speech, acknowledging that global inequalities are mirrored in international institutions. He noted that the UN Security Council was designed by the victors of the Second World War when much of Africa was still under colonial rule. Guterres emphasized the need for African representation on the […]
The ministers said that stopping the dangerous escalation underway in the region… begins by halting Israel’s aggression in Gaza, in a joint statement issued after a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. The Israeli military said on Wednesday that for the “first time” a missile fired by Hezbollah reached […]
The Qatar-headquartered channel aired live footage of Israeli troops entering the office with their weapons drawn and handing a military court order to Ramallah bureau chief Walid al-Omari forcing the bureau to close for 45 days. The Israeli military said, in response to a Reuters query, that the channel’s offices had been sealed and its […]
The convoy, which included both national and international staff, was en route to northern Gaza to launch a polio vaccination campaign for children when it was stopped at gunpoint near the Wadi Gaza checkpoint. Lazzarini reported that Israeli forces threatened to detain the UN staff, and bulldozers caused significant damage to the convoy’s armored vehicles. […]
The key aim of the draft resolution, written by the Palestinian Authority and seen by Reuters, is to welcome a July advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice that said Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and settlements is illegal and should be withdrawn. But while the advisory opinion by the United Nations’ highest court […]
The vaccination campaign is due to start on Sunday, with the pauses scheduled to take place between 6 a.m. and 3 p.m. (0300-1200 GMT), said Rik Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization’s senior official for the Palestinian territories. He said the campaign would start in central Gaza with three consecutive daily pauses in fighting, then move […]
Speaking to reporters in a virtual briefing, Kirby pushed back on suggestions that the talks have broken down, and said, on the contrary, that they were “constructive”. “The talks progressed to a point where they felt like the next logical step was to have working groups at lower levels to sit down to hammer out […]
Fuel shortages are widespread in the besieged territory after more than 10 months of war, further restricting services at those hospitals that are still open. Ayman Zaqout had a hard time even reaching the Kamal Adwan, located in Beit Lahia, because of Israeli strikes and evacuation orders. Once admitted, he discovered he would be treated […]
It specified such an alternative could include ‘a place of work and suitable supervisors’. The soldiers have been accused of sexually abusing a member of an elite Hamas unit at the Sde Teiman detention facility in the Negev desert in southern Israel, according to Israeli press reports. The United Nations special rapporteur on torture has […]
