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World faces ‘ocean emergency’, UN warns, as activists urge action

The five-day UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon is focused on restoring the health of the oceans.

Al Jazeera

UN pushes for sea change to save oceans in crisis

The head of the United Nations has warned the world’s seas are in crisis as an international conference aimed at restoring the health of our oceans got underway on Monday in Portugal.

Radio France Internationale

Warnings Made Against Paralyzing UNRWA

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, has warned against the “chronic underfunding” that threatens the agency with “paralysis.” He stressed that every year, the Agency is forced to operate with a funding gap of around $100…

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Restricting abortion just makes it more deadly, says U.N. after U.S. ruling

Restricting abortion access does not stop people seeking the procedure "it only makes it more deadly," a spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a 1973 decision legalizing abortion.

Reuters

World faces unprecedented global hunger crisis, U.N. chief says

There is a "real risk" of multiple famines this year, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said on Friday and urged ministers meeting on food security to take practical steps to stabilize food markets and reduce commodity price volatility.

Reuters

UN chief warns of 'catastrophe' from global food shortage

The head of the United Nations has warned the world faces “catastrophe” because of the growing shortage of food around the globe

The Independent UK

UN chief warns world faces 'catastrophe' of multiple famines

Things were already bad with climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic and global inequality

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UN Chief Warns of ‘Catastrophe’ from Global Food Shortage

The head of the United Nations warned Friday that the world faces "catastrophe" because of the growing shortage of food around the globe. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the war in Ukraine has added to the disruptions caused by climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and inequality to produce an "unprecedented…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban say Afghanistan earthquake rescue efforts almost complete

Health ministry says aid has begun to arrive to the area affected by earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people.

Al Jazeera

At least 1,000 killed in Afghan quake, with fear toll will rise

Sharan (Afghanistan) (AFP) - Desperate rescuers battled against the clock Thursday under pouring rain to pull survivors from the rubble after a powerful quake struck a mountainous border region of Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000 people.

AFP

Turkish team to discuss Black Sea grain corridor in Russia this week -sources

Ankara's military delegation will travel to Russia this week to discuss details of a possible safe sea corridor in the Black Sea to export Ukrainian grain, Turkish presidency sources said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Turkish Team to Discuss Black Sea Grain Corridor in Russia This Week

Ankara's military delegation will travel to Russia this week to discuss details of a possible safe sea corridor in the Black Sea to export Ukrainian grain, Turkish presidency sources said on Tuesday. Russia's TASS agency confirmed plans for the talks citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of…

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Guterres Says Syrians Living on Brink, Calls for Extending Aid Delivery

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres presented on Monday “stark figures” on millions of Syrians who are in dire need for humanitarian aid. This came in his remarks to the UN Security Council in New York on the humanitarian situation in Syria. He said 90% of the population live below the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Urges South Sudan to Agree on Elections

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, urged the parties in South Sudan to implement the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict before the end of the transitional period in February 2023. Guterres called for the completion of transitional security arrangements, agreeing on an electoral timetable, and "immediately engaging" in a…

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UN chief calls for extension of Syria cross-border aid resolution

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for the Security Council to extend its authorization of cross-border aid into northwest Syria by a year -- a policy that veto-holding Russia has criticized.

Reuters

U.N. chief to Security Council: 'We cannot give up on people of Syria'

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the Security Council on Monday to extend its approval of aid deliveries from Turkey to millions of people in need in northwest Syria, telling the body: "We cannot give up on the people of Syria."

Al Jazeera

UN chief slams ‘delusional’ fossil fuels dash amid Ukraine war

Antonio Guterres warns that ‘perilous doubling down’ on coal, oil and gas by major economies will worsen climate change.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Chief: Governments' Inaction on Climate is 'Dangerous'

UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned Tuesday of a “dangerous disconnect” between what scientists and citizens are demanding to curb climate change, and what governments are actually doing about it. Guterres said global greenhouse gas emissions need to drop by 45% this decade, but are currently forecast to increase by 14%,…

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U.N. chief says the dash for new fossil fuels is 'delusional'

Rich countries have made a dangerous dash for fossil fuels in response to the Ukraine war, the U.N. secretary-general said on Tuesday, warning that new investments being made in coal, oil and gas were "delusional" given their impact on climate change.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Chief Warns Impact of Ukraine War on World is Worsening

UN chief Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that the consequences for the world of Russia's invasion of Ukraine are worsening, with 1.6 billion people likely to be affected. "The war's impact on food security, energy and finance is systemic, severe, and speeding up," the Secretary-General said, presenting the UN's second report…

France 24

Ukraine’s Interior Minister says Kyiv is in ‘no danger’ but prepared

Ukraine’s Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky has said that even though there is no imminent risk of Russians marching on Kyiv, the capital would not let its guard down. Earlier, the supreme court of the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) sentenced to death two British and one Moroccan captured while fighting…

The Independent UK

UN report: Ukraine war is increasing suffering of millions

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'Fierce battle' in key east Ukraine city largely under Moscow control: Zelensky

Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian forces are now largely in control of the key eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk amid fierce fighting, Kyiv said Wednesday, as UN chief Antonio Guterres starkly warned the war's impact on the world was worsening.

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: Putin likens himself to Peter the Great

Ukraine news from June 9: President speaks of Russia’s need to ‘take back [territory] and defend itself’.

AFP

Ukraine says flashpoint city now largely under Russian control

Lysychansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian forces are now largely in control of the key eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk after fierce fighting, the region's governor said Wednesday, as UN chief Antonio Guterres starkly warned the war's impact on the world was worsening.

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