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U.N. expects Haiti sanctions regime to be running by January

The United Nations' sanction regime in Haiti in response to the gang violence and humanitarian crisis should be working by January 2023, the U.N. resident coordinator for the embattled Caribbean island nation said on Thursday.

Reuters · Dec 8, 2022

Indigenous people seek stronger land rights at COP15 nature talks

Negotiations on a deal to protect 30% of the Earth by 2030 are woefully behind in addressing the concerns of native people, whose land holds the majority of the world's remaining biodiversity, indigenous advocates told Reuters at the U.N. nature summit in Montreal.

Reuters · Dec 8, 2022

Cop15 diary week two: creative cops, penalty shootouts and high ambition

Our reporters give you the inside story on what’s happening at the biodiversity summit in Montreal

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022

Ukraine war: what the Northern Ireland peace process can tell us about ending this conflict

Most armed conflicts end not with a total victory but with messy compromises. This is especially the case when the objectives on either side are incompatible and both are escalating their efforts to secure a victory which is unachievable.

The Conversation · Dec 8, 2022

Four 'fronts' in the Ukraine-Russia war to look out for as winter bites

Russia had expected to be victorious long before now. Its initial plan envisaged ground assaults across Ukraine in the first ten days and a rapid capitulation thereafter. But Kyiv did not fall – and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, refused to leave the capital, saying, “I need ammunition, not a ride,”…

The Conversation · Dec 8, 2022

2022 was year the horror of war returned to Europe

This was the year war returned to Europe, and few facets of life were left untouched

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

Iranian forces shooting at faces and genitals of female protesters, medics say

Exclusive: Men and women coming in with shotgun wounds to different parts of bodies, doctors say

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022

Concerns over gender reform lack evidence, say Scottish Human Rights Commission

THE Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has said there is no “objectively evidenced prospect” of gender reform causing harm to women after a…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 8, 2022

China wants more people to eat potatoes – how changing national diets could help fix our global food crisis. Podcast

How do you get a country to change its national diet? That’s what China has been trying by introducing potato as a staple as part of an effort to improve food security. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we talk to three experts about why countries need to shift…

The Conversation · Dec 8, 2022

Israel Refuses to Grant Entry Visas to UN Personnel

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan said there are sanctions in Tel Aviv against UN employees who criticize and speak out against Israeli policy.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 8, 2022