A UN vehicle at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant late last year. Photo: Fredrik Dahl / IAEA UN and Ukrainian nuclear staff are braving Russian gunfire and drones to keep Ukraine, and the rest of Europe, safe from radioactive fallout. Staff have been working to repair drone damage to the containment building at the site…
Satellite navigation systems are increasingly under attack, say three UN agencies. Image: IMO Aircraft, shipping and telecommunication satellite navigation systems are increasingly being jammed by faked sources (spoofing) and it is a worry to three United Nations agencies. A joint statement by the UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU), International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and International Maritime…
Chinese spending on R&D went from 4 per cent of the global total in 2000 to 26 per cent in 2023. Photos: stock China is driving an upsurge in global spending on research and development (R&D) as the world total nearly tripled to US$2.75 trillion in 2023. The UN World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) recently…
FLASHBACK … UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (left) meets with Joseph Aoun in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe. New Lebanese leader Joseph Aoun has been congratulated by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on his election to the presidency. The army commander’s election ends a two-year absence in the presidency of a country…
The Golan Heights. Israeli troops have secured some sites after the fall of the Syrian regime. Picture: Twitter / X Israel must withdraw from the Golan Heights and end airstrikes in Syria, says United Nations chief Antonio Guterres. The UN Secretary-General said in a statement on Thursday (US time) that he was “deeply concerned by…
Mary, 30, and her child Daniel (six months) at a WFP-funded nutrition site in South Sudan earlier this year. Photo: WFP/Samantha Reinders WHAT the world spends on coffee in two weeks can feed 123 million people for a year, the UN World Food Program (WFP) says. The WFP is asking for US$16.9 billion so it…
A Danish tank trains in Latvia, among 3500 troops from 13 NATO allies taking part in Exercise Resolute Warrior 24. Photo: NATO Russia’s war in the Ukraine is escalating to dangerous levels amid long-range missile attacks and the involvement of North Korean troops. The warnings were delivered by speakers at a meeting of the UN…
WFP food trucks cross the Adre border crossing, from Chad to Sudan, en-route to Zamzam camp in North Darfur. Picture: WFP/Sylvain Barral More than 700 trucks are on the road in Sudan amid a surge in UN World Food Program (WFP) efforts to reach millions of people in the African country’s most isolated war zones.…
Photo: UNRWA/Ashraf Amra Vetoes by Russia and US of United Nations draft calls for a ceasefire in Sudan and Gaza have triggered outrage and debate among member states. A US decision to veto a draft call for a ceasefire in Gaza was only the fourth time it had used that. The BBC reports that 14…
Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI The United Nations COP climate talks are “no longer fit for purpose” and in need of urgent overhaul, international experts say. In a letter to the UN and reported on by the BBC, senior figures say that countries should not host the talks if they don’t support the phase out of fossil…