Picture: supplied This year has been a masterclass in climate destruction and this planet is in the final countdown to limit a global warming rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made the comment at the opening of the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to a UN convention on climate change in…
WFP Country Director for Palestine Antoine Renard in Khan Younis, south Gaza. Photo: © WFP/Ali Jadallah The risk of famine in Gaza is expected to worsen this winter unless the fighting stops and aid can reach families, according to a recent food security assessment by experts from 16 UN agencies and NGOs. The report says…
The United Nations building in New York. Picture: UN Cost-cutting measures will limit the ability of the United Nations to do its job next year, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says. He made the comment recently while asking the UN General Assembly in New York to fund a US$3.6 billion budget for next year. “In a…