The United States said on Wednesday that establishing an independent Palestinian state should happen through direct negotiations between the parties and not at the United Nations. The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday asked for renewed consideration of a 2011 application to become a full member of the United Nations. It currently has de facto recognition … Read more
The United States, Britain and France on Wednesday opposed a Russian-drafted UN Security Council statement that would have condemned an attack on Iran’s embassy compound in Syria, which Tehran has blamed on Washington’s ally Israel. Press statements by the 15-member council have to be agreed by consensus. Diplomats said the US, backed by France … Read more
By coincidence, two days before the UN resolution was adopted, the World Meteorological Organization released its annual State of the Climate report. It confirmed last year as the warmest on record and was an indictment of just how much damage human activity continues to wreak on the environment, with records broken again for greenhouse gas … Read more
Approximately 70 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members were deployed to Jamaica on Friday to train military personnel from several Caribbean countries who are bound for Haiti as part of a multinational security force led by Kenya and backed by the United Nations. The Canadian personnel will provide training on core peacekeeping skills and combat first aid to troops … Read more
A report published Thursday on the situation in Haiti, which is facing intense gang violence, by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights found that sexual violence there is “severely underreported.” The report said that according to the U.N. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), gangs in the Caribbean country … Read more
A new report says the federal government is providing billions of dollars in financial support for the fossil fuel industry, despite measures announced last year to limit certain types of subsidies for the oil and gas industry. The analysis, released today by the advocacy group Environmental Defence, estimated that Ottawa offered up at least $18.6 … Read more
Washington — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he will not send a delegation to Washington after the U.S. refused to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. The Security Council passed the resolution on Monday that called for a cease-fire during the Muslim holy month of … Read more
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reaffirmed his call for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict on Saturday during a visit to Rafah, which is bordered by Egypt and Gaza. “It is time to silence the guns,” he was quoted by the BBC. Remarking in front of the gate of the Rafah crossing, where aid enters … Read more
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for an investigation into a drone footage that appears to show an Israeli attack on four civilians in Gaza, his spokesman said. “The Secretary-General is deeply disturbed by the video footage that reportedly shows four Palestinians walking, apparently unarmed, who were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza,” … Read more
Countries at the meeting of the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization in London signed a deal for shipping emissions to reach net zero “by or around” 2050. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Two weeks of talks at the United Nations shipping agency concluded in London on Friday, with a clear majority of … Read more
