A new subsidiary of the Convention on Biological Diversity ended its inaugural session deciding how to be integrated.
A U.N. summit to protect the variety of life on Earth held the first meeting of a permanent subsidiary body dedicated to the voices of Indigenous peoples and local communities within a global environmental treaty.
Colombia's Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres, who co-chairs the new subsidiary body, hailed it on Friday as an "unprecedented step toward greater environmental democracy" in biodiversity work.
The global wildlife treaty is charged with regulating trade in 40,920 species, including 6,610 animals and 34,310 plants.
A new strategy will focus heavily on controlling black market flows, leveraging a decision to phase-out dental amalgam.
The decision on dental amalgam was counterbalanced by the greater challenge of artisanal and small-scale gold mining.
Negotiators must finish the financial mechanism and agree on binding measures to phase out toxic chemicals in plastics.
A U.S. intelligence report determined that the crown prince had approved of a plan to "capture or kill" Khashoggi.
The resolution establishes a temporary International Stabilization Force and a civilian transitional administration.
Since 1946, a woman has never been chosen for the top job, and four of the nine U.N. chiefs have been Europeans.
The U.N. Human Rights Council called on independent experts to investigate killings and other violations in el-Fasher.
