U.N. proposes global 'roadmap' to 80% cut in plastic pollution by 2040
The estimated annual social and environmental costs of plastic pollution range from $300 billion to $1.5 trillion.
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The estimated annual social and environmental costs of plastic pollution range from $300 billion to $1.5 trillion.
Six nations have gender parity or a women's majority: Rwanda, Cuba, Nicaragua, Mexico, New Zealand and U.A.E.
Assassination and unlawful deportations are some of the methods that regimes use against activists and dissidents.
Michelle Bachelet said reports about the use of Pegasus software for spying 'seem to confirm some of the worst fears.'
Eight Bosnian men and boys killed 25 years ago were laid to rest outside Srebrenica, a reminder that justice for genocide victims comes slowly, if at all.
An unprecedented 79.5 million people - two-fifths of them children - were forcibly displaced as of the end of 2019.
Dozens of nations repeatedly urged the U.S. to eradicate systemic racism and police brutality, but not much changed.
After 25 years on the run, Félicien Kabuga, a high-profile fugitive in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, was arrested outside Paris to stand trial in a U.N. court.
The ICC ruled unanimously to authorize an investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan by the Taliban, Afghan military and American-led forces.
Six nations sought accountability in U.N. peacekeeping at a meeting on mismanagement, sexual abuse and other violence.
A public–private global health partnership said it will invest US$178 million to establish an emergency stockpile of 500,000 Ebola vaccine doses worldwide.
The United Nations could run out of money by the end of this month in the worst budget crisis that the world body has faced in at least a decade.
Internet users extend to half the world, including 1.15 billion children who can benefit only if they can safely navigate it.
The U.N. health agency had rejected making an emergency declaration three times before, but said it now fears the deadly virus disease could spread to neighboring countries.
Delegates to the global decision-making body will tackle ways to strengthen emergency response and restructure the agency.
After an emergency meeting, WHO’s director said he accepted a panel's recommendation to skip an emergency declaration.