The U.N. health agency says it updated its plans based on China's response but there's been "no quiet shelving of any plans" for investigating how the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Top World Health Organization officials say they'll keep trying to learn how COVID-19 began but have run up against a lack of full cooperation from China.
"WHO has not abandoned studying the origins of COVID-19. We have not. And we will not," said Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO's technical lead for COVID-19.
"But we need cooperation from our colleagues in China to advance this," she said Wednesday. "I do also want to mention that through the work of studying the origins, it is very difficult."
Climate scientists have warned for decades about bleaching of coral reefs, which are nurseries for commercial fisheries.
This year and next mark the countdown to a 2025 deadline for governments to strengthen their carbon-cutting plans.
The France-based court was created to uphold the European Convention on Human Rights, which took effect in 1953.
Negotiators and officials aim to wrap up so that May's 77th World Health Assembly can consider a proposed text.
The humanitarian nightmare and attacks on civilians in Gaza dominated the U.N. Security Council's quarterly open debate.
Climate scientists have warned for decades about bleaching of coral reefs, which are nurseries for commercial fisheries.
This year and next mark the countdown to a 2025 deadline for governments to strengthen their carbon-cutting plans.
A new U.N. report shows how prioritizing debt over services like health care and education plagues the developing world.
