Tag: United Nations
Worry, frustration as UN tries to finally agree high seas treaty
China is pushing for the future governing body of any eventual treaty to determine the sanctuaries by consensus rather than a majority vote
UN chief says stop ‘blame game’ at deadlocked climate talks
Guterres said there was "clearly a breakdown in trust" between developed and emerging economies
Pope Francis urges reform in United Nations after Ukraine war, COVID...
"In wartime, it is essential to affirm that we need more multilateralism and a better multilateralism," said Pope Francis
UN seeks US$169 million in aid for Philippine typhoon victims
More than 400 people were killed and hundreds of thousands left homeless after Rai hit the archipelago as a super typhoon in December
Super typhoon’s destruction in Philippines ‘badly underestimated,’ says UN
Scientists have long warned that typhoons are strengthening more rapidly as the world becomes warmer because of human-driven climate change
Myanmar faces ‘alarming’ risk of escalating civil war, warns UN human...
Sources in Myanmar said on Thursday that thousands of people in the country’s Chin State have already fled to India
Philippines’ Duterte defends ‘war on drugs’ before UN General Assembly
"Those found to have acted beyond bounds during operations shall be made accountable before our laws," said Duterte
Filipino Augustinian named congregation’s first Asian representative to UN
Father Alladin Luzon, OSA, has been named the Augustinian’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations
UN irks Australia by recommending Great Barrier Reef be listed ‘in...
Australia has lobbied to stay off the endangered list as it could lead to the coral reef ecosystem losing its World Heritage Site status
UN ‘deeply worried’ over Philippine killings, Duterte’s violent rhetoric
Church groups expressed alarm at the killings and concern about "red-tagging” of opponents as communists or terrorists