Two regional conflicts are threatening global peace. Could the United Nations step in – and,if so,why hasn’t it?
The head of the United Nations says fossil fuel companies – “the godfathers of climate chaos” – must be stopped from shameless greenwashing.
UN Secretary General António Guterres branded oil and gas companies the “godfathers of climate chaos” and said they should face an advertising ban,similar to those rolled out against tobacco.
The US and the UN are looking into the explosive claims by two Tel Aviv-based magazines that reveal the use of “Lavender”,a program making devastating decisions.
In his toughest language yet,Antonio Guterres said “the right of the Palestinian people to build their own fully independent state must be recognised by all.”
Addressing presidents and prime ministers,monarchs and ministers at the UN,Antonio Guterres said the world seemed “incapable of coming together”.
Is a high-level annual meeting of country leaders still relevant? Has the UN failed in its goal to promote lasting peace? Is Australia attending?
So far,this year is the second-warmest on record behind 2016,when global temperatures soared during an El Nino event.
The UN chief launched a scathing attack on world leaders after delegates at a climate conference in Bonn couldn’t even agree on an agenda for the meeting.
Global prices for grains,cooking oils,fuel and fertiliser are rising at the fastest rate in 30 years since Russia invaded Ukraine and blocked exports.
US defence chief Lloyd Austin says arms must be raced to Kyiv as conflict threatens to spill into Moldova and the UN chief meets with Vladimir Putin.