Tag: UN Summit

Thunberg slams 30 years of climate ’empty words’

MILAN, Italy (AFP) – Swedish activist Greta Thunberg opened a youth climate summit on Tuesday by lambasting three decades of government inaction, accusing world leaders of having “drowned” future generations with “empty words and promises”. Speaking weeks ahead of a crunch UN climate meeting in Glasgow, Thunberg accused governments of “shamelessly congratulating themselves” for insufficient pledges to cut emissions and promises of financing. Hurling leaders’ own words back at them, the 18-year-old laid bare to […]

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Major corporations urge Brazil to boost climate pledges

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) – A group of the 107 biggest companies in Brazil on Monday called for the Bolsonaro government to strengthen its environmental commitments, just one month ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. “Brazil should be a participant in climate negotiations,” the companies said in an open letter published by the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS), which is made up of companies representing 47 percent of the country’s […]

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Biden bids to renew US leadership in UN speech

by Sebastian Smith Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – President Joe Biden will tell the world Tuesday that the United States wants to avoid a Cold War with China, while pivoting from continuous post-9/11 conflicts to an era of US-led diplomacy. Biden’s first speech as US president to the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York faces a tough reception. He has spent his presidency branding countries like China and Russia as […]

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Africa summit tackles violence against albinos

by Nicolas DELAUNAY DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AFP) — A “Miss and Mister Albino” contest, heavy sentences for ritual murder and concrete graves to ward off tomb raiders were all discussed at a UN summit on albinism concluding in Tanzania on Monday. During the four-day meeting people with albinism and advocates for their rights discussed ways to safeguard and improve the lives of those who suffer discrimination, health problems and even murder as a result […]

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Deles showcases PH milestones on women, peace, security at UN summit

NEW YORK, Oct. 15 — Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles showcased gender and security milestones the Philippines has reached during the United Nations’ (UN) High-Level Review on UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, last October 13. The High-Level Review, which involves an open debate chaired by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, was organized to provide an opportunity to reflect on the current status of the implementation of the […]

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