The World of International Organizations
September 28, 2019
Up to 100,000 people turned out for Switzerland’s largest-ever climate demonstration to insist on fulfilling the U.N.-brokered goals to cut greenhouse gases.
September 27, 2019
Pakistan’s prime minister took his nation’s dispute over Jammu and Kashmir to the U.N. General Assembly, warning of a potential “bloodbath” in the region.
September 27, 2019
The U.N. Human Rights Council voted to create a mission to investigate cases of suspected human rights abuses in Venezuela over the past five years.
September 26, 2019
UNCTAD cautioned there is “a clear and present danger” of a global recession in 2020 due to trade tensions, corporate debt and weaker growth worldwide.
September 25, 2019
The U.S. said it will remain in the U.N. postal agency after delegates agreed to change international delivery rates that will add consumer costs.
September 25, 2019
Coastal flooding with huge ice and snow losses are getting more extreme as oceans warm and acidify while frozen parts of the planet melt faster, IPCC said.
September 24, 2019
The U.N. postal agency opened its Extraordinary Congress with a vote to reject the Trump administration’s demand that it overhaul international delivery rates.
September 24, 2019
The U.N. chief opened the U.N. General Assembly with a plea for U.S.-China unity while pushing his top priorities of fighting climate change and more war.
September 24, 2019
Europe’s top court ruled E.U.’s digital privacy rules do not require Google to delete links to outdated or embarrassing info outside its 28-nation bloc.
September 23, 2019
The African Development Bank Group will no longer support “19th century technologies” like coal and oil and will help create the world’s largest “solar zone.”