The World of International Organizations
April 30, 2020
Global CO2 emissions are on track to decline by almost 8 percent this year from the pandemic causing the biggest downturn in energy use since World War II.
April 30, 2020
Humanitarian organizations offered guidelines to help 1.5 billion students who face “an unprecedented risk” if the pandemic keeps schools closed for long.
April 29, 2020
A U.N. human rights investigator urged the world body to “step up its efforts” to protect ethnic and religious minorities from the Myanmar military.
April 28, 2020
Some good can come out from the pandemic if world leaders use it to “rebuild our world for the better” by investing in clean energy, the U.N. chief said.
April 27, 2020
Global confirmed cases of COVID-19 passed 3 million as New Zealand, several European nations and a few U.S. states took steps to ease lockdowns.
April 27, 2020
The U.N. human rights chief warned some governments are abusing emergency powers to fight the pandemic by resorting to police brutality and other tactics.
April 23, 2020
China raised its donations for the WHO’s pandemic efforts to US$50 million a week after U.S. President Donald Trump halted the U.N. agency’s U.S. funding.
April 20, 2020
The U.N. General Assembly urged all nations to join in ensuring universal access to medical supplies, drugs, future vaccines and testing for the pandemic.
April 20, 2020
Governments could use energy transformations to create jobs, meet climate targets and produce GDP gains of US$98 trillion by 2050, according to a new report.
April 15, 2020
It took more than three months for global coronavirus infections to surpass the 1 million mark, and just over two weeks more to add another 1 million cases.