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CITES tightens rules to protect wildlife trade on dozens of species
The summit is held once every three years to examine protections for wild animals and plants traded internationally.
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The summit is held once every three years to examine protections for wild animals and plants traded internationally.
The summit in France was overshadowed by fears of an escalating trade war between the United States and China.
Oceans, landfills and public spaces are filling with degraded bits and pieces of bottles, toys and other plastic pollution.
The E.U.'s antitrust probe of the Libra project focuses on concerns it would improperly shut out rival payment systems.
The proposed global treaty is intended to strengthen marine protections for international waters that are beyond the 200 nautical mile (370 kilometer) jurisdiction of coastal nations.
The aim is to establish better networks of support worldwide for advocates and raise the pressure for perpetrators of violence and intimidation to be held accountable.
Prodded by China and Pakistan, the U.N. Security Council held a closed-door discussion on the Indian-controlled region.
The activist, mechanical engineer and ex-parliamentarian is set to replace UNAIDS' embattled leader Michel Sidibé.
To mark the anniversary, diplomats planned to discuss the strengths and weakness of international humanitarian law.
The U.N. food agency plans to offer food assistance to 700,000 people in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Their demands call for supporting developing nations, paying for cleaner technologies, and pressuring wealthy nations.
The IPCC shows how overconsumption and ill treatment of animals, forests and plants is making global warming worse.
The moves are a furious reaction to India revoking the protected status Jammu and Kashmir held for six decades.
A U.N. working group called on U.S. leaders to recommit to human rights, including equal protection under the law.
A U.N. fact-finding mission urged the international community to sever ties with Myanmar’s military.
Experts said the demise of the INF Treaty will make the job of advocating for nuclear arms control far more difficult.