The World of International Organizations Explained
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August 16, 2019
Leaders of the United Nations’ environment and human rights agencies teamed up by signing a new agreement on Friday intended to protect people and their families who push for environmental protections around the world.
August 16, 2019
The United Nations Security Council met to formally discuss Jammu and Kashmir on Friday for the first time in almost a half-century, signaling the intense stakes as protests and clashes with police intensified.
August 14, 2019
Winnie Byanyima, a mechanical engineer and Uganda politician who heads Oxfam International, was appointed on Wednesday to serve as executive director of the Joint U.N. Program on HIV/AIDS, or UNAIDS.
August 12, 2019
A $1.4 billion telescope project in Hawaii is looking at an alternative spot in Spain. Opponents fear Trump administration cuts to international aid. A nonproliferation official sees opportunity amid nuclear tensions.
August 9, 2019
The World Food Program announced plans on Friday to almost quadruple the number of people it aids in four drought-affected nations of Central America, hoping to ease migration pressures among hungry inhabitants.
August 9, 2019
The Fridays For Future youth climate movement wrapped up its first major European summit on Friday with agreement on three core demands of world leaders to prevent more planetary overheating.
August 8, 2019
The U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Thursday recommended sweeping changes globally in how people eat and ways that land is used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are causing the planet to overheat.
August 7, 2019
Pakistan’s government decided on Wednesday to seek support from the United Nations for pressuring India into restoring autonomy among Indian-administered portions of Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir.
August 7, 2019
After three high-profile shootings across the United States in a week, United Nations experts on Wednesday linked the violence to American leaders’ increasing use of “divisive language” and “attempts to marginalize” minorities.
August 5, 2019
A U.N. report cautioned a relative pause in Islamist terror attacks may end. Amnesty International said it is divesting from fossil fuel companies. The U.N. chief called for cooperation to end violence in the wake of U.S. mass shootings.
