The World of International Organizations Explained
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September 18, 2019
Global oil markets remain well-supplied and companies have enough reserves to meet world demand for more than a month despite attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil production, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday.
September 17, 2019
For only a third time in its 144-year history the U.N. postal agency will hold an Extraordinary Congress but this time a potential U.S. withdrawal from the organization rides on the outcome, an agency spokesman said on Tuesday.
September 16, 2019
The United Nations World Tourism Organization said on Monday that 117 nations have recommitted to making global tourism more sustainable, inclusive and ethical after a five-day annual gathering.
September 16, 2019
The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday that it will collaborate with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations on a framework for developing nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
September 13, 2019
Over the past decade, there has been only slight progress in sending more children to classrooms worldwide and around one-sixth of school-age kids are not getting an education, UNESCO reported on Friday.
September 12, 2019
Incoming U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft took up her job on Thursday, issuing a terse statement in which she praised both the U.N. secretary-general and her boss while declining to take questions from reporters.
September 11, 2019
The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization announced on Wednesday that its $100 million plan to reconstruct the northern Iraqi city of Mosul’s heritage, including its famed al-Nuri mosque destroyed by the Islamic State group, will get underway next year.
September 11, 2019
The Libra Association said on Wednesday that it will apply for a payments license in Switzerland so that Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency can be regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority.
September 9, 2019
The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog confirmed on Monday that Iran is preparing to use arrays of more advanced centrifuges, marking yet another violation of Tehran’s faltering 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
September 9, 2019
The U.N.’s top human rights official on Monday named the climate crisis as a top threat and expressed alarm at U.S. detention of migrant children and grave concerns over global violence against religious and ethnic minorities.
