
War may cause 'irreversible' damage to Gaza's environment and health
Building debris may take US$647 million and 15 years to clean up. Around 800,000 tons might qualify as hazardous waste.
Founded at the end of World War II, the New York-based United Nations is an international organization with 193 member nations. It began with 50 nations meeting at San Francisco in 1945 to maintain international peace and security. Over two months, the U.N. Charter was created as the basis for the organization's hope of preventing another world war. Founding members Britain, China, France, the Soviet Union and the United States took permanent veto-wielding seats on the powerful Security Council.
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Building debris may take US$647 million and 15 years to clean up. Around 800,000 tons might qualify as hazardous waste.
The U.N. chief urges a tax on fossil fuel profits and ban on fossil fuel ads amid new climate reports of breaching 1.5°.
Calls for more debt relief and climate finance dominated the multilateral development bank's annual meeting.
ICJ justices heard arguments from South Africa calling on Israel to immediately withdraw its army from Gaza.
Both sides called the talks 'constructive' despite tensions and different approaches to calls for global AI governance.
The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
A new U.N. report shows how prioritizing debt over services like health care and education plagues the developing world.
The U.N. body also demands Israel be held accountable for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
The ruling orders Israel to allow aid trucks loaded with food and supplies to enter Gaza unhindered "without delay."
The spending bill also has other 'key pro-Israel provisions' aimed at the U.N. and other international organizations.
A top U.N. official cites strong concerns about mental privacy, which is 'a line that we should not cross at all' as AI develops.
Escalating violence prompts U.N. condemnation as lawless gangs terrorize and displace thousands and impede aid.
Humanitarian groups demanded a probe into an 'apparent mass killing' at an aid drop where Israel blamed a stampede.
The International Court of Justice heard testimony on the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of Palestinian territories.
Non-veto wielding nations have tried for years to reform the U.N.'s post-World War II power structure with little success.
The summit is focused on Europe's uncertain security, clouded by Russia's threat and America's political turmoil.