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Bangladesh highlights women's leadership in sustainable land management at UNCCD COP16

Bangladesh highlights women's leadership in sustainable land management at UNCCD COP16

Women leadership and their active participation are also vital for combating desertification and building climate resilience, Environment Secretary Dr Farhina Ahmed says

A plastic bottle floats in the sea at Maccarese beach, west of Rome, Italy November 21, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi/File Photo

Battle over curbing plastic output jeopardises UN treaty hopes

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UN committee adopts resolution paving way for first-ever treaty on crimes against humanity

Mourners gather to hold a vigil for the Polish aid worker Damian Sobol who was killed by the Israeli army in Gaza in Przemysl, Poland, 4 April 2024. Photo: Reuters

Record 281 aid worker killed in 2024 in 'era of impunity', UN says

Smoke rises from North Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, as seen from Sderot, Israel, November 17, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo

US vetoes UN Security Council resolution on Gaza ceasefire

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is seen at a press conference at the Republican National Committee after a meeting with former President Donald Trump and the House Republican Conference, in Washington, US, June 13, 2024. Tom Williams/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Trump taps Stefanik to be UN ambassador

People visit the Turkey's pavilion at the Green Zone, near the venue of the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 11, 2024. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Trump worries and leader absences cloud COP29 climate summit in Baku

A view of the closing session at the United Nations COP16 nature summit in Cali, Colombia, November 1, 2024. Photo: Camilo Rodriguez/Reuters

UN summit approves fund to share benefits of nature's sequenced genetic data

File Photo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a Czech Defense Capabilities event at Prague-Kbely Airport, in Prague, Czech Republic, May 30, 2024. Petr David Josek/Pool via REUTERS

Israel, Lebanon make progress on how to implement UN resolution, says Blinken

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. File Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi/Pool via REUTERS

Fact-finding mission probing allegations of attacks against minorities: Türk

United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrives in Dhaka. Photo: BSS

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk arrives in Dhaka

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Iraq lodges UN complaint over Israel using its airspace to attack Iran

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows brick factories as smoke rises from the stacks in the town of Nahrawan in Baghdad, Iraq June 5, 2022. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani/File Photo

Countries' carbon-cut plans 'miles short' of 2030 goal: UN