UN chief defends plastic pollution talks after collapse
UN chief defends plastic pollution talks after collapse

The UN environment chief insisted Monday that talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty were not a failure, saying important progress was made despite negotiations collapsing without agreement, reports BSS. It obviously did not fail, Inger Andersen told AFP, calling the two-year timeline for...

Plastic pollution talks must not fail: UN environment chief
Plastic pollution talks must not fail: UN environment chief

Talks to agree the worlds first treaty to curb plastic pollution cannot fail and must tackle both production and consumption, the UNs environment chief told AFP on Monday. Negotiators are deeply divided on issues including whether to limit new plastic manufacturing and phase out some chemicals,...

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk visits Dhaka Tuesday
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk visits Dhaka Tuesday

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk arrives in Dhaka on Tuesday for a two-day visit to Bangladesh, where he will hold a number of meetings with senior officials and civil society representatives, among others. During his visit, the High Commissioner is due to meet with the...

Entire population of Gaza at risk of dying: UN expert
Entire population of Gaza at risk of dying: UN expert

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, has said that the entire population of Gaza is at risk of dying in a genocide that has been announced and executed under our watch, reports Al Jazeera. She said in a post on X (Formerly known as Twitter)....