A food insecurity expert said the world has only about 10 weeks of wheat supplies left in storage amid the conflict in Ukraine and as India has moved to bar exports of wheat in recent weeks. Sara Menker, the CEO of agriculture analytics firm Gro Intelligence, told the United Nations Security Council that the Russia–Ukraine…
Analyst Warns World Has Just ‘Ten Weeks’ of Wheat Supplies Left in Storage
A food insecurity expert said the world has only about 10 weeks of wheat supplies left in storage amid the conflict in Ukraine and as India has moved to bar exports of wheat in recent weeks. Sara Menker, the CEO of agriculture analytics firm Gro Intelligence, told the United Nations Security Council that the Russia–Ukraine…
Sven Spengemann Resigns as Liberal MP for Mississauga-Lakeshore, Accepts UN Post
Sven Spengemann has resigned as the Liberal member of Parliament for Mississauga-Lakeshore. In a statement Wednesday, Spengemann says he is stepping down to once again serve with the United Nations. He says will start his new job on May 28 and will have more to say later about what he will be doing. Spengemann was…
UN Human Rights Chief Should Demand That China Stop Killing Prisoners for Their Organs: Rights Group
A medical ethics group has urged U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to demand China to end its illegal organ transplant practices and allow independent investigations into forced organ harvesting. The appeal made by Washington-based advocacy group Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) on May 6 came ahead of Bachelet’s planned trip to…
‘No New Investment in Fossil Fuel Expansion’: UN Chief
May 9, 2022
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Antonio Guterres, current head of the United Nations and former president of Socialist International, has asserted there must be “no new investment in fossil fuel expansion” and that private finance must totally divest from coal. “For too long, the financial services sector has enabled the world’s fossil fuel addiction. It is now time for financial…
US Seeks to Remove Russia From UN Human Rights Council as Kremlin Denies Charges
The United States moved to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council as the State Department also announced it would collect evidence of war crimes that were allegedly committed in Ukraine. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Monday that “European countries and other partners at the UN, we are going…
UN Honours Cricket Legend Shane Warne With Conservation Grant
Australian cricket great Shane Warne’s legacy will live on beyond his sporting achievements, with his animal conservation work for the United Nations to be honoured with a new grant. At a state memorial service in Melbourne on Wednesday, Andrea Egan from the UN Development Programme revealed Warne joined its wildlife fund, Lion’s Share, in 2021. Egan…
UN Food Chief Warns of Global Crisis Not Seen Since World War II
March 30, 2022
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The U.N. food chief on Tuesday warned that Russia’s Ukraine invasion will have a global impact “beyond anything we’ve seen since World War II” and that the war has created “a catastrophe on top of a catastrophe.” “We would have never dreamed anything like this would be possible,” David Beasley, executive director of the U.N….
First NATO Country Calls for No-fly Zone in Ukraine
Estonia’s Parliament on Monday called for the creation of a no-fly zone in Ukraine as Russia’s attacks continue throughout the country, becoming the first NATO member state to do so. “The Riigikogu (Parliament) asks the U.N. member states to take immediate steps to establish a no-fly zone in order to prevent massive civilian casualties in…
Nearly 400 Civilians Killed in Afghanistan Since Taliban Takeover, UN Says
GENEVA—Nearly 400 civilians have been killed in attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, more than 80 percent of them by a group affiliated to ISIS, a U.N. report shows, underscoring the scale of the insurgency faced by the new rulers. It is the first major human rights report since the terrorist group Taliban seized…
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