This is Beirut, 2025-08-05 12:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
UN Environment Plastic Pollution Treaty
Countries will start the clock Tuesday on 10 days of talks aimed at hammering out a landmark global treaty on combating the scourge of plastic pollution. Three years of negotiations hit the wall in South Korea in December when a group of oil-producing states blocked a consensus. Since the failure in Busan, countries have been working behind ...
This is Beirut, 2025-08-05 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Arts Environment Plastic UN Switzerland Culture
A replica of Auguste Rodin's famous sculpture The Thinker outside the United Nations headquarters was slowly submerged in plastic rubbish Monday as countries gathered in a bid to finalize a global treaty on plastic pollution. The sculpture will slowly disappear under layer upon layer of bottles, toys, fishing nets and other garbage during the 10 ...
This is Beirut, 2025-07-29 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Gaza Ethiopia Biafra UN
The UN's World Food Program warned Tuesday that the disaster unfolding in Gaza was reminiscent of last century's famines seen in Ethiopia and Biafra in Nigeria. "This is unlike anything we have seen in this century," WFP emergency director Ross Smith told reporters in Geneva. "It reminds us of previous disasters in Ethiopia or Biafra in the past ...
This is Beirut, 2025-07-23 16:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Palestine Hamas Gaza Food UN
More than 100 aid organizations and human rights groups warned on Wednesday that "mass starvation" was spreading in Gaza, as the United States said its top envoy was heading to Europe for talks on a possible ceasefire and aid corridor. Israel is facing mounting international pressure over the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza, where ...
This is Beirut, 2025-07-17 20:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert UN Security Council Resolution 1701
During a Security Council briefing on the implementation of Resolution 1701, United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert warned that Lebanon’s opportunity to achieve tangible change and implement meaningful reform is narrowing and may soon be lost. “The current opportunity will not remain available forever,” ...
This is Beirut, 2025-07-13 14:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria's civil defence agency on Sunday said wildfires in the country's west, which have burned vast tracts of forest and farmland and forced evacuations, had been brought under control after 10 days. In a statement on Facebook, the agency said that "with the spread of the fires halted and the fire hotspots brought under control on all fronts" on ...
This is Beirut, 2025-07-01 12:40 - Reading : less than a minute
After two years of war in Sudan, entire families are fleeing the fighting, only to face another deadly threat: hunger.
This is Beirut, 2025-06-24 12:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon UN FAO Agriculture Census Data
Lebanon’s Ministry of Agriculture and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed on Tuesday a new Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) to prepare for the next national agricultural census. This agreement marks the beginning of a crucial preparatory phase aimed at reviving the country’s agricultural data systems. ...
This is Beirut, 2025-05-01 12:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
sudan conflict darfur UN rights
At least 542 civilians have been confirmed killed in Sudan's North Darfur region in the past three weeks, the United Nations said Thursday, warning the actual death toll was likely "much higher". "The horror unfolding in Sudan knows no bounds," UN rights chief Volker Turk said in a statement, referring to the country's ongoing civil war. Darfur ...
This is Beirut, 2025-02-07 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The UN Human Rights Council will decide on Friday whether to launch an international investigation into alleged violations and abuses committed as deadly clashes have gripped eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The DRC requested the urgent meeting of the UN’s top rights body to discuss the escalating fighting by the Rwanda-backed M23 ...
Lyne Sammouri , 2025-01-16 20:20 - Reading : less than a minute
After visiting Syria, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, concluded his visit to Lebanon today, January 16. Türk expressed hope for Lebanon despite all social, humanitarian and economic challenges, particularly in light of the recent ceasefire. During his stay, Türk met with key government officials, ...
This is Beirut, 2025-01-06 19:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The UN's World Food Programme on Monday accused Israel of firing on one of its aid convoys in the war-torn Gaza Strip, saying at least 16 bullets hit the clearly marked vehicles but no staff were injured. Condemning the "horrifying" and "unacceptable" incident, the WFP called again for "all parties to respect ...