Estigmatizada por ser sorda: La historia de Zénabou
En la República Centroafricana, la discapacidad conlleva un estigma muy arraigado; las personas con discapacidad a menudo se ven excluidas de casi todos los...
Chefe de Direitos Humanos pede reconsideração de sanções dos Estados Unidos contra Tribunal Penal...
Volker Turk disse que ataques contra juízes são “profundamente corrosivos” para o bom funcionamento da justiça; quatro magistradas do órgão foram sancionadas; elas atuavam...
Chefe de Direitos Humanos pede reconsideração de sanções dos Estados Unidos contra Tribunal Penal...
O alto comissário de Direitos Humanos da ONU, Volker Turk, declarou estar “profundamente perturbado” com a decisão do governo dos Estados Unidos de sancionar...
L’ONU dénonce les sanctions américaines contre des juges de la CPI : une décision...
Le Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme, Volker Türk, a dénoncé vendredi une mesure « profondément préjudiciable à la bonne gouvernance et...
ONU Derechos Humanos: las sanciones de Estados Unidos a los jueces de la CPI...
El Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos ha mostrado este viernes por las sanciones impuestos ayer por el Gobierno de...
US decision to sanction ICC judges ‘deeply corrosive’ to justice: UN rights chief
Mr. Türk was responding to an announcement by Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, on Thursday, of measures targeting the judges, who are...
Green gold beneath the waves: How seaweed – and one man’s obsession – could...
Lesconil, a salt-bitten fishing port tucked into the coast of Brittany, in northern France, stirs slowly under the pale Atlantic dawn. Tide pools shimmer,...
L’or vert sous les vagues : Et si les algues — et l’obsession d’un...
Lesconil, un petit port breton battu par les vents, se réveille lentement. L’odeur salée de l’Atlantique flotte dans l’air, les vasques de marée brillent...
Canciones de esperanza surgen de las ruinas de Gaza
En la plaza Al-Jundi Al-Majhool, antaño el bullicioso corazón de la ciudad de Gaza, la música flota ahora entre las tiendas de campaña. La...
Alto consumo de eletricidade pela inteligência artificial representa risco ambiental
Os rápidos avanços em inteligência artificial, IA, estão fazendo com que o consumo de energia e as emissões de carbono pelo setor de tecnologia...
Humans can’t survive without a healthy Ocean: UN envoy
The urgent need to restore the Ocean will be the focus of a major international conference taking place in Nice, France, this June. This...
International community prepares to tackle marine life extinction threat |
In this episode of The Lid Is On, experts discuss the urgent need to restore the Ocean, which is facing a host of threats...
Bangladesh: World Heritage Site threatened by ‘heedless industrialisation’ – UN expert
“The accelerating industrialisation of the Sundarbans threatens not only this unique ecosystem – which hosts Bengal tigers, Ganges river dolphins and other endangered species...
UN launches guide for countries to improve location-based data management to better inform decision-making
The UN Statistics Division and the World Bank launched a new guide on Wednesday to help nations worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries,...
UN agency envoy Cate Blanchett warns of ‘race against time’ as Rohingya refugee camps...
As heavy rains and potential cyclones threaten more than one hundred thousand Rohingya refugees living in congested settlements in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, United Nations...
Both radio and sports can help people achieve their potential, says UN on World...
Radio is a powerful, low-cost communication tool that reaches the widest global audience while also connecting people to grassroots sports within communities. “It can...
In the eye of the Caribbean storm: one year on from Irma and Maria
“It was angry. That's what it sounded like to me. When the roof came off, there were these horrible screeches, this horrible noise. It...
‘Lots of good news’ but much more needs to be done for the planet,...
Calling 2017 “the first year in human history” that more new clean energy was added to the grid than new oil, gas and coal...
Les émissions de carbone montent en flèche avec l’essor de l’IA
Selon le document, les progrès de l’innovation numérique - en particulier de l’IA - font grimper la consommation d’énergie et les émissions mondiales.La consommation...
‘It is an elephant’: Ukraine’s unexploded mine problem
These are the results of the ammunition from last nights’ attacks, or at least from the munitions which exploded.At a briefing in New York,...
Journée de l’environnement : l’ONU tire la sonnette d’alarme sur la crise de la...
Entre 19 et 23 millions de tonnes de déchets plastiques se déversent chaque année dans les écosystèmes aquatiques et, sans action urgente, ce chiffre...
AIDS still killing one person every minute as funding cuts stall progress
More than 30 million people are receiving lifesaving treatment worldwide however, making the UN’s AIDS response a “clear example of a multilateral success,” said Amina...
UN hails new era of cooperation over Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile – but concerns...
The UN’s top disarmament official has welcomed signs of increased cooperation from Syria’s interim authorities in efforts to eliminate the country’s chemical weapons once...
Alto consumo de eletricidade pela inteligência artificial representa risco ambiental
Centros de dados que sustentam a tecnologia tiveram aumento anual de 12% do consumo de eletricidade nos últimos anos; empresas líderes do setor ampliaram...
