Christiana Figueres' comments come as policymakers and business leaders arrive in east Switzerland for the WEF's four-day annual conference.
Iran said on Monday it could quit the global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement.
*Investment into Hong Kong nearly halved last year- UNCTAD. GENEVA, Jan 20- Global direct foreign investment dipped slightly around the world last year, hit by massive divestment in Hong Kong and a drop in flows into Britain due to Brexit uncertainty, the United Nations said on Monday. ween China and the United States ease, but geopolitical uncertainties and...
DUBAI, Jan 20- If Iran's nuclear file is sent to the United Nations Security Council, then Iran will withdraw from the Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday, according to the official IRNA news agency.
Jan 19- Iran will review its cooperation with the United Nations' nuclear watchdog over any "unjust" measures, Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani said after EU powers last week triggered a dispute mechanism under Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal. "We state openly that if the European powers, for any reason, adopt an unfair approach in using the dispute mechanism, we...
Over half of the world's GDP (gross domestic product) is exposed to risks from lost parts of the natural world, according to a new report.
GENEVA, Jan 16- People in a number of countries, mostly in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa, will see their incomes stagnate or decline this year, the United Nations said on Thursday. "For this year there is a hope of a pick-up, but downside risks and vulnerabilities remain very significant," said Richard Kozul-Wright, head of globalization and development...
The 50th edition of the annual January get-together is scheduled to focus on the intensifying climate crisis.
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink's letter on climate crisis needs to be more than just a PR stunt. The CEO's promises need to be monitored to make sure real action is happening. Environmental activists including the Sierra Club are watching.
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 15- United Nations sanctions experts are warning people not to attend a cryptocurrency conference in North Korea in February, flagging it as a likely sanctions violation, according to a confidential report due to be submitted to the U.N. Security Council later this month. The warning comes after the independent U.N. experts told the council...
GENEVA, Jan 14- There has been "limited" human-to-human transmission of a new coronavirus that has struck in China, mainly small clusters in families, but there is potential for wider spread, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. A Chinese woman has been quarantined in Thailand with a mystery strain, authorities said on Monday, the first time it has been...
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION SAYS IT IS GIVING GUIDANCE TO HOSPITALS WORLDWIDE ABOUT INFECTION CONTROL IN CASE OF SPREAD OF NEW CORONAVIRUS FROM CHINA.
Finland and Denmark have consistently topped the United Nations' most prestigious index, The World Happiness Report. In 2019, Finland topped the list. We met with local Finns and Danes to find out what makes their homes the happiest countries in the world.
FORMER NISSAN HEAD GHOSN: CONFINEMENT WENT AGAINST UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS.
The yen, another safe-haven currency, pulled back from a three-month high versus the dollar, but sentiment remains fragile due to the increasing worries about armed conflict between the United States and Iran. The United States has denied Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif a visa to travel to New York for a United Nations Security Council meeting...
The yen, another safe-haven currency, pulled back from a three-month high versus the dollar, but sentiment remains fragile due to the increasing worries about armed conflict between the United States and Iran. The United States has denied Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif a visa to travel to New York for a United Nations Security Council meeting...
A newly-discovered oilfield in the Norwegian part of the North Sea is on track to produce almost 0.5% of global oil supplies next year.
On January 1, 2020, stricter fuel standards designed to significantly curb pollution produced by the world's ships will come into force.
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 16- The U.N. Security Council should not be considering "premature sanctions relief" for North Korea as it is "threatening to conduct an escalated provocation, refusing to meet to discuss denuclearization," a State Department official said on Monday.
LONDON, Dec 13- British drugmaker GSK applied on Friday for a license to market its HIV drug dolutegravir in a formulation designed to be easier for babies and children who are living with the virus to swallow. About 1.7 million children have HIV, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa, the United Nations agency UNAIDS says. "Children in today's world, still have fewer...
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