Antonio Guterres* This month marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when humanity learned of the devastations single nuclear bomb can unleash. The lingering suffering caused to the survivors, the hibakusha, should give us daily motivation to eliminate all nuclear arms. They have shared their …
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Egypt Today “Acute food insecurity is forecast to rise sharply in war-ravaged Yemen over a combination of factors exacerbated by the coronavirus”, a report by several UN agencies said on Wednesday. The report, which covered only the southern parts of Yemen, estimates that the number of people “facing high levels …
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Egypt Independent “If action is not taken to deal with a deteriorating oil tanker stranded off the coast of war-torn Yemen, there is a risk it could spill four times as much oil as the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster near Alaska”, the United Nations warned on Wednesday. “The ‘Safer’ tanker …
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EU leaders must either decide to act jointly as the European Union or leave Libya’s future in the hands of Russia and Turkey—with dangerous consequences for NATO and for Europe’s security. Marc Pierini* The deadlock in Libya continues. Over the past few years, international diplomatic efforts have failed to stop …
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Egypt Today “Egypt was elected member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors for additional two years (2020-2022)”, said Omar Amer Youssef, the Egyptian ambassador and permanent representative to the international organization in Vienna on Thursday. “The African Group in Vienna approved, by consensus, Egypt’s candidacy again …
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Egypt’s dilemma in Libya lies between needing to stop Turkish interference while minimising political and geographical divisions in the interest of to the conflict’s resolution. Ziad Akl Libya has been witnessing a very rapid pace of political and military transformation recently. No doubt Libya is an integral element of Egypt’s …
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Egypt Today The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO). “The withdrawal notice, sent to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday, will take effect in a year, on 6 July 2021”, according to a statement released by the UN on Tuesday. …
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Executive Director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Natalia Kanem set out their vision on prioritising women as a catalyst in aiding victims of the Syrian crisis. As the Syria crisis enters its 10th year, the situation is especially dire for …
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The COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Glasgow next year will be a chance to restore our relationship with nature, write British Ambassador to Egypt Sir Geoffrey Adams and H.E Italian Ambassador to Egypt Giampaolo Cantini. The world marked June 5th World Environment Day. This year the anniversary fell …
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Ahram Online The UN chief called for more pressure to be applied to Yemen’s warring parties to arrange a ceasefire agreement. The war lost more than 10,000 lives and displaced 2 million people in the world’s worst humanitarian disaster. “Yemeni people are suffering terribly, and COVID-19 is worsening their situation”, …
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