Kazakhstan’s Plans for a Regional Sustainable Development Goals Center Backed at UN

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On March 4, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to established a U.N. Regional Center for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Almaty, Kazakhstan, with the support of 152 countries.  Kazakhstan’s presidential administration, Aqorda, called the adoption a “significant foreign policy success for Kazakhstan.” Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev firstContinue Reading

New plastics pollution talks set for August: UN

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PARIS: A new round of negotiations for an international treaty on reducing global plastics pollution will be held in Geneva in August, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Monday (Mar 3). A previous round of negotiations – tasked with hammering out a legally binding treaty – ended withoutContinue Reading

UN refugee boss urges donors to fill gap left by Trump aid freeze

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BRUSSELS: The UN refugee agency has appealed to donors to bring forward planned payments after the Trump administration put hundreds of millions of dollars worth of donations on hold as part of its foreign aid freeze, the organisation’s boss told Reuters. Filippo Grandi, the UN high commissioner for refugees, saidContinue Reading

Imminent Shifts at the UN: How Trump Plays Into China’s Hands

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Trump is no friend to China. From derogatory rhetoric about the “China virus” during the COVID-19 pandemic to recent trade tariff threats, the 45th and 47th president of the United States has long been targeting the People’s Republic of China on many fronts. The increasing rivalry between the – nowContinue Reading