Positive news from United Nations
Nations agree on legally binding mercury rulesMore than 140 countries have agreed on a set of legally binding measures to curb mercury pollution, at UN talks. |
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Human Rights Council backs Internet freedomDespite opposition from India, China and Russia, the UN Human Rights Council passed its first resolution on Internet freedom, to support individuals’ rights online. |
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Global alliance aims to tackle forest crimeInterpol and the United Nations have joined forces to launch an initiative to tackle global forest crime. |
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World meets UN safe water goalThe world has easily beaten a 2015 deadline to halve the proportion of people drinking unsafe water, the United Nations Children's Fund and the World Health Organisation said Tuesday. |
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Aids-related deaths ‘down 21% from peak’, says UNAidsAids-related deaths are at the lowest level since their 2005 peak, down 21%, figures from UNAids suggest. |
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‘Historic’ deal to halt hazardous waste export to southLeading world economies will no longer be able to export hazardous waste to poorer nations unless they obtain the latter's consent, a spokesman from the UN environment agency said Tuesday. |
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UN Shipping Group Moves on Vessel Emission ReductionsAn International Maritime Organization panel adopted what it calls mandatory design and operational measures to reduce greenhouse gases from international shipping. |
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Green energy investment hits record global highGlobal investment in renewable energy sources grew by 32% during 2010 to reach a record level of US$211bn (£132bn), a UN study has reported. |
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Deadly cattle disease eradicated, UN declaresA cattle disease that has caused hardship and hunger for millennia has been eliminated from the world, the United Nations formally announced Tuesday. |
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UN seals historic treaty to protect threatened ecosystemsA historic global treaty to protect the world's forests, coral reefs and other threatened ecosystems within 10 years was sealed at a UN summit on Saturday. |
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More from the UN
- ‘Historic’ deal to halt hazardous waste export to south
- UN Shipping Group Moves on Vessel Emission Reductions
- Green energy investment hits record global high
- Deadly cattle disease eradicated, UN declares
- UN seals historic treaty to protect threatened ecosystems
- Scientists eradicate deadly rinderpest virus
- UN launches $40bn woman and child health plan
- Female candidates in upcoming Tanzanian polls to receive UN election training
- New U.N. Body To Put Value On Planet
- UN Agency Backs Bluefin Tuna Ban, Vote Due In March
- UN health agency set to receive 50 million H1N1 vaccines for developing countries
- John Lennon’s sons and Yoko Ono revive ‘Give Peace a Chance’ to help UN
- UN casts Disney’s Tinker Bell to raise environmental awareness among children
- Uranium talks “off to a good start”
- Malaria gets ‘ugly’ on hit US comedy show – UN