Palestinian protesters injured in conflict with Israeli police. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
New York (VNA) – Ambassador
Dang Dinh Quy expressed Vietnam’s serious concern over recent tension in
East Jerusalem and called on
sides involved to restrain themselves at an UN Security Council emergency meeting held in New York on May 10.
At the meeting on the
Middle East situation, including the
Palestine issue, UN’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor
Wennesland delivered a briefing on escalating violence in East Jerusalem,
particularly the number of injuries and fatalities among civilians, calling upon
the council to make actions to ease the tension.
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Afghan security forces escort suspected IS and Taliban fighters in Jalalabad province on October 1, 2019. (Photo: AFP / VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The
UNSC) on May 10 convened a videoconference briefing on the activities of the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed Da’esh/Islamic
State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD), with Vietnam voicing its support for the
team’s ongoing investigation into the IS crimes.
Regarding the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh)’s
genocide against the Yazidi and war crimes against unarmed cadets and military
personnel at Tikrit Air Academy, Special Adviser and Head of the UNITAD Karim
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Early warning initiative advances in a pandemic
Geneva, 11 May 2021: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated impacts of extreme weather and climate change in vulnerable countries but also highlighted the need to build resilience against a multitude of hazards through better early warnings and risk information.
The report “Progress on Early Warning in a Pandemic” showcased achievements in improved early warnings for flash floods, tropical cyclones, sand and dust storms and drought, as well as better weather forecasts for farmers in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
The report was presented by Stéphane Crouzat, France’s Climate Change Ambassador at the Wilton Park dialogue: Risk-informed Early Action Partnership: from commitment to action
Last week, I wrote in this daily about the need for Bangladesh to take a whole of society approach to international diplomacy on tackling climate change globally, rather than depending on the annual Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which meets only once a year for two weeks.
Climate change is now a global emergency which requires actions every single day, from all sectors of society, if we are to have any hope of averting its worst impacts. This is equally true at the national level, not just for Bangladesh, but for every country, especially the most vulnerable developing countries.
In the Biden Administration s Executive Order
14008,
Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and
Abroad (EO), on Jan. 27, 2021, President Joe Biden called
for a climate finance plan making strategic use of
multilateral and bilateral channels and institutions, to assist
developing countries in implementing ambitious emissions reduction
measures, protecting critical ecosystems, building resilience
against the impacts of climate change, and promoting the flow of
capital toward climate-aligned investments and away from
high-carbon investments.
Building on this commitment, the administration on April 22,
2021, released the U.S. International Climate Finance
Plan (International Climate Plan or the Plan). The
stated goal of the International Climate Plan is: