The ‘chinamperos’ have provided Mexico City with food for generations. Do they have a future?
Xochimilco, nestled in the heart of Mexico City, is home to the ‘chinamperos,’ farmers who have used indigenous techniques to grow food for centuries. Today, their way of life is under threat from environmental degradation, urban expansion and climate change.
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https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1161681
Countries reach historic deal to cut shipping emissions
After years of intense negotiations, countries on Friday reached a landmark deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping, setting mandatory fuel standards and introducing an industry-wide carbon pricing mechanism.
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https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1162176
The U.N. humanitarian agency say it is cutting 20% of its staff because of “brutal cuts” in funding that have left the organization with a nearly $60 million shortfall. Read more from @AssociatedPress
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Myanmar: Military strikes persist amid earthquake response efforts
Military operations continue in Myanmar despite ceasefires declared after the recent earthquake that killed more than 3,600 people, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
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https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1162166
DR Congo crisis: Children subjected to deliberate, systemic sexual violence
Sexual violence against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached staggering proportions, with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reporting thousands of new cases in just two months – evidence that it’s being used as a systemic weapon of war and deliberate terror tactic.
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https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1162156
An accord reached in London under the International #Maritime Organization [#IMO], a #UN agency, would require every ship that ferries goods across the oceans to lower their #GreenhouseGas #emissions or pay a fee.
The targets fall short of what many had hoped. Still, it’s the first time a global industry would face a price on its #climate #pollution no matter where in the world it operates. The proceeds would be used mainly to help the industry move to cleaner fuels.
US tariffs move could see three per cent fall in global trade, says top UN economist
Global trade could shrink by three per cent as a result of the United States’ new tariff measures which in the longer term could reshape and boost as-yet untapped regional commercial links, a top UN economist confirmed on Friday.
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https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1162151
UN refugee agency calls for greater investment in Syrian returnees
Roughly 400,000 Syrians have returned home from the region since the fall of the Assad regime last December, while more than a million internally displaced persons (IDPs) have gone back to their communities.
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https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1162136
Trump and Republicans to reward Putin’s baby killing, and mass kidnapping of over 19,000 children, by lifting sanctions on its largest airline (more) https://kyivindependent.com/russia-asks-us-to-lift-aeroflot-sanctions-awaits-response-lavrov-says/ #Ukraine #Mastodon #ICC #ICJ #Hague #OSCE #CoE #PACE #UN #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
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Gaza: UN rights office condemns Israeli buffer zone plan
The UN human rights office said on Friday it fears that Israel may intend to permanently remove civilians in Gaza as part of an expanded buffer zone, amid evacuations orders and escalating bombardment.
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https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1162121
https://www.europesays.com/uk/10965/ France could recognize Palestinian state ‘in June’: Macron #AnadoluAjansı #EmmanuelMacron #EU #Europe #France #gaza #NewYork #palestine #SaudiArabia #UN
Sudan war has created suffering of ‘industrial proportions’, aid agencies warn
Two years since Sudan’s brutal conflict began, UN agencies warned that famine is spreading and civilians of all ages continue to suffer shocking abuse, including rape and gang rape.
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https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1162116
"Re-imagining #values means understanding that #consumerism is causing certain risks, like inequalities, like waste, like the destruction of nature, and it’s not serving us well anymore."
The new #UN #InterconnectedRisks report analyses how we can act for #change: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10042025/deep-change-theory-could-lead-to-sustainable-future/
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️Another brutal execution of unarmed AFU prisoners of war by Russian war criminals, this time near the village of Pyatykhatky in the Zaporizhzhia region, as documented by AP journalists (VIDEOS and more) #Ukraine #ICC #ICJ #Hague #Mastodon #UN #OSCE #CoE #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
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#palestine #StopGenocide #StopArmingIsrael
"Amid escalating horror, #UN experts urge States to take concrete action to end impunity for #Israel"
"More States must join the #HagueGroup, a bloc of states that is coordinating efforts to ensure #accountability for Israeli breaches of #international #law and uphold decisions by the International Court of Justice (#ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (#ICC), a group of independent #human #rights experts* said today."
https://youtu.be/zZngWTHrrTw️Missiles, Drones, and Lies: Russia War Criminals Escalates Blatant Terror Attacks on Ukrainian Civilians (UATV News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #OSCE #PACE #CoE #ECHR #UN #ICC #ICJ #Hague #UnitedNations #ICRC #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
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#11yrInvasionOfUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState
Myanmar: UN seeks additional $240 million to bolster earthquake relief
The United Nations is ramping up its response to Myanmar’s devastating earthquake, calling for increased funding and an immediate ceasefire to ensure more aid reaches those in desperate need.
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https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1162111
Bombardment, deprivation and displacement continue in Gaza
Hostilities across the Gaza Strip continue to take a devastating toll on the population, with daily reports of Israeli strikes killing and injuring many civilians, UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Thursday.
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https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1162106
Sudan faces unprecedented hunger and displacement as war enters third year
The conflict in Sudan has become one of the worst humanitarian crises of the 21st century, leaving millions of women, children and displaced families suffering from violence, food insecurity and the collapse of essential services.
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https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1162096
