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131 civilians killed by M23 rebels in eastern Congo, says UN

A new U.N. report says rebels in eastern Congo have killed at least 131 people and inflicted “unspeakable violence” against civilians

The Independent UK

Jailed Nobel laureate Bialiatski barred from sending speech

Imprisoned Belarusian human rights campaigner Ales Bialiatski, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with rights groups in Russia and Ukraine, hasn’t been allowed by Belarus authorities to hand over his speech for the award ceremony

The Independent UK

U.N. expects Haiti sanctions regime to be running by January

The United Nations' sanction regime in Haiti in response to the gang violence and humanitarian crisis should be working by January 2023, the U.N. resident coordinator for the embattled Caribbean island nation said on Thursday.

Reuters

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Indigenous people seek stronger land rights at COP15 nature talks

Negotiations on a deal to protect 30% of the Earth by 2030 are woefully behind in addressing the concerns of native people, whose land holds the majority of the world's remaining biodiversity, indigenous advocates told Reuters at the U.N. nature summit in Montreal.

Reuters

Cop15 diary week two: creative cops, penalty shootouts and high ambition

Our reporters give you the inside story on what’s happening at the biodiversity summit in Montreal

The Guardian - UK

Biodiversity: Ocean 'dead zones' are proliferating due to global warming

As the UN’s COP15 talks on biodiversity got under way in Montreal on Wednesday, FRANCE 24 spoke to marine biologist Françoise Gaill about marine “dead zones” and their link to global warming.

France 24

COP15: Growing impact of unsustainable agriculture, forestry and fisheries to be at heart of debate

This week in Montreal, Canada, Minister Malcolm Noonan and Irish representatives have joined policy makers from around the world to try and forge a deal to protect nature at global biodiversity summit COP15

Irish Mirror

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NZ needs to show same leadership in biodiversity as climate crisis

We put considerable effort into helping to design and build support for the Paris Agreement, but are nowhere near as engaged or active in a leadership role at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, says Rod Oram

Newsroom.co.nz

Co-governance work put on ice

The Māori Development Minister is putting the brakes on co-governance work while National is still unsure how it will meet the United Nations declaration commitments it signed up to more than a decade ago.

Newsroom.co.nz

Guatemala: former president sentenced to 16 years for corruption

Otto Pérez Molina and his vice-president found guilty seven years after they were forced from office but culture of impunity persists

The Guardian - US

Three ways Cop15 can help save a million species from extinction

In this week’s newsletter: Dismal results from previous conferences mean the stakes are high at this year’s event – this time it simply has to be different

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war: what the Northern Ireland peace process can tell us about ending this conflict

Most armed conflicts end not with a total victory but with messy compromises. This is especially the case when the objectives on either side are incompatible and both are escalating their efforts to secure a victory which is unachievable.

The Conversation

Four 'fronts' in the Ukraine-Russia war to look out for as winter bites

Russia had expected to be victorious long before now. Its initial plan envisaged ground assaults across Ukraine in the first ten days and a rapid capitulation thereafter. But Kyiv did not fall – and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, refused to leave the capital, saying, “I need ammunition, not a ride,”…

The Conversation

2022 was year the horror of war returned to Europe

This was the year war returned to Europe, and few facets of life were left untouched

The Independent UK

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Iranian forces shooting at faces and genitals of female protesters, medics say

Exclusive: Men and women coming in with shotgun wounds to different parts of bodies, doctors say

The National (Scotland)

Concerns over gender reform lack evidence, say Scottish Human Rights Commission

THE Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has said there is no “objectively evidenced prospect” of gender reform causing harm to women after a…

The Conversation

China wants more people to eat potatoes – how changing national diets could help fix our global food crisis. Podcast

How do you get a country to change its national diet? That’s what China has been trying by introducing potato as a staple as part of an effort to improve food security. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we talk to three experts about why countries need to shift…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Refuses to Grant Entry Visas to UN Personnel

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan said there are sanctions in Tel Aviv against UN employees who criticize and speak out against Israeli policy.

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Pederson: Syria's Status Quo Is In Nobody's Interest

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad on Wednesday discussed with the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, the latest developments related to the situation in Syria and the region. The official Syrian News Agency, SANA, said Pedersen presented the results of the tours and meetings he conducted over the past…

Reuters

U.N. says M23 rebels killed at least 131 in Congo reprisal killings

The M23 armed group executed at least 131 villagers in reprisal killings in east Democratic Republic of Congo late last month as part of a campaign of murder, rape, kidnapping and looting, the United Nations said on Thursday.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv ‘working with UN to demilitarise Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’ – as it happened

Ukraine’s state nuclear energy firm and Kyiv government both claim Russia is using the site as a de facto weapons depot

Reuters

West presses U.N. chief to inspect drones used by Russia in Ukraine

The United Nations is examining "available information" about accusations that Iran supplied Russia with drones, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, as he faces Western pressure to send experts to Ukraine to inspect downed drones.

The Conversation

COP15 biodiversity summit in Montréal: Canada failed to meet its 2020 conservation targets. Will 2030 be any better?

The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is underway in Montréal. Like the COP27 climate conference held in Egypt last month, the goal of this conference is to get member nations to make agreements that can help reverse or slow down…

Reuters

U.N. summit on nature presents chance for 'once-in-a-decade' deal

Climate campaigners waved placards and chanted pro-nature slogans on Wednesday as a U.N. summit kicks off in Montreal, bringing together global negotiators for a "once-in-a-decade opportunity" to protect nature.

The Independent UK

Kerry: Climate talks should have done more on pollution cuts

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says last month's United Nations global warming summit didn't do enough to speed up cuts in emissions of heat-trapping gases

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