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UN rejects envoys from 2 state players

The UN has decided not to recognize, for now, the envoys put forward by Taliban militants in Afghanistan and the military junta in Myanmar. Both governments argued that their current ambassadors don’t represent them. The nine-nation Credentials Committee of the UN General Assembly, which is responsible for approving the diplomatic representation of each member state, […]

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LEAKED documents reveal intense ‘lobby activism’ by fossil fuel players to ‘water down’ UN climate change report – media

Several fossil fuel-reliant nations, including Saudi Arabia, Australia and Japan, are reportedly lobbying to add “policy neutral” language to a UN report that calls for “urgent and accelerated” efforts to tackle climate change. More than 32,000 comments have been made by governments, corporations and other interested parties to scientists compiling the International Panel on Climate […]