The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced that it will allocate 24,000 million dollars for climate and green financing over the next four years. The resources will be allocated to items for the protection and restoration of ecosystems and their biodiversity, as well as the reduction of…
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Bachelet demands from governments the “immediate cessation” of espionage with technology
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, today demanded from governments the "immediate cessation" of espionage with technologies such as the Israeli spyware Pegasus "that violate Human Rights."
"The use of…
New 1 billion dollars fund will produce clean energy
The $ 1 billion fund was created by the Rockefeller and IKEA foundations to finance clean energy projects and for this year they plan to cut 1 billion tons of greenhouse emissions, as well as provide 1 billion people with electricity from…
CEPAL urges countries to implement a post-pandemic economic recovery
This Monday, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, has launched a proposal for the benefit of economic recovery in Latin American and Caribbean countries, based on…
UN announces visit to Venezuela by special rapporteur
The United Nations (UN) announced the visit to Venezuela of the special rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights in Venezuela.
“Following an invitation from the Government of…
The world celebrates the International Day of Banks
This December 4 is the first International Day of Banks, after the United Nations (UN) has determined it in 2019.
The world economy is facing new challenges, and one of them is financial volatility, which is added to other problems of a…
António Guterres asked to reinvent economies and create a new social contract
During the opening session of the high-level debate of the UN General Assembly, Secretary General António Guterres made a comparison between the events that surrounded the creation of the organization 75 years ago and those that humanity is…
UN: Opportunities to transform finances and the planet positively
The United Nations (UN) believes that a digital finance revolution could save the world's financial system from the crisis caused by the coronavirus.
Supporting compliance with the UN Sustainable Development agenda, "digital technologies,…
Guterres thanked the financial support of the international community
The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, thanked the contribution of almost 7.5 billion dollars provided by the international community to face the Covid-19 pandemic in developing countries.
Although Guterres…
UN asks for $ 2.5 billion for undeveloped countries
The United Nations Organization (UN) requested on Monday an aid package valued at 2.5 trillion dollars to be able to support the undeveloped countries.
This was detailed in the report prepared by the organization, which in the face of the…
United Nations could implement blockchain technology
In a communication sent to news agency Forbes, the Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres underlined the importance of new technologies in the fight to meet their challenges in every country.
The official stressed the…
The United States will impose new tariffs on the UE
The US government announced that on October 18th it will apply new tariffs to the European Union after the approval received by the World Trade Organization (OMC) who, hours before the announcement of the new measure, had already authorized…