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Governments urged to secure treaty to end plastics pollutionThe World Plastics Council (WPC) and members of the Global Plastics Alliance (GPA) are calling on national governments to agree on an ambitious and workable deal that dramatically scales up waste management and recycling. More… |
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Governments urged to secure treaty to end plastics pollutionThe World Plastics Council (WPC) and members of the Global Plastics Alliance (GPA) are calling on national governments to agree on an ambitious and workable deal that dramatically scales up waste management and recycling. More… |
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UN Member States reach agreement to protect ocean lifeAfter more than 15 years of discussions, UN member states finally agreed to protect the high seas, a fragile and vital treasure that covers nearly half the planet, according to media reports. "The ship has More… |
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Bahrain govt approves women's rights treatyBahrain's government has approved full rollout of a United Nations (UN) convention that protects women's rights - ignoring opposition from MPs who claimed it could have "dangerous repercussions" for society. The More… |
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Bahrain urged to sign global arms trade treatyBahrain has been urged to sign a landmark United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) that aims to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of warlords and pirates. More than 70 countries, including the UK, France and Germany, have More… |
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UN approves first-ever global arms trade treatyThe 193-nation UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved on Tuesday the first-ever treaty on global arms trade that seeks to regulate the $70 billion international business in conventional arms ranging from light weapons to battle tanks and wa More… |
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Nations close to deal on arms trade treatyUnited Nations members are close to a deal on the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade, though delegates and rights groups said India, Iran or others could still block agreement. More… |
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89 sign telecom treaty without Net controlsAn international telecommunications treaty signed by 89 countries out of a possible 144 on Friday will have little impact on how carriers operate or how consumers surf the web or make calls around the world when it comes into effect in 2015. More… |
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US refuses to sign telecom treaty in current formThe US, Britain and Canada have refused to sign a new global telecommunications treaty, warning it would provide a mandate for governmental regulation of the Internet, potentially ending 11 days of fractious talks in Dubai. In pre More… |
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UK isolated as EU secures historic treaty dealEurope has secured a historic agreement to draft a new treaty for deeper economic integration in the euro zone, but Britain, the region's third largest economy, refused to join the other 26 countries in a fiscal union and was isolated. More… |
