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The attack is just the latest in a string targeting the multilateral body in recent years.
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) investigating a ransomware attack in which hackers stole sensitive data.
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Coming as no surprise to the millions who sweltered through a Northern Hemisphere summer, the season that has just passed was Earth’s hottest since records began in 1880, according NASA scientists.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: United Nations, … Continue reading We’re cooked: The hottest summer on record, confirms NASA
Critics say the draft version of the global treaty backed by China and Russia could be used to persecute security researchers and activists.
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A historic agreement in conservation has seen 193 nations come together for the first time to agree on a High Seas Treaty, which aims to place 30% of international waters into protected areas by 2030. This treaty is necessary for the success of the lan… Continue reading Historic world agreement commits to protecting international waters
In what is being hailed as an historic moment for the environment, world leaders at the UN’s Biodiversity Conference COP15 in Montreal have reached an agreement to ramp up protections of the planet’s precious natural ecosystems. The Kunming-Montreal Gl… Continue reading UN’s landmark nature protections a “Paris moment” for biodiversity
A U.N. cybercrime treaty could give global governments new — and what many human rights defenders call worrisome — powers to prosecute cybercrimes.
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The more we learn about the magnitude of plastic pollution contaminating the planet’s rivers, oceans, and even its mountaintops, the more pressing the need becomes for wide-ranging and coordinated action. In what is being hailed as a historic day, glob… Continue reading UN endorses historic global resolution to “End Plastic Pollution”
United Nations experts on Thursday called for a halt to the sale and transfer of surveillance technology until countries introduce a regulatory framework to address the human rights impact of its abuse. “It is highly dangerous and irresponsible to allow the surveillance technology and trade sector to operate as a human rights-free zone,” the experts warned. The statement specifically singles out the Israeli spyware company NSO Group, which has been condemned for years by privacy advocates for aiding authoritarian regimes in tracking and intimidating journalists, human rights advocates and dissidents. The call for action follows a report from Amnesty International that the company’s Pegasus spyware was more widely used than previously thought. Between July 2014 and July 2021, the NSO group’s Pegasus software was used to target more than three dozen smartphones belonging to journalists, human rights activists and business executives, according to a Amnesty’s investigation with the French journalism nonprofit […]
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The Secure Identity Alliance believes that a trusted legal identity is essential to protecting people’s rights, fostering social inclusion and supporting economic growth. Goal 16.9 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda promotes a l… Continue reading Secure Identity Alliance encourages authorities to ensure the supply of chips for identity documents