"SUEZ CANAL"

The United Nations' Secretary-General warned on Wednesday that “there isn’t a moment to lose” to stop the SAFER oil tanker, a rusting ship near the Yemeni coast, from spilling more than 1 million barrels of oil into the Red Sea. UNIFEED

Prospects for a quick recovery in world trade have improved as trade recovered more quickly than expected in the second half of last year, with the WTO forecasting world merchandise trade volume will increase by 8 percent in 2021 and 4 percent in 2022 after contracting 5.3 percent in 2020. WTO

Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock told the Security Council that if a spill were to occur from the FSO Safer, a damaged oil tanker moored off the coast of Hodeidah governorate in the Red Sea, “1.6 million Yemenis would be directly affected” and “every fishing community along Yemen’s west coast would see their livelihoods collapse.” UNIFEED

General Assembly welcomes International Court of Justice opinion on Chagos Archipelago and adopts text calling for Mauritius’ complete decolonization at 84th plenary.

General Assembly welcomes International Court of Justice opinion on Chagos Archipelago and adopts text calling for Mauritius’ complete decolonization at 83rd plenary.

Delegates stress key importance of Libyan political agreement, as Special Representative briefs Security Council at 8104th meeting.  

As the International Summit on Climate Change kicks off today in Copenhagen , there's news from Egypt that it aims to generate one fifth of its electricity from renewable sources, including wind power, by 2020. To help reach that ambitious goal, it is tapping into a World Bank Clean Technology Fund. WORLD BANK

Applications from Liberian women to join the national police force tripled after the first all-female unit of UN police in history arrived in Liberia last year. Today, Liberian policewomen are keeping the streets of Monrovia safe. UNMIL / UNAMA / UNTV

The film shows a typical day in the life of peace-keepers from 23 countries stationed in Cyprus and the Middle East.

UN Emergency is a slice of present-day history, a look at the nature of a major world crisis and a report on how the international organization responds to a major challenge.