Al-Quraish

  Rich nations' refusal to fulfil climate funding commitment is a "travesty," according to UNDP The United Nations Development Programme ( UN DP ) has branded wealthy nations ’ failure to honour their pledge to provide climate finance as a ‘ t rav esty ’ . The UN DP ’ s statement comes ahead of the launch of the Green Climate Fund , which is intended to provide support to developing countries to help them cope with the impacts of climate change . At the Copenhagen climate change conference in 2009 , rich countries pledged to provide US $ 100 billion per year in climate finance by 2020 . However , to date , just US $ 10 billion has been provided . UN DP Administrator Helen Clark said : “ It ’ s a tra vest y that rich nations have failed to deliver on their promise to deliver US $ 100 billion annually to help the world ’ s poor cope with the impacts of clim...

  China promotes a cease-fire in the Ukraine conflict. The conflict in Ukraine has been ongoing for more than five years , and despite numerous attempts to bring it to a peaceful resolution , the war has only escalated . Now , the international community is looking to China to help bring an end to the violence . Chinese President Xi Jinping has recently been vocal in pushing for a ceasefire in Ukraine . During a state visit to Ukraine in 2019 , he declared , “ We must strive for a political solution to the Ukrainian crisis , a ceasefire and the end of all bloodshed . ” He also stated that he was willing to work with the European Union , the United States , and other countries to bring about an end to the conflict . Xi 's call for a ceasefire has been echoed by other Chinese leaders . In December of 2019 , Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson G eng S...