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Initiatives of a New Uzbekistan

09/23/2020

Initiatives of a New Uzbekistan Uzbekistan was among 28 countries invited to join the Facilitation Council of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator Initiative. This new mechanism of cooperation is to accelerate the development, production and equitable distribution of diagnostic and treatment tools, as well as vaccines against COVID-19. Its main message is “No one is safe until everyone is safe.” The initiative of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the adoption under the auspices of the UN…

Dramatic Arctic fires and sea ice melt, show need for urgent climate action

07/27/2020

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Dramatic Arctic fires and sea ice melt, show need for urgent climate action “Exceptional and prolonged” temperatures in Siberia, have left parts of the Arctic warmer than sub-tropical Florida, and fuelled “devastating” wildfires for a second consecutive year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday 24 July 2020, while warning also of rapidly decreasing sea ice along the Russian polar coast. According to the UN agency, temperatures in Siberia have been more than 5C above average from January…