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India ratifies the Paris Agreement on climate change. The country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syed Akbaruddin (left), shakes hands with UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson while General Assembly President Peter Thomson looks on in a ceremony held at the UN Headquarters on 2 October 2016.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

India ratifies Paris climate pact at UN, brings its entry into force 'tantalisingly close'

2 October 2016
India today ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, bringing the treaty's entry into force "tantalisingly" close.
On 5 August 2016 in Aleppo, Syria, a child with spinal muscular atrophy who needs special medical care, now lives on the streets, after fleeing with her family from attacks and intense fighting in the 1070 neighbourhood.
UNICEF/Khuder Al-Issa

Syria: Time running out to protect those trapped in eastern Aleppo, UN aid chief warns

2 October 2016
Warning of an urgent humanitarian situation in the eastern part of Syria's Aleppo city, the United Nations humanitarian chief today reiterated a call for a cessation of violence, medical evacuation of hundreds of patients in critical conditions and safe, full, regular and unimpeded humanitarian access.
A herder in Tarialan, Uvs Province, Mongolia. (file photo)
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

'Take a stand against ageism,' says UN on International Day of Older Persons

1 October 2016
The United Nations is marking the International Day of Older Persons by encouraging countries to draw attention to and challenge negative stereotypes and misconceptions about older persons and ageing, and to enable older persons to realize their potential to build a life of dignity and human rights.