UN Climate Conference Suspended as Pro-Palestinian Protesters Take Stage

Mon, Jun 3, 2024
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Environment

THE opening ceremony of the UN Bonn Climate Change Conference was temporarily halted when two pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupted proceedings to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza.

The activists raised a Palestinian flag and a banner reading “No BAU (business as usual) during a genocide” during the speech by Simon Steele, director of the UN Climate Convention.

The event had a no flags or banners policy. (Credit: UNFCCC)

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June 3, 2024

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