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Climate crisis: UN chief lays out solutions blueprint for clean energy transition
- UN News
As a deadly heatwave continued to grip Europe on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued an impassioned appeal for more ambitious global action on climate change caused by fossil fuels, to prevent irreversible damage.
Our Ocean Conference: After Mombasa – Will Africa and the World Make Ocean Promises Real?
- Inter Press Service
VICTORIA, Seychelles, June 22 (IPS) - Now that the lights have dimmed in Mombasa and the delegations have gone home, a simple but necessary question remains: did the first Our Ocean Conference on African soil truly move the world from promises to protection? The conference was indeed the first held in Africa, under the theme “Our Ocean, Our Heritage, Our Future,” with a stated focus on culture, communities, livelihoods, marine protection, climate resilience and sustainable blue economies.
Dwindling Humanitarian Aid Devastates the Rohingyas in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, June 22 (IPS) - Nearly nine years after the violent persecution of the Rohingya minority population in Myanmar and the following mass exodus of refugees, over 1.2 million Rohingya currently reside in neighbouring Bangladesh, where they face immense challenges. With the United Nations (UN) recording significant shortfalls in global humanitarian funding, alongside Bangladesh’s diminishing ability to support these populations, experts warn of a deepening humanitarian crisis.
Global South Leaders Redesigning International Cooperation
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, June 22 (IPS) - The fallout from the sudden collapse of the old system of financing international cooperation has been disastrous, unleashing a wave of harm and leaving the world more vulnerable to shocks and less able to respond to them. The wreckage is plain to see. The issue is what to do next.
In 2025, Government Forces were the Greatest Perpetrators of Violence Against Children in Armed Conflicts
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, June 22 (IPS) - A record number of children were subject to grave violations by parties to armed conflicts, the highest since the UN mandate for children and armed conflict (CAAC) was established in 1996.
A UN Secretary-General who Defied the US – and Suffered a Backlash
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, June 22 (IPS) - When Egypt’s onetime Foreign Minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali was running for the post of U.N. Secretary-General in late 1991, he had to contend with the rival candidature of Bernard Chidzero, then foreign minister of Zimbabwe.
Powering resilience: How Indonesia is building a more secure energy future
- UN News
As countries grapple with energy price shocks, supply disruptions and the growing impacts of climate change, energy security has become a pressing concern.
Global Ebola cases top 1,000 as UN races to reach DR Congo’s most vulnerable
- UN News
As global confirmed Ebola cases reach 1,000, nearly three million children and adolescents are at risk in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while efforts increase to treat prisoners near the epicentre of the current outbreak, UN agencies warned on Monday.
World News in Brief: Pope Leo urges action on hunger, humanitarian strain deepens in Gaza, families return to Lebanon
- UN News
Pope Leo called on the international community to renew its commitment to tackling hunger and malnutrition, describing access to adequate food as a “fundamental human right” during a visit to the World Food Programme (WFP) headquarters in Rome on Monday.
Sudan: Drone attacks endanger civilians and shut down critical services in El Obeid
- UN News
Escalating violence in and around the Sudanese city of El Obeid is putting civilians at increased risk and disrupting essential services, the UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Monday.
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