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15 years of ‘almost no progress’ in getting young people moving: WHO
- UN News
One in four adolescents worldwide reported not getting at least 60 minutes of physical activity on any day in the previous week, according to new global estimates released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday.
Afghan children face narrowing path to education, UN agencies report
- UN News
More than half of Afghanistan’s children who should be in primary school remain outside formal learning and millions of girls can only dream of going to university.
‘The world is not ready’: Climate adaptation cash falls far short as warming heads past 1.5°C
- UN News
Although global warming is set to exceed 1.5°C, financing to help communities adapt to climate change falls far short of needs, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report published on Wednesday.
Reviewing the UN Charter: Diplomatic Groundwork Should Begin
- Inter Press Service
Article 109 of the UN Charter provides a mechanism for reviewing the Charter itself. It allows a General Conference of all UN members to be convened by a two-thirds vote of the General Assembly and a vote of any nine members of the Security Council. As the Article provides, “Each Member of the United Nations shall have one vote in the conference.”
Data Centres Store Hazardous Chemicals in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, November 3 (IPS) - At first glance, a data centre in Mexico draws little attention, as it is usually housed in an industrial park, out of public view. But, in addition to emitting greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen oxides, its cooling and fire suppression systems contain substances with strong environmental and health impacts: the so-called “forever chemicals”.
Midterms on a Tilted Field
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, November 3 (IPS) - In the run-up to the US midterms, armed federal agents have been knocking on the doors of voters suspected of being non-citizens. Republican-led states have redrawn electoral districts in their party’s favour, removing power from Black voters. Federal agencies have invaded people’s privacy, combing voter rolls for non-citizens while finding hardly any.
When the Young Stop Waiting: Europe’s Gen Z Is Sending Us All a Message
- Inter Press Service
VICTORIA, Seychelles, November 3 (IPS) - This autumn I have found myself watching the evening news from Europe with a growing sense of recognition. Not of the tear gas or the burning barricades, which I deplore, but of the faces. Teenagers holding hand-painted signs. University students sleeping in tents in city squares. Young people who look, more than anything, tired of waiting.
Is Gender Bias at the UN Coming to an Inglorious End?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, November 3 (IPS) - In a bygone era, gender parity was never heard of at the United Nations—UN female staffers were mostly hired as secretaries and stenographers in a male-dominated Secretariat.
‘This is not about politics. This is about people’: UN warns of impact of deadly drone strikes in Sudan
- UN News
Intensifying drone attacks on civilian infrastructure across Sudan are disrupting electricity, water and fuel supplies, putting lives at risk and hampering the delivery of humanitarian aid, the UN’s top official in the country has warned.
Married off at 14: In Yemen’s war, women and girls suffer ‘devastating consequences’
- UN News
Safa is 14. Her mother died earlier this year. She has no brothers or sisters. And a few weeks ago, as the crisis took hold, her father married her to an elderly man, afraid that if he were killed in the hostilities, no one would be left to protect her.
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