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‘Cooperation is humanity’s greatest innovation,’ UN chief declares at BRICS summit
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday warned that the environment is being attacked on all fronts and called on the international community to urgently tackle the intersection of health and climate issues.
UN warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan as displacement, hunger and disease escalate
- UN News
UN humanitarians on Monday sounded the alarm over the worsening conditions in Sudan, as violence continues, and food and water remain at critically low levels.
Human rights must anchor the digital age, says UN’s Türk
- UN News
As digital technologies rapidly reshape every aspect of society, the UN’s top human rights official has called for human rights to be placed at the centre of this transformation.
UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by devastating Texas floods as toll climbs past 80
- UN News
The United Nations Secretary-General has expressed deep sorrow over the deadly floods in Texas that reportedly killed at least 80 people over the holiday weekend, including more than two dozen children at a summer camp.
First Person: Japanese UN volunteer ‘motivated by the passion of others’ to support peace
- UN News
A United Nations volunteer from Japan has said as a teenager he was motivated by the “passion” of young people he met on an exchange programme to contribute to peace and development initiatives.
UN chief condemns Russian strikes on Ukraine, warns of nuclear safety risk
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Saturday strongly condemned Russia’s latest wave of drone and missile attacks in Ukraine – reportedly the largest in over three years of war – warning that the strikes again jeopardised nuclear safety at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP).
‘A spirit of oneness’: Cooperatives cultivating peace in South Sudan
- UN News
Within one year, a maize and sorghum cooperative of 20 members in the Central Equatorial State of South Sudan had grown to over 150 members allowing many members to boost their income and provide for their families for the first time.
FfD4 at Sevilla Plants the Seeds of Debtor Unity
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, July 4 (IPS) - UN Member States adopted the ‘Compromiso de Sevilla’ at the Fourth Financing for Development Forum (FfD4) which concluded July 3– the culmination of months of contentious negotiations that pitted wealthy nations against the developing world in competing visions for reform of the global economic architecture.
The Silencing of Hong Kong
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, July 4 (IPS) - Joshua Wong sits in a maximum-security prison cell, knowing the Hong Kong authorities are determined to silence him forever. On 6 June, police arrived at Stanley Prison bringing fresh charges that could see the high-profile democracy campaigner imprisoned for life. This is the reality of Hong Kong: even when behind bars, activists can be considered too dangerous ever to be freed.
Lessons from South Africa on Monitoring the Impact of Invasive Trees on Water Resources
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 4 (IPS) - Concerns about the impacts of invasive species is not new; it dates to the 19th century. The term was popularized in Charles Elton’s 1958 book “The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants”. However, the concept gained significant attention in the 1990s and early 2000s as academic interest surged. This led to an increase in publications by invasion biologists.
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