Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 18
UN’s Cost-Cutting Mergers Come Under Scrutiny While Search for Locations Worldwide Continues
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, October 10 (IPS) - Faced with a severe liquidity crisis and a hostile Trump administration, the UN continues to merge some of its multiple agencies, and move them out of New York, relocating to Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Perhaps the first two agencies to be merged will be UN Women (created in 2010) and the UN Population Fund (created in 1967), with some staffers moved to Bonn and others to Nairobi.
Bold, diverse and unstoppable: Girls speak out amid a world in crisis
- UN News
Adults were in the back seat at UN Headquarters on Friday as girls and young women from across the world took over the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Chamber to speak up for their rights in the face of conflict, climate change, and other challenges.
Sudan: Türk ‘appalled’ by continued killing of civilians in El Fasher
- UN News
UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the continued killing and injuring of civilians in the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado’s values represent best hopes of Venezuelans: UN rights office
- UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday welcomed the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision to name Maria Machado as this year’s laureate, in recognition of her work promoting the Venezuelan people’s democratic hopes.
Education Cannot Wait Interviews Mohamed M. Malick Fall, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria
- Inter Press Service
Mohamed M. Malick Fall was appointed as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nigeria in February 2024. He has more than 20 years of experience in the development, humanitarian and peacebuilding fields. Prior to his appointment, he served as the UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, where he provided oversight and guidance to 21 UNICEF Countries Offices, including on the formulation and implementation of the Country Programme Documents, the UN Reform process, and the engagement with the Regional and Economic Commission and African Union and the private sector.
Moldova’s Democratic Defiance
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, October 9 (IPS) - Democracy was the winner and Russia the loser in Moldova’s 28 September election. The incumbent pro-Europe Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) won a parliamentary majority on just over half of the vote, while support for a pro-Russia coalition collapsed to a record low. The result came in the face of Russia’s most intense attempt yet to influence an election, with a propaganda and disinformation operation allegedly orchestrated by Ilan Shor, a disgraced Moldovan oligarch who fled to Russia to escape jail time for his role in a massive fraud.
Civil Society on the Edge
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Colombia, October 9 (IPS) - The collapse of aid architecture is one of the greatest dangers for civic space. This shift is not accidental but systemic, reflecting deliberate policy choices – not only by the US but accelerated by its decisions – that prioritize security agendas over human rights and solidarity.
Middle East LIVE: Israel-Hamas deal paves way for ceasefire, hostage release
- UN News
As people celebrated across Gaza and Israel at the news of an agreement that could hasten the end of the two-year war, UN aid teams on Thursday insisted that they were ready to deliver humanitarian relief supplies to the people of the shattered enclave. We'll be covering these developments and more across the UN system today, thanks for joining us. UN News app users can follow our live coverage here.
Jubilation in Gaza as news of possible ceasefire deal sinks in
- UN News
As Gazans and Israelis celebrated the news that a potential ceasefire deal had been reached between the Hamas political leadership and Israel, UN aid agencies on Thursday underscored their readiness to inundate the famine-hit enclave with relief supplies, while urging the immediate release of all hostages.
Two-Thirds of Climate Funding for Global South are Loans as Rich Nations Profiteer from Escalating Climate Crisis
- Inter Press Service
THE HAGUE, Netherlands , October 8 (IPS) - New research by Oxfam and the CARE Climate Justice Centre finds developing countries are now paying more back to wealthy nations for climate finance loans than they receive—for every USD 5 they receive, they are paying USD 7 back, and 65 percent of funding is delivered in the form of loans.
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