Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 4
Sudan: UN chief condemns deadly strikes on children's nursery, hospital
- UN News
As Sudan’s civil war intensified on Monday, top UN officials condemned the killing of dozens of children in drone strikes in South Kordofan state – and the targeting of first responders trying to help the wounded.
‘The system has failed’: Giles Duley’s mission to reframe disability in war
- UN News
Talking to journalists earlier this week on his final day as the first UN Global Advocate for Persons with Disabilities in Conflict and Peacebuilding Situations, Giles Duley said he felt he had failed in his core mission. More importantly, he added, the system itself has failed.
From ruins to rebuilding: Three Jamaican mothers face the future after hurricane
- UN News
Three women in Jamaica whose lives were upended by the destructive force of a hurricane which battered the Caribbean island are looking to rebuild their future
UN80 is Less a Reform Than a Survival Manual
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, December 5 (IPS) - Let’s just say the quiet part out loud: the UN is not reforming because it suddenly woke up one morning inspired by efficiency. It’s reforming because the Organization is broke. Not metaphorically broke. Not diplomatically broke. Actually broke. The kind of broke where arrears sit at $1.586 billion and everyone pretends that’s just an unfortunate bookkeeping hiccup instead of the fact that the lights are flickering.
Syria: Effort to buttress human rights since Assad’s fall, ‘only the beginning of what needs to be done’
- UN News
Summary executions and other violations continue in Syria nearly a year after the fall of the Assad regime, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
For 78 Years, the Palestinians have Been Denied their Inalienable Rights & their Right to Self-Determination
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, December 4 (IPS) - For seventy-eight years, the question of Palestine has been on the agenda of this General Assembly, almost as long as the institution itself.
Fresh Lens For Nuanced Multifaceted Climate Solutions Needed
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, December 4 (IPS) - “I see more philanthropic support aligning with systems thinking, linking climate stability, biodiversity protection, Indigenous leadership, and community resilience,” says Michael Northrop, Program Director at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Amid Sudan’s unimaginable crisis, its people endure with hope
- UN News
As the world prepares to mark Human Rights Day on 10 December, the UN is warning that war-torn Sudan is in the midst of arguably the gravest human rights crisis of our time.
Sudan: Kordofan cannot become ‘another El Fasher,’ Türk warns
- UN News
UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday warned that Sudan risks “another El Fasher” as fierce fighting spreads across the Kordofan region, raising fears of a fresh wave of atrocities.
Genuine inclusion of persons with disabilities is a win for us all: Guterres
- UN News
Discussions around promoting greater inclusion of people with disabilities in society topped the agenda at the United Nations on Wednesday.
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