News headlines for “United Nations on Development Issues”, page 46
Trump’s Confrontational Domestic and Foreign Policy Defy his “America First” Agenda
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 05 (IPS) - In less than two weeks in office, Trump issued scores of reckless executive orders that ironically will gravely undermine rather than enhance his “America First” agenda and America’s global leadership.
World News in Brief: US executive orders continue, killings in Sudan, breast cancer alert in Africa, human rights in Tunisia
- UN News
New executive orders issued by the White House are set to further impact the cooperative, multilateral work of the United Nations, two weeks since the United States declared that it was pulling out of the UN health agency, WHO.
A Potential New Battle: UN vs US over Greenland and the Panama Canal
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 04 (IPS) - US President Donald Trump’s ominous threat to take over the Panama Canal and Greenland sets the stage for a new political battle with the United Nations.
But judging by UN’s track record of failures—including the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine—the world body may lose again while battling a veto-wielding superpower.
US funding pause leaves millions ‘in jeopardy’, insist UN humanitarians
- UN News
UN agencies on Tuesday offered a dire assessment of the global impact of deep cuts to grassroots humanitarian funding by the incoming US administration and reiterated calls for Washington to retain its position as a global aid leader.
Mozambique: Two Presidents, One Divided Nation
- Inter Press Service
MAPUTO, Mozambique, Feb 03 (IPS) - No illusions: Mozambique remains in crisis, despite the inauguration of Daniel Chapo as president and the establishment of a new parliament. While the widespread allegations of massive electoral fraud during the elections on 9 October 2024 were the immediate trigger for the unrest, the protests revealed deeply entrenched socio-economic and political grievances.
UNOPS: the UN agency turning commitments into reality
- UN News
Nations around the world which are seeking practical solutions to peace and security, humanitarian and development issues are marking 30 years of collaboration with a specialized UN agency.
Gaza Humanitarian Aid: How a Lack of Political Will Sabotaged Resolution 2720
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 31 (IPS) - Before the three-phased ceasefire deal—proposed by President Joe Biden and dragged over the finish line by the then-incoming Donald Trump administration—silenced the bombs and drones over Gaza and allowed for humanitarian aid to flow into the strip, there was United Nations Security Council Resolution 2720.
Genocide 2.0—Trump’s Plan for Cleansing Gaza
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, USA, Jan 31 (IPS) - Either the new US President, Mr. Trump, is ignorant of international law or thinks he’s so brilliant that he doesn’t care about it. Either way, he seems to have stumbled into proposing an extension of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s clearly documented crime of genocide by suggesting that somebody “clear out” the people in Gaza, in effect advocating the ethnic cleansing of the territory.
UN Faces Backlash from a Hostile White House
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 30 (IPS) - The Trump administration which regained the White House last week after a four-year hiatus, has come down heavily on thousands of illegal immigrants and hundreds of perceived enemies - triggering a rash of executive orders on military and federal agencies
But in the ensuing political chaos, Trump has not spared the United Nations either.
Longing for EU
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jan 29 (IPS) - Good news! For two years now every single UK poll has shown a majority now want to return to the EU. Of course they do, since every reliable source shows the continuing damage done by Brexit in almost every sphere. Those promised ‘Brexit benefits’ are nowhere to be seen.
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