Global Issues News Headlines for “Sustainable Development”

At Hammarskjöld’s Grave, Sixty-Five Years After Ndola

2026-09-11T17:50:44-07:00

Late in August I stood at Dag Hammarskjöld’s grave in Uppsala. It is a quiet place, a long way from New York and from the wars the United Nations exists to prevent. He died sixty-five years ago this month, on 18 September 1961, in an aircraft crash near Ndola, in what is now Zambia. He was fifty-six, on his way to seek a ceasefire in the Congo, where the secession of the mineral-rich province of Katanga had drawn a newly independent country into conflict and great-power rivalry. Leaving the cemetery, I found myself thinking about the office he held […]

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Humanitarian Needs Grow as Nepal Recovers from Catastrophic Floods

2026-09-11T10:51:53-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, September 11 (IPS) - Two weeks after devastating floods struck Nepal, communities across the country are still struggling to meet basic needs as humanitarian efforts continue. The disaster, triggered by a glacial collapse, has become one of Nepal’s deadliest in recent years, leaving widespread destruction in its wake.

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The Lighter Side of Politics at the UN General Assembly

2026-09-11T05:13:40-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, September 11 (IPS) - When over 130 world leaders arrive in New York for the high-level segment of the General Assembly next week– it will be rare to hear hard-hitting, headline-grabbing political statements from the podium.

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Surge in displacement following fighting in southwest Yemen

2026-09-11T05:00:00-07:00

At least 46,000 people have been displaced since renewed fighting last week between Houthi rebels and pro-government forces in southwestern Yemen, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Friday.

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Terrorist propaganda is outpacing global efforts to stop it, UN report finds

2026-09-11T05:00:00-07:00

Terrorist groups are recruiting, raising money and even planning operations through propaganda that is now “embedded” in every stage of their work, a new UN report warns – and governments are struggling to keep pace.

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US Plans to Restrict Foreign Journalists Trigger Rising Protests

2026-09-10T05:58:46-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, September 10 (IPS) - First, it was the mass deportations of undocumented aliens, then a crackdown on liberal-minded academics from prestigious US Universities, and now, restrictions on foreign journalists based in the US.

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Lawmakers Need to Grapple With the ‘Human Story’ of the Aged, Youth, Women and Girls when Making Policy

2026-09-10T05:08:39-07:00

KUALA LUMPUR & JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 10 (IPS) - “As parliamentarians, we should understand that behind every demographic indicator is a human story,” Kamikawa Yoko, MP Japan and Chair of AFPPD, reminded lawmakers in her opening address to the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) annual conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Ukraine: Drone attacks on Chornobyl are ‘gambling with the safety of millions of people’

2026-09-10T05:00:00-07:00

A drone strike on the protective structure at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant could have endangered the safety of millions of people, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Alexander De Croo told reporters via video link from Kyiv on Thursday.

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UN climate chief warns political division is undermining fight against ‘economic security emergency’

2026-09-10T05:00:00-07:00

The head of the UN's climate body has warned that treating global warming as a partisan issue is dangerously out of step with reality, as he set out a stark account of the economic toll climate change is already inflicting on Europe.

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‘An assault on humanity itself’: Guterres pays tribute to 9/11 victims, survivors and first responders

2026-09-10T05:00:00-07:00

Twenty-five years ago, the heinous terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 against the United States claimed thousands of lives and represented “an assault on humanity itself”, the UN chief said on Thursday.

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