Global Issues News Headlines for “Sustainable Development” https://www.globalissues.org/news/topic/367 2024-03-28T18:22:02-07:00 Global Issues Inter Press Service UN News https://static.globalissues.org/i/globalissues.png https://static.globalissues.org/i/globalissues/logo-feed.jpghttps://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/28/36353World News in Brief: Russia vetoes DPR Korea sanctions resolution, children under fire in Sudan, drought plagues Malawi2024-03-28T05:00:00-07:00<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/28-03-2024-UN-Photo-USA.jpg/image1170x530cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p><span>A United States resolution to extend the mandate of an expert panel which monitors sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) was vetoed by Russia in the Security Council on Thursday.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/28/36353">Read the full story, “World News in Brief: Russia vetoes DPR Korea sanctions resolution, children under fire in Sudan, drought plagues Malawi”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/28/36352Russia: Rights experts condemn continued imprisonment of Evan Gershkovich2024-03-28T05:00:00-07:00<p><span class="TextRun SCXW246218785 BCX8 NormalTextRun" lang="EN-US">Russia must immediately release American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained without evidence for a year, two UN human rights experts said on Thursday.</span><span class="EOP SCXW246218785 BCX8"> </span></p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/28/36352">Read the full story, “Russia: Rights experts condemn continued imprisonment of Evan Gershkovich”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/28/36351Health system ‘barely surviving’ as OCHA calls for Gaza aid restrictions to end2024-03-28T05:00:00-07:00<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/23-01-2024-UN-Photo-Mozambique.jpg/image1024x768.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p><span>Gaza’s health system is ‘barely surviving’ after more than five months of Israeli bombardment, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/28/36351">Read the full story, “Health system ‘barely surviving’ as OCHA calls for Gaza aid restrictions to end”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/28/36350New $1.4 billion plan to support South Sudanese refugees2024-03-28T05:00:00-07:00<p><span class="TextRun SCXW58666087 BCX8 NormalTextRun" lang="EN-US">The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners on Thursday appealed for </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58666087 BCX8 NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed" lang="EN-US">$1.4 billion</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58666087 BCX8 NormalTextRun" lang="EN-US"> this year to support more than two million South Sudanese refugees in five African countries and local communities hosting them.</span><span class="EOP SCXW58666087 BCX8"> </span></p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/28/36350">Read the full story, “New $1.4 billion plan to support South Sudanese refugees”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/28/36349Gaza: World court issues fresh measures for Israel as crisis deepens2024-03-28T05:00:00-07:00<p><span lang="EN-GB">The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday issued new provisional measures for Israel as the humanitarian situation in bombarded and besieged Gaza continues to deteriorate.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/28/36349">Read the full story, “Gaza: World court issues fresh measures for Israel as crisis deepens”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/28/36348Bold action needed now to address ‘cataclysmic’ situation in Haiti2024-03-28T05:00:00-07:00<p><span class="TextRun SCXW7838325 BCX8 NormalTextRun" lang="EN-US">Immediate and bold action is required to tackle the “cataclysmic” situation in Haiti, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report issued on Thursday.</span><span class="EOP SCXW7838325 BCX8"> </span></p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/28/36348">Read the full story, “Bold action needed now to address ‘cataclysmic’ situation in Haiti”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36339The Gambia Must Not Repeal FGM Ban2024-03-27T07:48:46-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/Nimco-Ali_.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>LONDON, Mar 27 (IPS) - Earlier this month, a UNICEF report on the prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) showed that while some success is taking place, the pace of progress remains slow - lagging behind population growth, especially in places where FGM is most common.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36339">Read the full story, “The Gambia Must Not Repeal FGM Ban”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36336Abandoned Children Growing Problem in Northern Syria2024-03-27T06:30:59-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/Children-eating-and-drinking-in-the-childs-house.ips--629x472.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>IDLIB, Syria, Mar 27 (IPS) - Wael Al-Hassan was returning from work in the Syrian city of Harim when he heard the sound of a baby crying.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36336">Read the full story, “Abandoned Children Growing Problem in Northern Syria”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36337IMF Urges Non-alignment in Second Cold War2024-03-27T06:26:44-07:00<p>ACCRA, Ghana, Mar 27 (IPS) - The IMF no. 2 recommends non-alignment as the best option for developing countries in the second Cold War as geopolitics threatens already dismal prospects for the world economy and wellbeing.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36337">Read the full story, “IMF Urges Non-alignment in Second Cold War”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36347Stories from the UN Archive: A seminal moment for youth climate action2024-03-27T05:00:00-07:00<p><img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/27-03-2024-Severn-Cullis-Suzuki.jpg/image1440x560cropped.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p> <span lang="EN-GB">“What you do makes me cry at night,” 13-year-old Severn Cullis-Suzuki told the 1992 Earth Summit in Brazil in a message that resonates today as the world grapples with climate change.</span> </p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36347">Read the full story, “Stories from the UN Archive: A seminal moment for youth climate action”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>