News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 1027
Stop weapons supply to Myanmar, rights expert urges
- UN News
Weapons exports to the military rulers in Myanmar by UN Member States must stop, the UN independent expert on the human rights situation in the country said on Tuesday.
Israel’s Glorious and Gloomy Reality
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 22 (IPS) - No people have ever risen from the ashes of near-extinction to form a country and achieve the height of development in every walk of life like Israel. These magnificent accomplishments are now tragically marred with domestically charged struggles which ominously undermine its very existence.
Financialization at Heart of Economic Malaise
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 (IPS) - COVID-19 has exposed major long-term economic vulnerabilities. This malaise – including declining productivity growth – can be traced to the greater influence of finance in the real economy.
Latest decision by Russia violates Ukraine’s territorial integrity, UN chief says
- UN News
Secretary-General António Guterres is “greatly concerned” by the Russian Federation’s decision on the status of certain areas of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, his Spokesperson said on Monday
New initiative to improve nutrition standards for school meals
- UN News
A new project launched on Monday by two UN agencies aims to improve the diet of school-age children by supporting the development of nutrition standards for school meal programmes.
Alarm: Every Two Weeks a Mother Tongue Disappears Due to Globalisation
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Feb 21 (IPS) - “Every two weeks a language disappears taking with it an entire cultural and intellectual heritage. At least 43% of the estimated 6000 languages spoken in the world are endangered. Only a few hundred languages have genuinely been given a place in education systems and the public domain, and less than a hundred are used in the digital world.”
Halt all retaliation attacks against Indian journalist Rana Ayyub – UN experts
- UN News
UN-appointed independent rights experts issued a statement on Monday calling on India to end relentless misogynistic and sectarian attacks against an investigative journalist.
COVID-19: Health workers face ‘dangerous neglect’, warn WHO, ILO
- UN News
Health teams worldwide need much safer working conditions to combat the “dangerous neglect” they have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN health and labour agencies said on Monday.
Stop violence at European borders and protect refugees – UNHCR
- UN News
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi urged on Monday for greater protection for refugees and asylum-seekers in Europe.
Protect linguistic diversity on International Mother Language Day
- UN News
The head of the UN’s educational and cultural agency, UNESCO, has called for defending linguistic and cultural diversity in her message to mark International Mother Language Day on Monday.
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