News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 1053
Each day ‘a new adventure’ for UN humanitarian air service worker
- UN News
“Every day is a new adventure”, as part of the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) in Syria, according to a young staff member who helps aid workers check in, board and fly safely between the capital, Damascus, and her home city in the north, Qamishli.
UN disarmament chief urges Syria to come clean on chemical weapons
- UN News
Syria’s declaration of its chemical weapons programme cannot be considered accurate due to gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs told the Security Council on Wednesday.
WFP-backed challenge boosts food system in Rwanda and beyond
- UN News
Supporting innovations in the food system in Rwanda is the goal of a UN-backed initiative launched in the capital, Kigali, on Wednesday.
Cambodia: Arrests of strikers may be breach of human rights law
- UN News
The arrest and detention of at least 29 casino union leaders and activists during a strike that began on New Year’s Eve in Cambodia, may represent a breach of human rights law, independent UN rights experts said on Wednesday.
UNESCO condemns killing of journalist in Myanmar
- UN News
Authorities in Myanmar are being urged to conduct a full investigation into the killing of a journalist last month, reportedly during an army attack in the southeast, the UN’s educational and cultural agency, UNESCO, said on Wednesday.
Make history and eliminate cervical cancer for ever, urges WHO chief
- UN News
Though highly preventable and treatable, cervical cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in reproductive-aged women globally, according to the UN health agency, kicking off Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.
Harsh winter fuels ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
- UN News
UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday that a harsh winter in Afghanistan is aggravating already severe conditions faced by millions across the country.
UNICEF: Grim start to new year as 2 children are killed, 5 injured, in Syria
- UN News
Warring parties should never attack children or the services they rely on, a senior official with the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, said on Tuesday, following recent violence and disruption in Syria.
Bangladesh: Fire rips through COVID treatment centre for Myanmar refugees
- UN News
A devastating fire has ripped through a COVID-19 treatment centre for Myanmar refugees sheltering in Bangladesh, UN migration agency (IOM) said on Tuesday.
Ecstasy as Zimbabwe’s Small-holder Farmers Secure European Pineapple Market
- Inter Press Service
Harare, Zimbabwe, Jan 04 (IPS) - In her wildest dreams, smallholder farmer Sarudzai Sithole never imagined that her pineapples could someday stock the produce section of Europe’s finest supermarkets.
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