News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 1062
Omicron: School closures must be ‘avoided whenever possible’
- UN News
COVID-19 cases are spiking all over the world, but the Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday that despite the rise of the highly transmissible Omicron variant “nationwide school closures should be avoided whenever possible.”
Ethiopia crisis: Human Rights Council sets up international rights probe
- UN News
Serious concerns over alleged severe human rights violations and abuses in Ethiopia should be investigated by an international rights probe, the Human Rights Council agreed in a vote on Friday.
Lifesaving support for new mothers in crisis-wracked Afghanistan
- UN News
The Malalai Maternity Hospital is one of the busiest in the Afghan capital, Kabul, welcoming around 85 babies into the world every day, including 20 by Caesarean section. But the ongoing crisis in the country is drastically undermining the staff’s capacity to care for their patients.
Women leaders examine how to end ‘invisible emergency’ of gender-based violence
- UN News
Whether at home, at work, in the streets or even online, women and girls across the world remain highly vulnerable to gender-based violence, something which the COVID-19 pandemic has only magnified, six senior UN women leaders said on Thursday.
Morocco’s extradition of Uyghur asylum seeker to China could lead to serious rights violations, argue UN experts
- UN News
Four UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for Morocco to reverse its decision to extradite a Uyghur Muslim to China as his return would place him under threat of serious human rights violations.
UN rights forum’s action on climate and COVID-19 vaccines shows its relevance, says President
- UN News
After one of the busiest years in the history of the Human Rights Council, President Nashat Shameem Khan insisted on Thursday that the UN forum remains more relevant than ever, citing action on COVID-19 vaccine inequity, climate change and no less than five Special Sessions in Geneva.
High Yield Seeds Could Address Food Shortages and Place Africa on Track to Zero Hunger - Experts
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Kenya, Dec 16 (IPS) - Rahab Munene’s shoe selling business crumbled at the height of COVID-19 in 2020. She traded the enterprise for a mobile grocery along the Thika Superhighway, Kiambu County.
UN chief: ‘We cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way’
- UN News
Arguing that the world “cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way”, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday that countries “must take concrete action in the coming days” to vaccinate 40 per cent of the world’s population by the end of the year.
COVID-19: WHO urges Europeans to be smart and safe this holiday season
- UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) is reminding Europeans to remain vigilant against COVID-19 spread as they round out the year with friends and family.
Migrant workers still at great risk despite key role in global economy
- UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the key role that migrant workers play in the global economy, as well as the “terrible risks” that they are forced to take, to find work.
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