Global Issues
News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 1075
Venezuela demands the end of sanctions and urges leaders to build a ‘new world’
- UN News
President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday said his country was the victim of a “fierce campaign” of permanent and systematic aggression through economic and financial sanctions coming from the United States and its allies.
‘Through the tears, solutions for a better society have sprung up’: Estonian President
- UN News
The President of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid, lauded the world’s embrace of online services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday, in her high-level General Debate speech at the 76th United Nations General Assembly session.
Millions in Yemen ‘a step away from starvation’
- UN News
The crisis in Yemen, now in its seventh year of war, continues unabated, with thousands of people displaced and millions “a step away from starvation”, the UN Humanitarian Relief Coordinator said on Wednesday during a high-level side event on the margins of the 76th General Assembly.
Women Leaders Hailed for COVID-19 Response
- Inter Press Service
DOMINICA, Sep 22 (IPS) - On September 20, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina accepted an award from the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network for her country’s ‘striking’ progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
King of Saudi Arabia says peace is top priority for his country
- UN News
The King of Saudi Arabia, Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, said on Wednesday that promoting peace is his Kingdom’s top priority in international affairs.
Myanmar: UN expert says current international efforts failing, urges ‘change of course’
- UN News
The UN independent rights expert on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, told the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday that conditions inside the country following the 1 February military coup have worsened, urging a “change of course” to prevent further human rights abuses and deaths.
‘We can end the pandemic’, UN chief says in new call for global vaccine plan
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday repeated his call for a global COVID-19 vaccination plan to boost production and reach millions over the coming months, in line with recommendations by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Support developing countries with climate mitigation: Bosnia and Herzegovina
- UN News
Financial support will be critical if developing countries are to meet global climate goals, the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Željko Komšić, said in the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.
20 years after Durban Declaration, racism reverberates in ‘echo chambers of hate’
- UN News
Two decades after a landmark declaration was adopted to eradicate racism, discrimination continues to “permeate institutions, social structures and everyday life in every society”, the UN chief told a high-level meeting on Wednesday.
First Person: The ‘bravery’ of Afghanistan's girls and women
- UN News
Afghanistan’s girls and women are showing “bravery” in the face of real “fears and pressures” following the formation of the new, de-facto authorities in Afghanistan, according to a UNICEF member of staff, one of the few westerners to remain in Kabul.
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