Global Issues
News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 1104
Haiti: flash floods and mudslides latest threats in earthquake-hit country
- UN News
As Haiti struggles to recover from the devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit over the weekend, killing some 1,300 people, the UN is warning that many people are likely to be affected by Tropical Depression Grace, a storm which is expected to bring torrential rain, flooding and mudslides between Monday and Tuesday.
Indigenous Peoples Need Recognition, Reciprocity & a New Social Contract
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 16 (IPS) - The coronavirus pandemic has invited the world to reflect on relationships – between people within and across countries and communities, and between people and nature around the planet.
UN’s Ultimatum to Staff & Diplomats: Get Vaccinated or Go Hungry
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 16 (IPS) - As New York city struggles to cope with the widespread outbreak of the deadly new coronavirus Delta variant — which has claimed more than 100,000 cases per day in the US — the United Nations is laying down strict guidelines at its headquarters (UNHQ) for staffers, diplomats and visiting delegates.
Palestine refugees face ‘dire’ humanitarian conditions amid ongoing clashes in southern Syria: UNRWA
- UN News
Some 30,000 Palestine refugees registered with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in south Syria have become increasingly vulnerable, following recent clashes in and around the Dera’a Governorate, the UN agency warned on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Guterres urges restraint as Taliban reach Kabul; UN Security Council set to meet Monday
- UN News
As the crisis in Afghanistan deepens by the hour, with reports that insurgent forces reached the country’s capital, Kabul, earlier on Sunday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the Taliban and all other parties “to exercise utmost restraint to protect lives and ensure that humanitarian can be addressed.”
FROM THE FIELD: The pollution challenge facing the ‘Dragon’s Jewels’ of Viet Nam
- UN News
A community-led project to manage some 28,000 tonnes of plastic waste and prevent 5,000 tonnes from ending up in the ocean is being supported by the UN in one of the most popular tourist attractions in Viet Nam.
Thailand flexes financial muscle to grapple with climate crisis
- UN News
“Social responsibility and sustainable profit” can go hand in hand according to the chief of Thailand’s government pension fund. The UN, and some of the biggest players in the Thai economy, are working together to support efforts by the country’s finance and banking institutions to speed up the South East Asian country’s transition to a net zero carbon economy.
7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti; UNICEF set to reach children, families with humanitarian aid
- UN News
The United Nations is working to support rescue and relief efforts in Haiti following a powerful earthquake that reportedly left hundreds dead, with perhaps even more injured and missing, and caused massive damage in the south-western part of the country.
UN experts urge Israel to ‘protect and encourage’ Palestine rights defenders
- UN News
UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed deep concern on Friday over Israeli military interference in the work of a well-known, independent Palestinian child rights organization, in the occupied West Bank.
Digitisation Boosts Mechanised Farming Among Kenyan Farmers
- Inter Press Service
Nakuru, Kenya, Aug 13 (IPS) - When 33-year-old Kimani Mwaniki, an Irish potato farmer in Elburgon, Nakuru County in Kenya’s Rift Valley, heard about a farmer’s virtual school, he didn’t hesitate to enrol. He was keen to learn how the programme will enable him to get higher crop yields for his market in the capital city Nairobi and elsewhere.
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