News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 1170
UN health agency urges support for new COVID-19 origins studies
- UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged all countries “to put differences aside” in order to speed up efforts to understand where and how the COVID-19 virus started – including the unproven suggestion that it was manufactured in a laboratory.
World Bank Looks to Trains in Argentina's Climate Battle
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 12 (IPS) - Argentina will receive a 347 million dollar loan from the World Bank to upgrade one of the most important suburban railway lines in the city of Buenos Aires. The operation is part of the multilateral lender’s new policy, which deepens its commitment to the fight against climate change.
Afghanistan: UN chief following escalation in fighting ‘with deep concern’
- UN News
With Taliban fighters continuing to gain ground in Afghanistan, the UN Secretary-General is following events “with deep concern” said the UN Spokesperson on Thursday, including the battle for Herat and Kandahar, the country’s second and third largest cities.
Top UN envoy points to fresh hope for democratic Somalia
- UN News
Political strides are breathing new hope into the country’s fragile State-building process, driven by an electoral agreement signed by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, and the heads of Somalia’s federal member states, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Thursday.
Youth must be included in disarmament and non-proliferation
- UN News
With 40 per cent of the global population under 25, the international community has a special responsibility to ensure young people can share their perspectives and concerns about existential threats to current and future generations, UN disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu said on Thursday.
Youth need ‘seat at the table’ to lead struggle for better future: Guterres
- UN News
Young people are on the “frontlines of the struggle to build a better future”, the UN chief said on Thursday, International Youth Day.
Spyware: Rights experts push for surveillance technology moratorium
- UN News
A group of UN-appointed experts on Thursday called for a moratorium on the sale of surveillance technology, warning against the danger of allowing the sector to operate as “a human rights-free zone.”
Will World Leaders Risk a UN Visit Amid a Surge in the Deadly Virus?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 12 (IPS) - The annual high-level debate during the upcoming 76th General Assembly sessions beginning September 21 —which traditionally attracted over 150 world leaders in a pre-pandemic era-- is now clouded in uncertainty.
UN weather agency seeks to confirm 48.8°C ‘record’ heat spike in Sicily
- UN News
UN weather experts said on Thursday that they’re “actively looking” into a possible record temperature for Continental Europe of 48.8 Celsius (119.8 Fahrenheit) near the town of Syracuse in Sicily, amid devastating wildfires in Mediterranean countries and Russia.
First Person: From a life of violence to a culture of peace
- UN News
A young peace campaigner from Cameroon who turned his back on the violence prevalent in his hometown and became a youth civil society activist, has been telling the United Nations about how he is helping other young people to reject conflict, and take a greater role in building peace in the country.
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