News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 1172
Child Protection Schemes Are Failing Children Orphaned by COVID-19 in India
- Inter Press Service
Aug 09 (IPS) - The second wave of COVID-19 brought with it unimaginable grief, agony, and frustration. India saw a sharp increase in the number of deaths, especially among younger people, which meant that many children lost one or both parents. Reports of people seeking help for orphaned children as well as requests to ‘adopt’ these children emerged on social media.
Tigray: Intensified fighting across borders ‘disastrous’ for children
- UN News
UN agencies continue to sound the alarm over the growing “humanitarian catastrophe” in northern Ethiopia, sparked by the conflict in the Tigray region, now in its ninth month.
Global response needed to counter rising security threats at sea
- UN News
Despite an overall decrease in maritime traffic due to the COVID-19 pandemic, piracy and armed robbery of ships rose by nearly 20 per cent during the first half of last year, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday.
Shocking’ escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan: UNICEF
- UN News
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expressed shock on Monday at the rapid escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan, following the deaths of 27 children in the country in the past 72 hours, and 136 who were injured.
End inequalities, recognize abuses, UN chief says on International Day of Indigenous Peoples
- UN News
Although some countries have begun to rectify their “heinous legacy” of discrimination against indigenous people, more action is still needed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday.
UN Preaches Transparency to the Outside World but Fails to Practice it in its Own Backyard
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 09 (IPS) - The United Nations has long preached the wisdom of transparency and accountability to the outside world, but has failed to practice the same principles in its own backyard – or even on the 39th floor of the Secretary-General’s office in the UN Secretariat.
Global warming ‘unequivocally’ human driven, at unprecedented rate: IPCC
- UN News
Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the latest much-anticipated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released on Monday.
UN pledges full support to Nagasaki voices fuelling ‘powerful global movement’ against nuclear arms
- UN News
António Guterres has reaffirmed the full support of the United Nations to amplifying the powerful testimony of the survivors of the atomic bomb that was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, 76 years ago, which has helped build a “powerful global movement against nuclear arms”.
For women in e-commerce, ‘entrepreneurship means freedom’
- UN News
Entrepreneurship can mean more freedom for women according to the first Latin-American advocate of eTrade for All, an initiative developed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to expand and promote the digital economy, especially in low and middle-income countries.
Cyprus communities weaving closer ties through UN-backed project
- UN News
A weaving project is helping to close the decades-long divide between the two communities in Cyprus, with assistance from the UN mission in the country, UNFICYP.
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