News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 1176
COVID-19: Education replaced by shuttered schools, violence, teenage pregnancy
- UN News
A culture of “safety, friends and food” at school has been replaced by “anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy”, with remote learning out of reach for millions, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Tuesday.
Myanmar: Rights expert calls for ‘COVID ceasefire’, urges UN action
- UN News
The UN independent expert on the human rights situation in Myanmar on Tuesday called for a “COVID ceasefire” for the country, as infections and deaths soar even as the military junta escalates attacks against healthcare workers.
Stepping Up to Meet Low-Income Countries Pandemic Recovery Needs
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jul 27 (IPS) - Low-income countries have been hard hit by the pandemic. Their large financing needs are only likely to grow as they deal with the crisis and its economic aftermath.
Latin America Sets an Example in Welcoming Displaced Venezuelans
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Jul 26 (IPS) - The exodus of more than five million Venezuelans in the last six years has led countries in the developing South, Venezuela's neighbours, to set an example with respect to welcoming and integrating displaced populations, with shared benefits for the new arrivals and the nations that receive them.
Child malnutrition expected to quadruple in Southern Madagascar
- UN News
At least half a million children under five in drought-afflicted southern Madagascar are on the verge of acute malnourishment, two UN agencies warned on Monday.
Outstanding sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List
- UN News
An ancient temple in India and a “cultural landscape” in Spain have become two of the latest sites to be registered on the UN’s prestigious World Heritage List.
Free, fair Palestinian elections, must include East Jerusalem: UN experts
- UN News
Landmark elections in the Occupied Palestinian territory must be rescheduled soon and include East Jerusalem, three UN independent human rights experts said in a statement on Monday.
UNFPA Calls for Protection & Justice for Women & Girls in Tigray
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (IPS) - The 2018 Nobel Laureate, Dr. Denis Mukwege, a gynaecologist celebrated for his work with survivors of sexual assault in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Panzi Hospital once said: “Rape is a strategy of war – it is meant to destroy women and communities physically and mentally”.
UN climate science talks open amid heatwaves, floods and drought
- UN News
Negotiations began on Monday to approve a UN science report which will anchor high level summits later this year, charged with boosting climate action worldwide.
Support mangrove conservation, UNESCO chief says
- UN News
The world is waking up to the importance of mangroves, a senior UN official said on Monday, underscoring the need for everyone to support restoration and protection of these crucial habitats.
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