News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 1178
New ECOSOC President aims to maximize ‘reach, relevance and impact’
- UN News
The role of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in promoting development has become “even more critical” as a way of guiding and informing the COVID-19 pandemic response worldwide, Collen Vixen Kelapile said on Friday, speaking for the first time as the UN body’s president.
Lebanon: Public water system on the verge of collapse, UNICEF warns
- UN News
The public water system in Lebanon is “on life support” and could collapse at any moment, putting 71 per cent of the population, or more than four million people, at immediate risk of losing access to safe supply, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warned on Friday.
Water-related hazards dominate list of 10 most destructive disasters
- UN News
Against the backdrop of a rapidly changing global climate, water-related hazards top the list of natural disasters with the highest human losses in the past 50 years, according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Rwandan Farmers Pin Hopes on New Tech to Tackle Food Losses
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Rwanda, Jul 22 (IPS) - Rwanda is trying to reduce post-harvest loss by relying on new technologies to increase the amount of food available for consumption and help smallholder farmers confront some challenges caused by the overproduction of staple crops.
Tigray: As famine looms, first WFP humanitarian flight arrives
- UN News
Lifesaving assistance arrived for the beleaguered Tigray region of Ethiopia on Thursday as the first UN World Food Programme (WFP) plane carrying humanitarian workers touched down in the capital Mekelle.
COVID-19: Africa ‘third wave’ not yet over, while vaccine inequity threatens all
- UN News
Although new COVID-19 cases in Africa have slowed following an eight-week surge, this “small step forward” could be short-lived, the Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
FAO head urges G20 to invest in a healthy planet for healthy food
- UN News
The head of the UN food relief agency called on the world’s richest nations on Thursday to invest more in sustainable living, to feed the world’s growing population.
Revealed: Inequalities persist in HIV prevention, child treatment services
- UN News
Nearly half of the 1.7 million children worldwide living with HIV were not on treatment last year, the UN programme leading the global fight against HIV and AIDS, UNAIDS, said in a report released together with partners.
WHO’s Tedros backs Tokyo Olympic Games ‘power to inspire’
- UN News
The head of the UN World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has welcomed the start of the Olympic and Paralympic Games as a chance to spread “hope to the world”.
Lifesaving help needed for Venezuela cancer patients hit by US sanctions
- UN News
Independent UN rights experts on Wednesday warned that hundreds of Venezuelan cancer patients could die because they have been caught up in the excessively strict application of United States sanctions aimed at Venezuela and the state-owned oil company, Petroleum of Venezuela.
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