News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 1212
Halt legislation on coercive mental health measures in Europe – UN experts
- UN News
Independent UN human rights experts called on Friday for a European body of intergovernmental experts to stop legislation supporting coercive mental health measures.
The Kenyan Peacekeeper Championing the Ideals of the Women, Peace and Security
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 28 (IPS) - Major Steplyne Buyaki Nyaboga of Kenya singles out the establishment of gender-responsive military patrols in farming communities in Central Darfur, Sudan as one of the proudest moments of her two-year mission with the African Union–United Nations Hybrid Operation (UNAMID).
Why Experts are Saying Its a Make or Break Moment for Forests
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 28 2021 (IPS) - A new global report on forests says that while the COVID-19 pandemic is the latest threat to achieving ambitious forest protection goals, it has brought the importance of forests to global well-being into sharp focus, and that this recognition must now be met with collection action.
Are There Clinically Meaningful Differences Between anti-COVID-19 Vaccines?
- Inter Press Service
NEW JERSEY, USA, May 28 (IPS) - Despite claims by the industry and some politicians, there are no clinically meaningful differences among the variety of vaccines approved under emergency use authorisation (EUA).
Youth Demand Action on Nature, Following IUCNs First-Ever Global Youth Summit
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 23 2021 (IPS) - Following almost two weeks of talks on issues such as climate change, innovation, marine conservation and social justice, thousands of young people from across the globe concluded the first-ever International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN)One Nature One Future Global Youth Summit with a list of demands for action on nature.
UN chief appeals to business leaders to help quell ‘a tsunami of suffering’ caused by COVID
- UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought “a tsunami of suffering”, taken over 3.4 million lives and 500 million jobs, while wiping trillions of dollars from global balance sheets, Secretary-General António Guterres told business leaders on Thursday, appealing for equitable vaccine distribution worldwide.
Up to 400,000 could be displaced by new Goma eruption in DR Congo, warns UNICEF
- UN News
With fears that one of the world’s most active volcanoes could erupt again in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is warning that up to 400,000 – nearly 280,000 children – could be displaced and in need of protection or support, if the current exodus continues.
Boost investments in nature to combat climate, biodiversity and land degradation crises
- UN News
Annual investments in nature-based solutions will have to triple by 2030, and increase four-fold by 2050, if the world is to successfully tackle the triple threat of climate, biodiversity and land degradation crises, according to a new UN-backed study published on Thursday.
Israel-Palestine: Political solution only way to end ‘senseless’ cycles of violence
- UN News
Only a political solution will end the “senseless and costly cycles of violence” between Israelis and Palestinians, UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland said in a briefing to the Security Council on Thursday.
COVID-19 Widens Learning Gap For Girls In Rural Ghana
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, May 27 (IPS) - Seventeen-year-old Muniratu Adams, a form two student of the Jeyiri D/A Junior High School at Funsi in the Wa East District of the Upper West Region of Ghana, is fortunate to have returned to school this January after the long COVID-19 shutdown.
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