News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 1213
UN salutes ‘dedication and bravery’ of peacekeepers; recognizes contributions of youth toward peace
- UN News
With a focus for this year’s International Day of UN Peacekeepers on youth, peace and security, the UN chief told a commemorative ceremony on Thursday that “peace cannot be achieved without the active participation of young people”.
To Beat Covid, Beat HIV, & Beat Inequality, Find the Money
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, May 27 (IPS) - The writer is Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.In this time of intersecting crises – the Covid crisis, the HIV crisis, the inequality crisis, and more – progress on all these crises is being blocked by another crisis: finance.
UN rights chief calls for inclusive peace process to end Palestine occupation
- UN News
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on Thursday for a “genuine and inclusive peace process” to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine and a repeat of recent deadly clashes that have been marked by possible war crimes by Israeli security forces.
World now likely to hit watershed 1.5 °C rise in next five years, warns UN weather agency
- UN News
Odds are increasing that the annual average global temperature will rise beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in at least one of the next five years, the UN weather agency warns in a new report issued on Thursday.
Pandemic making life harder for older refugees in Latin America
- UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening the already difficult situation of older refugees across Latin America, according to a joint assessment published on Wednesday by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the NGO HelpAge International.
Use Africa’s rich heritage as ‘catalyst’ for transformation, urges Guterres
- UN News
A call to use Africa’s rich cultural and natural heritage as a catalyst for growth and transformation is “the right appeal at the right time”, the UN chief told a three-day forum on the continent’s future held online on Wednesday.
UN rights chief urges Libya, EU, to protect migrants crossing the central Mediterranean
- UN News
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday urged Libya’s unity government and European Union (EU) countries to act to protect migrants making the dangerous crossing in the central Mediterranean Sea.
UN chief following Mali crisis ‘with concern’ as Security Council strongly condemns arrests
- UN News
The UN Security Council met behind closed doors on Wednesday to discuss the derailing of Mali’s transitional government following the apparent forced departure of both the President and Prime Minister on Tuesday, by the leader of last August’s military coup.
Indonesia’s Climate Villages Where Communities Work Together to Mitigate Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
JAKARTA, Apr 07 (IPS) - Residents of Ngadirejo village in Sukaharjo regency, Central Java province, had often found themselves helpless when their wells dried up or water flooded through their homes. But thanks to a national campaign called Program Kampung Iklim, known by its acronym ProKlim, they now have solutions to this flooding that generally occurs because of a lack of adequate water catchments.
During relative calm, growing humanitarian suffering in Syria, a ‘tragic irony’
- UN News
Violent conflict, terrorism and human rights abuses continue in Syria as its besieged population suffers economic destitution, displacement, detention and abduction, the UN’s Special Envoy for the country told the Security Council on Wednesday.
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