News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 20
Skyrocketing Military Spending Undermines Development Aid to World’s Poor
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, January 5 (IPS) - The statistics are staggering: while military spending keeps skyrocketing, Official Development Assistance (ODA) – from the rich to some of the world’s poorer nations – has been declining drastically.
Maduro seized, norms tested: Security Council divided as Venezuela crisis deepens
- UN News
The UN Security Council met on Monday against a sharply altered diplomatic backdrop, following US strikes on the Venezuelan capital and seizure of President Nicolás Maduro.
Iran protests: UN warns against further bloodshed
- UN News
As protests in the Iranian capital, Tehran – sparked by increasing economic hardship and a cost-of-living crisis – continued for a ninth day, the UN Secretary-General said he was “deeply saddened by the reported loss of life and injuries,” resulting from clashes between security forces and protesters.
UN chief deeply concerned over ‘possible intensification of instability’ in Venezuela
- UN News
Invoking the bedrock principle prohibiting the use of force against the territory and independence of any State, the UN Secretary-General told the Security Council on Monday there must be “full respect” for the UN Charter, in the face of the United States military intervention in Venezuela and seizure of President Nicolás Maduro.
Security Council LIVE: ‘The power of the law must prevail,’ says UN chief
- UN News
The Security Council is meeting in emergency session in New York to address the US rendition of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro from Caracas, a move that has sent shockwaves through the region and beyond. The UN chief António Guterres told ambassadors there must be respect for national sovereignty, “political independence and territorial integrity,” after warning on Saturday that the US had set a “dangerous precedent” for the world order. Follow the historic meeting live below from the UN Meetings Coverage team, and UN News app users can click here.
Yemen aid response buckling under funding cuts as needs keep rising
- UN News
Yemen’s already fragile humanitarian response is being pushed to breaking point by deep funding shortfalls, the UN warned in an update Sunday highlighting mounting risks for millions across the country.
‘Do not give up on children’: Displaced by violence, a Haitian girl finds hope at school
- UN News
A teenage Haitian girl who was forced to flee her home in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, due to gang violence has urged adults not to “give up on children.”
US actions in Venezuela ‘constitute a dangerous precedent’: Guterres
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said he is “deeply alarmed” over the standoff between the United States and Venezuela in recent months, which culminated on Saturday morning in the reported capture of President Nicolás Maduro by US special forces.
Security Council: New faces, old tensions as five nations take their seats
- UN News
From deploying peacekeepers to conducting quiet – but at times heated – diplomacy, the UN Security Council sits at the heart of global decision-making on war and peace. As of January, five new countries will have a seat around the iconic horseshoe table.
A woman dies from cervical cancer every two minutes, UN says
- UN News
A flood of questions drowned Jeanette in thought after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Would she be unable to conceive a child? Would she have to enter menopause at the early age of 31?
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