News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 37
Global South Demonstrates How Countries Can Deal with an Aggressive United States
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Germany, January 28 (IPS) - The United States’ attack on Venezuela marks a key watershed in the world order. We still cannot predict how this violation of another state’s sovereignty will ultimately play out.
Potential turning point for Gaza as peace plan enters second phase: UN envoy
- UN News
The start of a second phase of a stabilisation plan for Gaza offers a potential turning point for the war-ravaged enclave, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday.
‘We children saw things that no one should ever have to see’ Holocaust survivor tells the UN
- UN News
Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan, gave a harrowing and heart-rendering account of her childhood under Nazi persecution during Tuesday’s Holocaust Memorial event in New York, urging citizens worldwide to push back against ‘negativity’ by choosing “love, respect and compassion” in how they treat one another.
World News in Brief: UN Support Office in Haiti, Goodwill Ambassador Theo James in Syria, urgent appeal for millions in DR Congo
- UN News
The Security Council-endorsed UN Support Office in Haiti is on track to deliver on behalf of the Haitian people, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Wednesday.
Security Council LIVE: Ambassadors debate as Middle East crises mount
- UN News
The UN Security Council is holding a high-level open debate on the Middle East which is expected to focus on the Gaza peace plan – including the role of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace – the continuing humanitarian crisis in the enclave and turmoil in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, following the demolition of UNRWA’s headquarters there. Follow live coverage below, and UN News app users can click here.
As Korea Ages, Fiscal Reforms Can Help Safeguard Government Finances
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, January 27 (IPS) - Korea’s population is aging faster than almost any other country. That’s because people live longer than in most other countries, while the birth rate is one of the lowest in the world.
From lunch tray to lifelong health: WHO sets global standards for school meals
- UN News
For the first time ever, the World Health Organization (WHO) is providing recommendations for healthy and nutritious food in schools around the world.
Remembering the Holocaust: ‘You are here because you choose hope over hate’
- UN News
The Holocaust is a warning, that hatred “can consume everything” – a message that feels more urgent than ever, the UN chief said on Tuesday, as antisemitism rages worldwide.
Independent experts alarmed by child rights violations in US immigration procedures
- UN News
UN-appointed independent human rights experts have raised alarm over violations of children’s rights during US immigration procedures, nearly a year after federal funding for legal representation for unaccompanied minors was terminated.
Another of Trump’s Quixotic Imperial Designs
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, January 26 (IPS) - At a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, Trump unveiled his newly formed Board of Peace to end the Israel-Hamas war. During a press conference in the White House, he explained that he created the board because “The UN should have settled every one of the wars that I settled. I never went to them. I never even thought to go to them.”
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