News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 274
The Elusive Woman Secretary-General
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 14 (IPS) - United Nations' apex forum, the General Assembly elected the next Secretary-General yesterday by acclamation rubber-stamping the recommendation of the Security Council (SC). I am appalled by the choice of 15 members of the Security Council of another man following eight others in 70 plus years of UN's existence as if only men are destined to lead this global organization.
Antonio Guterres: New UN Secretary General
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 13 (IPS) - The new UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who takes office on January 1, arrives with strong credentials -- both as a former Prime Minister of Portugal and an ex-UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Hit by Extreme Weather, South Asia Balances Growth and Food Security
- Inter Press Service
POLONNARUWA, Sri Lanka, Oct 13 (IPS) - Sri Lanka is literally baking these days.
Life Goes On, Barely, After 50 Years of Occupation
- Inter Press Service
AIDA CAMP, West Bank, Oct 10 (IPS) - Over almost five decades of Israeli occupation, the number of Palestinian refugees has grown with every generation, saturating basic services in the 19 camps that are home to about 200,000 people in the West Bank run by the United Nations.
Wage and Fiscal Policies for Economic Recovery
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 05 (IPS) - The new US census data released in late September show that 3.5 million people in the US climbed out of poverty, as the tepid economic recovery continues. Employers are finally creating more jobs and paying higher wages than seven years after the Great Recession started following the 2008 financial crisis.
'The Earth Is Not Flat; It Is Urban'
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 04 (IPS) - When the United Nations elaborated its latest report on the impact of what it calls "the dramatic shift towards urban life," it tried to draw a balanced portrait of both the opportunities and the challenges of the fact that 1 in 2 world inhabitant already lives in urban areas and what this implies.
The UN's Blind Spot for Conflict Prevention
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 03 (IPS) - As the world struggles to respond to conflicts and the people fleeing them, UN insiders are also struggling to advance a ‘shift in mindset' to help prevent these crises from happening in the first place.
Providing Practical Support for UN Projects
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 30 (IPS) - From electrifying hospitals in Somalia to providing waste management services in Sri Lanka, the UN Office for Project Services works in over 80 countries to provide practical support to help meet the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Ending Lingering Hunger in a World of Plenty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 28 (IPS) - With malnutrition continuing to afflict one in nine people globally, the UN has appointed 29 global leaders to help tackle the problem head on.
Uncertainty Mars Potential for Peace in South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 28 (IPS) - Nearly one month after UN Security Council members visited troubled South Sudan, disagreement reigns over even the limited outside measures proposed to try to bring the security situation in the world's newest country under control.
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