Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 116
Ukraine: Mine contamination is lethal legacy of Russia’s invasion
- UN News
An estimated 100 million people in more than 60 countries and territories live under the threat of landmines and explosive ordnance – with war-torn Ukraine now the most heavily contaminated country in the world – the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said on Monday.
With aid blockade into its second month, misery deepens for Gazans
- UN News
Amid the ongoing Israeli aid blockade and bombardment of Gaza, aid teams warned on Monday that civilians trapped there face multiple daily challenges as relief supplies run critically low.
World Health Day: Focusing on women’s physical and mental health around the world
- UN News
Monday’s World Health Day highlights a critical issue for global health: the particular vulnerabilities faced by women and girls.
UN deplores deadly attack on city in central Ukraine
- UN News
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine has strongly condemned a missile strike in Kryvyi Rih on Friday which killed more than a dozen people, including at least nine children, and left several others injured.
AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: Why new thinking is needed on disarmament
- UN News
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) race needs to slow down and IT firms should instead be focusing on the bigger picture to ensure that the technology is not misused on the battlefield, UN disarmament experts and leaders of ‘big tech’ companies have insisted.
Gaza: Paramedic still missing after aid worker killings, Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for answers
- UN News
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Friday called for urgent answers over the whereabouts of a missing paramedic, coupled with a full independent investigation into the killing of 15 humanitarian workers in Gaza on 23 March.
World News in Brief: Cholera surges worldwide, DR Congo update, WHO leads global health emergency exercise
- UN News
A global surge in cholera is threatening vulnerable people from Angola to Myanmar, fuelled by conflict, natural disasters and climate change, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
UN rights office calls for end to Israel's ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
- UN News
Amid reports of escalating settler violence in the West Bank, the UN rights office, OHCHR, briefed the Palestinian rights committee at UN Headquarters in New York, which also featured a screening of the Oscar winning documentary No Other Land.
‘Safe futures start here’: UN calls for global action to eliminate mine threat
- UN News
More than 100 million people worldwide are at risk from landmines, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday, in his message for the International Day for Mine Awareness.
‘Energy Transfer’s Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Is an Attempt to Drain Our Resources and Silence Dissent’
- Inter Press Service
Apr 04 (IPS) -
CIVICUS speaks with Daniel Simons, Senior Legal Counsel Strategic Defence for Greenpeace International, about the lawsuit brought by an oil and gas company against Greenpeace and its broader implications for civil society. Greenpeace is a global network of environmental organisations campaigning on issues such as climate change, disarmament, forests, organic farming and peace.
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