Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 170
Haiti’s children: Crisis demands urgent action
- UN News
As Haiti grapples with escalating violence and systemic collapse, its children are bearing the brunt of a multipronged crisis that threatens their lives, safety, and future.
UN chief calls for ceasefire amid sharp escalation in northwest Syria
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General has expressed alarm over the sharp escalation of violence across northwest Syria, calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities and a return to the UN-facilitated political process.
The nightmare in Gaza must stop, urges UN deputy chief
- UN News
Describing the situation in Gaza as “appalling and apocalyptic” the UN Deputy Secretary-General on Monday called on world leaders to act decisively to alleviate suffering and prevent the further devastation of the enclave.
UN officials raise alarm over escalating violence in northwest Syria
- UN News
A sharp escalation in fighting in Syria’s Aleppo Governorate has displaced thousands and caused heavy civilian casualties, prompting urgent warnings from senior UN officials about the growing humanitarian crisis and threat to regional stability.
UN marks Day of Remembrance for chemical weapons victims with renewed call for global action
- UN News
On the Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for decisive global action to eliminate chemical weapons, warning that their resurgence threatens decades of hard-won progress.
A New Compass for Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
PORT VILA, Vanuatu, Nov 29 (IPS) - The climate crisis has become devastating across the world over the past few months: super typhoons sweeping through the Western Pacific, unprecedented superstorms in the Gulf of Mexico, raging wildfires across the Amazon rainforest, severe flooding in Central and Eastern Europe, just to mention a few. Rising seas and intensifying storms threaten to devastate communities and erase entire countries from the map.
US Envoy-in-Waiting Blasts UN as Corrupt & Threatens Funding Cuts
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29 (IPS) - John Bolton a former US ambassador to the United Nations (2005-2006) once infamously declared that if the 39-storeyed UN Secretariat building in New York “lost 10 stories, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference.”
That statement triggered a sarcastic response from a New York Times columnist who said Bolton would have done better as an urban planner than a US diplomat — while another newspaper described him as “a human wrecking ball”
Lebanon: Final repatriation flight brings Brazilians home amid ceasefire
- UN News
The final repatriation flight for Brazilians escaping the conflict in Lebanon touched down at São Paulo’s Guarulhos Air Base early Wednesday, as a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took hold.
UN rights office urges Russia to cease attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid as winter sets in
- UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday reiterated its call for Russia to halt attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, adding that those responsible must be held to account.
Middle East crisis: Live updates for 29 November
- UN News
As families uprooted by the war in Lebanon begin to return home following a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah militants, UN humanitarians warned that needs remain "staggering" for devastated communities. The situation is dire in Gaza too, where the enclave's people are struggling to survive "relentless bombardment and deprivation", says the UN aid coordination office, OCHA. Meanwhile at UN Geneva, a special meeting has been taking place to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. UN News app users can follow here.
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