News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 98
First Person: Echoes of war as aid arrives in Syria’s historical city
- UN News
The transformation over two decades of the once thriving Syrian city of Sweida from tourist destination to a landscape marked by violence and loss has been detailed by the chief of a UN migration mission who recently visited the area.
Gaza health system ‘catastrophic’ as hospitals overwhelmed and medicines running out, WHO warns
- UN News
Public health conditions in Gaza are “catastrophic”, with hospitals operating far beyond capacity. Some life-saving medicines are totally out of stock, while deaths from malnutrition and disease are on the rise, the UN health agency warned on Tuesday.
UN80: From “Less-with-Less” to “More-with-Less”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, August 11 (IPS) - With the ink hardly dry on the Pact for the Future outcome for modernizing global governance from last September’s Summit of the Future, the United Nations’ long-standing financial crisis has morphed into an extreme liquidity crisis.
World News in Brief: Sudan’s agony continues, Colombian presidential candidate dies, the world celebrates the steelpan
- UN News
Across war-torn Sudan, civilians continue to face ongoing attacks, starvation and cholera outbreaks.
Safe seas key to global prosperity, Security Council told
- UN News
Shipping is crucial to the global economy, with more than 100,000 vessels a day transporting some 80 per cent of world commerce, but it remains vulnerable to disruptions caused by geopolitical tensions and transnational crime.
Security Council voices deep concern over deadly escalation in Syria’s Sweida region
- UN News
The UN Security Council has expressed alarm at the sharp escalation of violence in Syria’s Sweida region since mid-July, condemning attacks against civilians and calling for urgent protection and humanitarian access.
‘There is no military solution’ to end Israel-Palestine conflict, Security Council hears, as starvation stalks the Gaza Strip
- UN News
It’s essential to work towards a two-State solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict as the international community addresses the reality of starvation on the ground in Gaza, the Security Council heard on Sunday.
Landlocked Developing Countries to Start ‘New Decade of Delivery’
- Inter Press Service
AWAZA, Turkmenistan, August 8 (IPS) - As the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3) concludes today (Friday, August 8) in Awaza, Turkmenistan, with the adoption of the Awaza Political Declaration and the formal endorsement of the Awaza Programme of Action (2024–2034), there is optimism that LLDCs are finally at the dawn of a new era.
Beyond Lives Saved: Why Early Warning Systems Are a Smart Investment
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, August 8 (IPS) - Significant progress has been made globally in implementing national and local disaster risk reduction strategies. Yet, the impact of disasters on lives and economies persists and disaster resilience is one of the most regressed areas in Sustainable Development Goal implementation.
Israel’s military takeover of Gaza City would mark ‘a dangerous escalation’: Guterres
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed grave concern over Israel’s decision to “take control of Gaza City”, his Spokesperson said in a statement on Friday.
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