‘Revitalize our seas’ UN chief urges on World Oceans Day — Global Issues

‘Revitalize our seas’ UN chief urges on World Oceans Day — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

In his message, Secretary-General António Guterres recalled that the triple crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, are threatening the health of the ocean, “on which we all ultimately depend”. “Last month, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) revealed that four key climate indicators broke new records in 2021: sea…

Ukraine Showing the World How to Fight Back — Global Issues

‘Deliver the care our ocean needs – together’, urge co-hosts of UN conference — Global Issues

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At the end of the month, world leaders, youth, entrepreneurs, and civil society will gather in Lisbon, Portugal, for the second UN Ocean Conference, to mobilize action and jumpstart science-based innovative solutions aimed at starting a new chapter of global ocean action. Co-hosted by Portugal and Kenya, the event will…

Ukraine Showing the World How to Fight Back — Global Issues

Occupation, discrimination driving Israel-Palestine conflict, recurring violence — Global Issues

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The finding comes in the first report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, established last May by the UN Human Rights Council.  The Commission said occupation and discrimination are the key root causes of the recurrent tensions, instability, and…

Cities in Brazil Reap Floods after Hiding Their Rivers Underground — Global Issues

Cities in Brazil Reap Floods after Hiding Their Rivers Underground — Global Issues

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The confluence of the waters with the distinct colors of the pollution of each one: darker waters reflect the urban sewage of the Arrudas River, while brown reflects erosion coming from the upper Velhas River, a natural effect or product of mining visible in the city of Belo Horizonte, in…

Ukraine Showing the World How to Fight Back — Global Issues

UN and Tajikistan reaffirm ‘strong partnership’ in new cooperation agreement — Global Issues

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The joint UN-Tajikistan document, which was signed on Tuesday by Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda and UN Resident Coordinator Sezin Sinanoglu, sets out national development priorities and goals for the next four years.  “This Cooperation Framework has ambitious aims to improve the lives of people in Tajikistan and create equal opportunities…

Ukraine Showing the World How to Fight Back — Global Issues

Top woman prison officer with UN Mission in CAR, wins first ever Trailblazer Award — Global Issues

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Téné Maïmouna Zoungrana, of Burkina Faso, serves with the UN Mission in CAR, MINUSCA. She received the United Nations Trailblazer Award for Women Justice and Corrections Officers at a special ceremony, at UN Headquarters in New York. The Chef de Cabinet of the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, Courtenay Rattray,…

Meaningful Dialogue Amplifies Youth Issues — Global Issues

Meaningful Dialogue Amplifies Youth Issues — Global Issues

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Delegates at the ‘Intergenerational Dialogue of the Asian Parliamentarians and Youth Advocates on Meaningful Youth Engagement’ discussed how meaningful dialogue amplify young people’s issues and lead to laws and policies which benefit them. Credit: APDA by Cecilia Russell (johannesburg) Tuesday, June 07, 2022 Inter Press Service Johannesburg, Jun 07 (IPS) –…

What If a Patient Unplugged the Oxygen Tube That Keeps Them Alive? — Global Issues

What If a Patient Unplugged the Oxygen Tube That Keeps Them Alive? — Global Issues

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The ocean produces 50% of the planet’s oxygen, absorbs 30% of carbon dioxide produced by humans, buffering the impacts of global warming, and is the main source of protein for a billion people around the world. Credit: IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Tuesday, June 07, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jun…