‘Cycle of death, destruction’ must stop, UN chief tells Security Council — Global Issues

‘Cycle of death, destruction’ must stop, UN chief tells Security Council — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

“I said the same thing in Moscow as I did in Kyiv…Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a violation of its territorial integrity and of the Charter of the United Nations,” he told the Ambassadors.     “It must end for the sake of the people of Ukraine, Russia, and the entire world…the…

7.7 million people displaced inside Ukraine, warns UN relief chief, as aid conference raises .5 billion — Global Issues

7.7 million people displaced inside Ukraine, warns UN relief chief, as aid conference raises $6.5 billion — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Mr. Griffiths was addressing the International Donor Conference for Ukraine in Warsaw. Co-hosted by Poland and Sweden, in cooperation with the Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council. The conference raised a reported $6.5 billion. According to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, more than 5.7 million people have…

Essential aid reaches Tigray region, but more still needed — Global Issues

Essential aid reaches Tigray region, but more still needed — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The 27 trucks delivered nearly 1,000 metric tonnes of food and other essential items to the city of Mekelle, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York.  This was the fourth humanitarian convoy to reach Tigray since the transportation of aid resumed at the beginning of April, following more…

Collective bargaining in the workplace, essential for global recovery: ILO — Global Issues

Collective bargaining in the workplace, essential for global recovery: ILO — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

After two years of COVID-19 lockdowns and amid increasing pressures on the classic “9 to five” business model – from zero-hours contracts to telework – ILO Director-General Guy Ryder insisted on Thursday that voluntary negotiations known as collective bargaining had proved their worth. “Workers want to keep their heads above the water,…

Collective bargaining in the workplace, essential for global recovery: ILO — Global Issues

Reports reveal women are stepping up, impact on education — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The study by UN Women and the international humanitarian organization CARE, is based on surveys and interviews with people in 19 regions in Ukraine, conducted between 2 and 6 April.  After more than two months of war in #Ukraine, women & minorities are facing immense hardship when it comes to…

Collective bargaining in the workplace, essential for global recovery: ILO — Global Issues

UN meets to help reverse ‘precipitous drop’ in tourism — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The COVID-19 pandemic ground the entire tourism sector to a halt, dealing a “devastating blow to the global economy,” he told the first-ever High-Level Thematic Debate on Sustainable Tourism. “In 2019, prior to the pandemic, tourism contributed $3.5 trillion to global GDP. The precipitous drop during the pandemic is estimated…

Collective bargaining in the workplace, essential for global recovery: ILO — Global Issues

New plan to accelerate clean energy access for millions globally — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The UN-Energy Plan of Action Towards 2025 delivers on commitments made at a high-level meeting in September that laid out a global roadmap for energy access and transition by the end of the decade, while also contributing to net zero emissions by 2050.    The UN-Energy partnership brings together some…

Collective bargaining in the workplace, essential for global recovery: ILO — Global Issues

Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Despite weekly fatalities being at their lowest since March 2020, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists at the weekly briefing in Geneva that “these trends, while welcome, don’t tell the full story.” More sub-variants The South African scientists who identified Omicron late last year have now reported two more…