How the UN in Samoa is Responding to the Triple Planetary Crisis — Global Issues

How the UN in Samoa is Responding to the Triple Planetary Crisis — Global Issues

Only 55 percent of people across the Pacific Islands have access to basic drinking water and just 30 percent have sanitation services – the lowest rate in the world. Photo Credit: UN Samoa Opinion by Simona Marinescu (apia, samoa) Friday, April 14, 2023 Inter Press Service APIA, Samoa, Apr 14 (IPS)…

International Human Rights Law As a Tool To Stop Rising Homophobia in Africa — Global Issues

International Human Rights Law As a Tool To Stop Rising Homophobia in Africa — Global Issues

Currently, there are four African countries that operate capital punishment for being gay. These are Mauritania, Niger, Somalia and South Sudan. Credit: Dai Kurokawa/EPA Opinion by Stephanie Musho (nairobi) Friday, April 14, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Apr 14 (IPS) – Imagine your government enacted a law where you and all…

Vulnerable Countries Need Action on Loss and Damage Today and Not at COPs To Come — Global Issues

Vulnerable Countries Need Action on Loss and Damage Today and Not at COPs To Come — Global Issues

There is an urgency for the loss and damage fund to become a reality as many developing countries are impacted due to climate change. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Friday, April 14, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Apr 14 (IPS) – In March 2023, more than 600 people died…

aid for displaced desperately needed to avoid hunger — Global Issues

aid for displaced desperately needed to avoid hunger — Global Issues

Speaking from Ndjamena, Pierre Honnorat, director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Chad, said that as the country moves into the lean season in-between harvests, food assistance could grind to a complete halt. “Chad is surrounded by countries with crises and hosting some 600,000 refugees from Sudan, Niger,…

aid for displaced desperately needed to avoid hunger — Global Issues

UN envoy welcomes mass prisoner release, urges push for political solution to war — Global Issues

“Nearly 900 conflict-related detainees are being released by the parties in Yemen starting today, Friday, and over the course of three days,” the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen said in a statement. “This release operation comes at a time of hope for Yemen as a…

aid for displaced desperately needed to avoid hunger — Global Issues

$720 million plan to support millions facing gangs, hunger and cholera — Global Issues

The 2023 funding appeal is the largest for the Caribbean country since the devastating 2010 earthquake and more than double the amount requested last year. The UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) said the number of Haitians who require aid to survive doubled over the past five years to 5.2 million,…

Conflict in NE Nigeria still affects children 9 years after Chibok girls ‘nightmare’: UNICEF — Global Issues

Conflict in NE Nigeria still affects children 9 years after Chibok girls ‘nightmare’: UNICEF — Global Issues

Meanwhile, thousands more girls and boys have been subjected to grave violations amid ongoing conflict in the region, UNICEF added, underscoring the need to protect children in Nigeria. As recently as 7 April, some 80 children were abducted by militants in the Tsafe Local Government Area in Zamfara state, the…

Religious leaders join UN in praying for peace – ‘our most precious goal’ — Global Issues

Religious leaders join UN in praying for peace – ‘our most precious goal’ — Global Issues

UN Secretary-General António Guterres noted that the gathering was taking place at a unique moment: on the last Friday of Ramadan, as Christians celebrate Easter, Jews mark the end of Passover, and Sikhs enjoy the festival of Vaisakhi. “Even the calendar is sending a message of unity,” he remarked. “Today,…

New UNESCO report reveals  billion barrier to reaching education targets — Global Issues

New UNESCO report reveals $97 billion barrier to reaching education targets — Global Issues

The paperCan countries afford their national SDG4 benchmarks? by the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was written as input for the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It focused on Goal 4 of the 2030…