Gaza conflict could spark rise in poverty, UN agencies warn — Global Issues

Gaza conflict could spark rise in poverty, UN agencies warn — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The assessment by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) looks at preliminary socio-economic impacts, warning that poverty could spike while Gross Domestic Product (GDP) could plummet by 8.4 per cent, which translates into a loss of $1.7 billion. Lamenting the loss…

Recognizing Food & Land-Use Systems as Contributors to Climate Change — Global Issues

Recognizing Food & Land-Use Systems as Contributors to Climate Change — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Credit: UNICEF/Safidy Andriananten Opinion by Vibha Dhawan (new delhi, india) Friday, November 10, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, India, Nov 10 (IPS) – For a long time, the agriculture sector has been heralded as a success story for India. Spurred by the Green Revolution, it provided a path-breaking solution to…

Healthcare Crisis Follows Deadly Earthquake in Nepal — Global Issues

Healthcare Crisis Follows Deadly Earthquake in Nepal — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Earthquake-affected families in Chamakhet village, Jajarkot, are staying in temporary shelters. Credit: Barsha Shah/IPS by Tanka Dhakal (kathmandu) Friday, November 10, 2023 Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Nov 10 (IPS) – Emergency health services are grappling with the enormous challenge of providing essential care to individuals affected by a deadly earthquake that…

A Nuclear North Korea Presents Opportunity for Global Leadership in a Complicated World

A Nuclear North Korea Presents Opportunity for Global Leadership in a Complicated World

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OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — This is the twentieth anniversary of the Six Party Talks, established in 2003, to resolve the nuclear issue with North Korea.  It’s an auspicious time for China, the host of the Talks, to put aside tension with the U.S. and encourage North Korea to return…

Gaza conflict could spark rise in poverty, UN agencies warn — Global Issues

Silence the guns, UN relief chief tells Paris forum — Global Issues

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Echoing his remarks with French President Emmanuel Macron looking on, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, stressed the “heart-breaking” plight of children in the territory, whom he saw last week “pleading for a piece of bread and a sip of water”. Mass displacement has…

Gaza conflict could spark rise in poverty, UN agencies warn — Global Issues

$20 million appeal to support Palestine labour market — Global Issues

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The funding appeal – launched on Thursday in Geneva – will be used to implement a three-phase programme to provide immediate relief and support longer-term job and business recovery, as well as social protection. “The hostilities have resulted in – and continue to cause – both a tragic loss of…

Gaza conflict could spark rise in poverty, UN agencies warn — Global Issues

‘Outrage’ over Black Sea attack, funding pledge to alleviate El Niño, breast cancer alert — Global Issues

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Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown said in a statement that Wednesday’s attack came on the heels of a series of assaults that killed and inured civilians, destroyed grain supplies and damaged the historic Fine Arts Museum in the Ukrainian port city. “I share my condolences with the family of the killed…