Gaza buckles under fuel shortage, healthcare in crisis — Global Issues

Gaza buckles under fuel shortage, healthcare in crisis — Global Issues

Doctors have been performing surgeries without anaesthesia or other basic surgical supplies, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said in an update, noting that fuel has become the “most vital commodity” in Gaza. Without it, “trucks can’t move and generators can’t produce electricity for hospitals, bakeries and water desalination plants,”…

Security Council meets on Israel-Palestine as Gaza crisis deepens — Global Issues

Security Council meets on Israel-Palestine as Gaza crisis deepens — Global Issues

LIVE DEVELOPMENTS: State of Palestine 10:45: Riyad al-Maliki, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine, stated that the Security Council and the international community has a duty and an obligation to save lives. “Continued failure at this [Security] Council is inexcusable,” he stressed. He emphasized that only “international…

A Step Forward for Indigenous Peoples Rights — Global Issues

A Step Forward for Indigenous Peoples Rights — Global Issues

Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 24 (IPS) – Brazil’s Supreme Court has delivered a long-awaited ruling upholding Brazilian Indigenous peoples’ claims to their traditional land. It did so by rejecting the ‘Temporal Framework’ principle, which only allowed for the…

Migration Puts the Brakes on Venezuela’s Vehicles — Global Issues

Migration Puts the Brakes on Venezuela’s Vehicles — Global Issues

On residential streets of Caracas with little traffic it is possible to see cars that have been abandoned by their owners for years. They probably migrated from Venezuela or cannot afford to repair and sell their vehicles. CREDIT: Humberto Márquez / IPS by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Monday, October 23, 2023 Inter…

A Step Forward for Indigenous Peoples Rights — Global Issues

Gaza death toll passes 5,000 with no ceasefire in sight — Global Issues

Echoing that message, UN health agency (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a new appeal on Monday for “sustained safe passage” for medical essentials and fuel to keep health facilities open. “Lives depend on these decisions,” he insisted on social platform X. Latest media reports citing the Gaza Ministry of…

UN envoy upholds critical role of elections amid rising gang violence — Global Issues

UN envoy upholds critical role of elections amid rising gang violence — Global Issues

“Elections are the only path and the only imperative to restore democratic institutions in Haiti. Only democracy and the rule of law can form the basis from which Haiti can progress towards development and growth,” she said. The envoy, who also heads the UN Office in Haiti, BINUH, underlined the…

Femicide ‘pandemic’, war crimes appeal to Israeli lawyers, Syria child detainees — Global Issues

Femicide ‘pandemic’, war crimes appeal to Israeli lawyers, Syria child detainees — Global Issues

That’s the message from the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, who said on Monday that perpetrators are mostly, but not exclusively, partners or ex-partners, and often escape accountability “due to a lack of proper investigation”. A 2022 report from the UN Office on Drugs…

A Step Forward for Indigenous Peoples Rights — Global Issues

Human right to food needs ‘massive investment’: Guterres — Global Issues

Addressing the UN-backed body meeting in Rome on Monday, António Guterres underscored that the session was taking place “at a moment of crisis for global food security” and provided some sobering statistics. “Last year, 735 million people went hungry. More than 3 billion cannot afford a healthy diet,” said the…