Gender Sensitivity Key to Achieving Climate Justice — Global Issues

Gender Sensitivity Key to Achieving Climate Justice — Global Issues

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Women attend an event on solutions for implementing gender-responsive climate action at the United Nations in 2019. Credit: UN Women/Ryan Brown. by Juliet Morrison (toronto) Friday, May 27, 2022 Inter Press Service Toronto, May 27 (IPS) – While the climate crisis affects virtually every aspect of life, its impacts are not…

Resolve the conflict, don’t just manage it, top envoy tells Israelis, Palestinians — Global Issues

Resolve the conflict, don’t just manage it, top envoy tells Israelis, Palestinians — Global Issues

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“There are tangible, ongoing arrangements that can be regularized and expanded immediately – if there is political will,” said Tor Wennesland, adding that he is actively engaged with Israelis, Palestinians, regional States and the broader international community, to forge a return to the negotiating path that will end the occupation and…

‘Protracted political impasse’ further polarizing Libya — Global Issues

‘Protracted political impasse’ further polarizing Libya — Global Issues

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“We are concerned that the protracted political impasse is having an increasingly negative impact on security,” said Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo. “A coordinated and constructive effort is required to prevent further polarization and end the political stalemate.” Commendable progress Last week, UN Special Advisor Stephanie Williams…

Peacekeepers’ Day ceremony honours service and sacrifice of UN blue helmets — Global Issues

Peacekeepers’ Day ceremony honours service and sacrifice of UN blue helmets — Global Issues

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Secretary-General António Guterres began the commemoration by laying a wreath at the Peacekeepers Memorial at UN Headquarters, in homage of the more than 4,200 blue helmets who have sacrificed their lives over the past seven decades.  ‘Forever in our hearts’  He also honoured the 117 peacekeepers who died last year. …

African nations leading the way on ‘food systems transformation’: Guterres — Global Issues

African nations leading the way on ‘food systems transformation’: Guterres — Global Issues

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António Guterres was addressing the start of a high-level policy dialogue at UN Headquarters in New York, part of the Africa Dialogue Series 2022, convened to strengthen resilience in food supplies across the continent, at a time when “decades of progress on hunger are being reversed.”  Deep connections  He said…

All Africa Student Leader says Political Will, Collective Action, Education and Social Packages Can End Child Labour — Global Issues

All Africa Student Leader says Political Will, Collective Action, Education and Social Packages Can End Child Labour — Global Issues

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Samuel Sasu Adonteng’s voice was one of many young voices heard during the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour. He believes the inclusion of the youth means there are better chances that the campaign to end the scourge will succeed. Credit: Fawzia Moodley/IPS by Fawzia Moodley (durban) Thursday,…

‘Grim reality’ of war’s deadly toll on civilians laid bare in Security Council — Global Issues

‘Grim reality’ of war’s deadly toll on civilians laid bare in Security Council — Global Issues

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Updating the ambassadors on the latest UN report on protecting civilians in armed conflict, Ramesh Rajasingham, Director of the Coordination Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that hostilities in densely populated areas, “sharply” increased the risks of death and injury for civilians. “When explosive…

Cultural destruction in Ukraine by Russian forces will reverberate for years, UN rights expert warns — Global Issues

Cultural destruction in Ukraine by Russian forces will reverberate for years, UN rights expert warns — Global Issues

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“As in other conflicts, we currently witness the unfolding of suffering in Ukraine that does not seem to end and we cannot stop,” said Alexandra Xanthaki, Special Rapporteur on cultural rights. “The questioning and denial of the Ukrainian identity and history as a justification for war, is a violation of…