5 things you need to know the world’s least developed countries — Global Issues

Tatmadaw army’s ‘scorched earth’ policy in spotlight — Global Issues

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“Continuous” violence, including the killing, arbitrary arrest, torture and enforced disappearance of opponents in Myanmar between 1 February 2022 and 31 January 2023, have left the country’s people desperate for outside help, OHCHR’s James Rodehaver said, unveiling the Office’s latest report on the crisis. “Despite all the challenges that they…

5 things you need to know the world’s least developed countries — Global Issues

To save a million species, World Wildlife Day underscores crucial role of partnerships — Global Issues

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“One million species teeter on the brink of extinction, due to habitat destruction, fossil fuel pollution and the worsening climate crisis. We must end this war on nature,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned in his message for the Day.  The scores of species of fauna and flora under threat from…

5 things you need to know the world’s least developed countries — Global Issues

Guterres stresses UN commitment to Iraq during first visit in 6 years — Global Issues

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“I am here in a visit of solidarity to underscore the commitment of the United Nations to support Iraq in the consolidation of its democratic institutions and advancing peace, sustainable development and human rights for all Iraqis,” Mr. Guterres told journalists in Baghdad, after touching down late on Tuesday. After “decades of oppression, war, terrorism,…

First-ever World Seagrass Day focuses on conservation — Global Issues

First-ever World Seagrass Day focuses on conservation — Global Issues

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Seagrasses are marine flowering plants that are found in shallow waters from the tropics to the Arctic Circle, covering over 300,000 square kilometres of the ocean floor. Although not as colourful as coral reefs, or mysterious as mangrove forests, they provide a wealth of benefits to humans and marine life….

In Niger, UN deputy chief highlights power of partnership to forge schools for the future — Global Issues

In Niger, UN deputy chief highlights power of partnership to forge schools for the future — Global Issues

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Amina Mohammed was visiting the École Pays-Bas, in a suburb of the capital Niamey, which less than two years ago, burned to the ground, after the straw it was made from caught fire, amid searing temperatures and a suspected electrical wiring fault. A total of 21 children died in the…

5 things you need to know the world’s least developed countries — Global Issues

Right to development can save world from ‘destructive spiral’: Türk — Global Issues

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Adding her voice to the High Commissioner’s call for action, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned in a video message that the right to development has “yet to be realized by billions of people” who were “hurting (while) the planet is burning. The world cannot wait.” Marking the 35th anniversary of…

5 things you need to know the world’s least developed countries — Global Issues

WHO chief underscores need for ‘peace for health’ in landmark visit to northwest Syria — Global Issues

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“I have rarely been so disturbed and heartbroken,” saidWHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking later at a media briefing.  “The earthquake that struck more than three weeks ago adds unimaginable suffering to people who have already suffered so much over 12 years of war, economic collapse, the COVID-19 pandemic and…