UN chief reinforces call for multilateral reform, outlines next steps — Global Issues

UN chief reinforces call for multilateral reform, outlines next steps — Global Issues

Other key priorities to emerge were the state of the environment and ensuring responsible use of new technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Secretary-General António Guterres added. Against this backdrop, the UN’s visionary Our Common Agenda presents proposals and ideas that can bridge the gap, “between the world as it…

UN chief reinforces call for multilateral reform, outlines next steps — Global Issues

Looming hunger emergency for South Sudanese families fleeing war — Global Issues

Nearly 300,000 people have arrived in South Sudan since the conflict began across the border in mid-April, most of whom are returnees. Among them, one in five children is malnourished and 90 per cent of families are experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity. Screening data from the border crossing also…

UN chief reinforces call for multilateral reform, outlines next steps — Global Issues

Atrocity crimes still being committed in Ethiopia, UN experts warn — Global Issues

The International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia said it was vital independent investigators continue to review the country’s dire human rights situation.” “We are gravely concerned about the situation in Ethiopia and the potential for future atrocities,” said Mohamed Chande Othman, Chairperson of the Commission. Risk factors remain…

UN chief reinforces call for multilateral reform, outlines next steps — Global Issues

Guterres welcomes decision to deploy multinational mission — Global Issues

Stéphane Dujarric was speaking a day after the Security Council voted to send the non-UN mission to the Caribbean country, where armed groups have taken control of large areas of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and terrorized civilians for more than a year. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the development,…

World Habitat Day focuses on cities as drivers of growth — Global Issues

World Habitat Day focuses on cities as drivers of growth — Global Issues

Global economic growth is declining to about 2.5 per cent this year, the UN said. Apart from the initial COVID-19 crisis three years ago, and the global financial crisis in 2009, this represents the weakest level since 2001. Given the size of the contribution of cities to national economies, the…

UN Karabakh mission told ‘sudden’ exodus means as few as 50 ethnic Armenians may remain — Global Issues

UN Karabakh mission told ‘sudden’ exodus means as few as 50 ethnic Armenians may remain — Global Issues

In a statement issued following Sunday’s mission led by the UN’s Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan, together with other senior agency officials, they heard and saw for themselves that in the city of Khankendi at least, there were no signs of damage to public buildings. “The mission was struck by the…

WHO approves second malaria vaccine for children — Global Issues

WHO approves second malaria vaccine for children — Global Issues

The R21/Matrix-M vaccine, developed by Britain’s Oxford University, can be used to curb the life-threatening illness spread to humans by mosquitoes, the WHO said, stating that “both vaccines are shown to be safe and effective in preventing malaria in children and, when implemented broadly, are expected to have high public…

New agreement promotes drug-free sport, supports public health — Global Issues

New agreement promotes drug-free sport, supports public health — Global Issues

The memorandum of understanding (MOU) allows experts from both international organizations to collaborate and share information on issues where anti-doping and public health intersect. It provides a framework to further goals on health promotion, the prevention of substance abuse and emerging drugs – and for encouraging clean and fair competition….

‘Competing’ efforts to rebuild Derna, Myanmar mines threat, schools shut in Burkina Faso — Global Issues

‘Competing’ efforts to rebuild Derna, Myanmar mines threat, schools shut in Burkina Faso — Global Issues

Abdoulaye Bathily, who is also UN Special Representative, said that plans floated by different institutions and leaders for reconstruction, run the risk of deepening the existing rift between the internationally recognized Government and rival administration in the east. He added that rebuilding could be impeded without an agreed plan going…