Environmental champion hails rivers as ‘arteries of our planet’ — Global Issues

Environmental champion hails rivers as ‘arteries of our planet’ — Global Issues

The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) official Patron of the Oceans, Mr. Pugh explained that he’d undertaken the marathon swim ending at the tip of Manhattan, to emphasise the urgent need to protect the world’s waterways ahead of the UN’s landmark High Seas Treaty and Climate Ambition Summit next week. Sporting…

Environmental champion hails rivers as ‘arteries of our planet’ — Global Issues

‘Peace begins with you’, youth activist tells UN forum — Global Issues

Achieving peace is neither automatic nor a vision, Mr. Guterres said in a video message to a special event on youth for peace. “Peace is the result of action. Let us commit to build, drive and sustain peace for all,” he emphasized. The event showcased the actions and commitments of…

Environmental champion hails rivers as ‘arteries of our planet’ — Global Issues

UN launches flash appeal to aid 250,000 Libyans hit by devastating floods — Global Issues

Disaster struck on Sunday when torrential rains from Storm Daniel led two dams close to the now devastated port city of Derna to burst, pushing entire neighbourhoods into the sea. “The situation is quite terrible as you can imagine”, UN Children’s Fund UNICEF’s Libya Representative, Michele Servadei, told UN News….

UN humanitarian chief in Ukraine condemns ‘brutal and relentless’ pattern of port attacks — Global Issues

UN humanitarian chief in Ukraine condemns ‘brutal and relentless’ pattern of port attacks — Global Issues

“There has been almost one attack every other day hitting vital port and grain facilities in Ukraine,” said Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown, in a statement on Wednesday. Assault on grain exports A Russian drone attack early on Wednesday damaged infrastructure at Ukrainian grain-exporting facilities on the Danube River….

UN providing aid as disaster response team deploys — Global Issues

UN providing aid as disaster response team deploys — Global Issues

More than 5,000 people have reportedly died, many of them residents of Derna, which was struck by a torrent of water from two dams which burst, sweeping away whole neighbourhoods of the port city. “Search and rescue operations are actively underway, led by national agencies, military, the Libyan Red Crescent…

Environmental champion hails rivers as ‘arteries of our planet’ — Global Issues

UN ‘will never stay neutral’ amid war and human rights abuses — Global Issues

But he stressed the UN “will never stay neutral” when it comes to demanding accountability for war crimes and other human rights abuses. Final briefing Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, was addressing the Security Council for the final time. He announced he will step down from…

Environmental champion hails rivers as ‘arteries of our planet’ — Global Issues

UN marks International Day to Protect Education with call to action — Global Issues

Growing concern over safety and security prompted UN Secretary-General António Guterres to address the global phenomenon on Wednesday – during his remarks at an event commemorating the International Day to Protect Education from Attack. “Children’s education is being snatched away by threats, violence and attacks.” Mr. Guterres said, during his…

Environmental champion hails rivers as ‘arteries of our planet’ — Global Issues

24 million more people could face emergency levels of hunger this year: WFP — Global Issues

With a funding gap of over 60 per cent, WFP’s chief economist Arif Husain said the organization had “never seen this type of shortfall” in its 60-year history. As contributions decline but needs rise, the UN agency said “massive reductions” have already been implemented in almost half of its operations….

Environmental champion hails rivers as ‘arteries of our planet’ — Global Issues

US-Mexico border, ‘world’s deadliest’ overland migration route: IOM — Global Issues

Nearly half of the deaths on the border were linked to the hazardous crossing of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts. “These alarming figures are a stark reminder of the need for decisive action by States,” said Michele Klein Solomon, IOM’s Regional Director for Central and North America and the Caribbean….

Environmental champion hails rivers as ‘arteries of our planet’ — Global Issues

Human rights ‘in a state of collapse’, warns Türk — Global Issues

“Human rights in Afghanistan are in a state of collapse,” he told the Human Rights Council, before sounding the alarm over ongoing reports of extrajudicial killings, torture and ill-treatment and arbitrary arrests and detentions, as well as serious violations against former Government officials, as documented in a new human rights…