190 million children at risk from water-related crises: UNICEF — Global Issues

190 million children at risk from water-related crises: UNICEF — Global Issues

The study, released on Monday ahead of the historic UN Water Conference, reviewed household access to WASH services, the burden of WASH-attributable deaths among children under five, and exposure to climate and environmental hazards, revealing where children face the biggest threat, and where investment in solutions is desperately needed to…

5 Things You Should Know About the UN 2023 Water Conference — Global Issues

5 Things You Should Know About the UN 2023 Water Conference — Global Issues

Water is at the core of sustainable development. It supports all aspects of life on Earth, and access to safe and clean water is a basic human right. However, decades of mismanagement and misuse have intensified water stress, threatening the many aspects of life that depend on this crucial resource….

Flagship UN gender event closes with ‘blueprint’ for greater role of women in tech — Global Issues

Flagship UN gender event closes with ‘blueprint’ for greater role of women in tech — Global Issues

The priority theme for this year’s CSW, an annual, two-week long event which has been advancing rights for women since 1946, was the ongoing discrimination, abuse, and misogyny women face in the virtual world. The aim was to advance progress towards levelling the digital playing field, and to address persistent…

Black Sea Grain Initiative extended on deadline day — Global Issues

Black Sea Grain Initiative extended on deadline day — Global Issues

The announcement was made in a Note to Correspondents, released by the UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson’s office on Saturday, which emphasized that the Initiative allows for the “facilitation of the safe navigation for the exports of grain and related foodstuffs and fertilizers, including ammonia, from designated Ukrainian seaports.” Following the invasion…

Don’t give up on Haiti, plead senior UN aid officials — Global Issues

Don’t give up on Haiti, plead senior UN aid officials — Global Issues

The call comes amid reports that the situation in Haiti is deteriorating by the day, with citizens facing spiralling violence, human rights, and food emergencies, as well as a cholera epidemic. The influence of armed gangs is growing exponentially in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and beyond, reaching the Department of Artibonite,…

Starting from zero – Gambian returning migrant counts cost of attempted Europe crossing — Global Issues

Starting from zero – Gambian returning migrant counts cost of attempted Europe crossing — Global Issues

“I’m from Jarra, a rural area in the Lower River Region of The Gambia, in the middle of the country. I moved to the capital, Banjul, when I was 15, to live with my brother and go to high school. I didn’t graduate, though, because we couldn’t afford the fees….

UN chief strongly condemns ballistic missile launch — Global Issues

UN chief strongly condemns ballistic missile launch — Global Issues

Strongly condemning DPRK’s Thursday launch of an intercontinental-range missile, UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his calls on Pyongyang to immediately desist from taking any further destabilizing actions. News reports said the missile was fired just hours before the start of a Japan-Republic of Korean summit in Tokyo, on regional security…

Burundi announces first polio outbreak in more than 30 years — Global Issues

Burundi announces first polio outbreak in more than 30 years — Global Issues

Heath authorities said there was a confirmed case in an unvaccinated four-year-old child in Isale district, in western Burundi, as well as two other children with whom he had been in contact “Additionally, five samples from environmental surveillance of wastewater confirmed the presence of the circulating poliovirus type 2”, said…

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Putin — Global Issues

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Putin — Global Issues

“The contents of the warrants are secret to protect the victims,” said ICC President Piotr Hofmański. “Nevertheless, the judges decided to make the existence of the warrants public, in the interest of justice and to prevent future crimes.” The ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II also issued a warrant for the arrest…

Extension of grain export deals vital to global food security — Global Issues

Extension of grain export deals vital to global food security — Global Issues

Martin Griffths, the UN Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefed ambassadors on the eve of the expiration of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which has allowed nearly 25 million metric tonnes of foodstuff from Ukraine to reach global markets.  The accord was signed in Türkiye in July 2022, in…