UN sounds alarm over worsening gang violence across Port-au-Prince — Global Issues

UN sounds alarm over worsening gang violence across Port-au-Prince — Global Issues

The alert comes just hours after UN humanitarians said they were ready to provide all the assistance they could to communities caught in the crossfire of gang violence, once they can gain safe access to those impacted. A recent upsurge in fighting between rival gangs in the Cité Soleil neighbourhood of the capital,…

UN sounds alarm over worsening gang violence across Port-au-Prince — Global Issues

A safe space for Venezuela’s indigenous women — Global Issues

Venezuela has suffered a widespread decline in public services, such as electricity, domestic gas supplies, and public transportation in recent years. This crisis has driven some members of the indigenous communities on Venezuela’s western border with Colombia, including Río Negro, to make frequent border crossings to purchase basic goods, including…

UN sounds alarm over worsening gang violence across Port-au-Prince — Global Issues

Key UN forum closes with ‘enthusiasm, passion and high-energy’ to reach the SDGs — Global Issues

“We have advanced the substantive programme of the [Economic and Social] Council (ECOSOC) and initiated concrete foundational action to implement the decisions of the General Assembly” in resolutions on strengthening the HLPF and ECOSOC, said the body’s president, Collen Kelapile. Urgency and ambition Although the COVID pandemic continues, “we are…

UN sounds alarm over worsening gang violence across Port-au-Prince — Global Issues

Ensure peaceful and constitutional transfer of power in Sri Lanka, urges UN Resident Coordinator — Global Issues

In a statement issued on Friday on behalf of the UN in Sri Lanka, Resident Coordinator Hanaa Singer, said that it was “imperative that the transition of power is accompanied by broad and inclusive consultation within and outside Parliament.” According to news reports, Mr. Rajapaksa offered his resignation after fleeing the country and arriving…

South Africa ‘on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence’, UN experts warn — Global Issues

South Africa ‘on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence’, UN experts warn — Global Issues

In a statement released on Friday, the rights experts cited “Operation Dudula” as an example of hate speech. Originally a social media campaign, Operation Dudula has become an umbrella for the mobilization of violent protests, vigilante violence, arson targeting migrant-owned homes and businesses, and even the murder of foreign nationals….

Champion young people as ‘drivers of change’, UN chief urges — Global Issues

Champion young people as ‘drivers of change’, UN chief urges — Global Issues

From climate change to conflicts to persistent poverty, young people are “disproportionately impacted by interlinked global crises,” his Youth Envoy, Jayathma Wickramanayake, told a commemorative event in New York, speaking on behalf of the UN chief. “Today, we highlight the importance of transforming youth skills for the future of work,”…

COVID-19 fuels slowest rate of childhood vaccination in three decades, leaving millions at risk — Global Issues

COVID-19 fuels slowest rate of childhood vaccination in three decades, leaving millions at risk — Global Issues

The figures released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund UNICEF, show the percentage of children who received three doses of the vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP3) – a marker for immunization coverage within and across countries – fell five points between 2019 and 2021,…

Top rights expert welcomes Swedish verdict in mass executions case — Global Issues

Top rights expert welcomes Swedish verdict in mass executions case — Global Issues

The development came after Hamid Nouri – a former Iranian prosecutor and prison officer – was arrested at a Stockholm airport in 2019. He was later charged with war crimes and the mass murder of detainees in Iran in 1988, in line with an order issued by the then Supreme Leader…

UN sounds alarm over worsening gang violence across Port-au-Prince — Global Issues

Guterres condemns deadly missile attack on Vinnytsia; more than 20 killed — Global Issues

Cruise missiles fired from a Russian submarine in the Black Sea struck civilian areas of the city, including an office block and residential buildings, according to media reports, citing Ukrainian authorities.  Dozens of civilians have been killed in Ukraine over the last 24 hours. Multiplying attacks against civilian infrastructure are…

UN sounds alarm over worsening gang violence across Port-au-Prince — Global Issues

New UN resilience project paves ‘pathway to peace and sustainable development’ — Global Issues

The Resilience and Social Cohesion project, launched by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme (WFP), will enhance peace, increase livelihood opportunities, and provide education, health, nutrition, child protection, and sanitation support to vulnerable populations in Borno and Yobe states. “This is a pathway to peace and sustainable…