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From The Field: 'Bioprospecting'; Cambodia’s Sustainable Gold Rush
Sunday, 10 July 2022, 5:39 am | UN News
Prospecting used to be about digging up gold and other minerals. Today “bioprospecting” is allowing countries to use the natural riches at their disposal, for the production of pharmaceuticals, and other commercially viable products. Cambodia, which has a ... More >>
All Rural Workers Deserve Social Protection Coverage: New ILO Report
Friday, 8 July 2022, 7:24 pm | UN News
Social protection for rural workers “remains a dream”, according to a report launched in Geneva on Thursday by the Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV), part of the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO). This is of particular concern ... More >>
Convergence Of Conflicts, COVID And Climate Crises, Jeopardize Global Goals
Friday, 8 July 2022, 3:54 pm | UN News
Intersecting global crises are threatening the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and impacting food supplies, health, education, and security across countries worldwide, according to a new UN report released on Thursday. The Sustainable Development ... More >>
Greater Democratic Rule Vital To Boost Security In West Africa And The Sahel
Friday, 8 July 2022, 3:53 pm | UN News
Democratic and responsible governance is needed to counter ongoing insecurity in West Africa and the Sahel, the UN Special Representative for the subregion told the Security Council on Thursday. Khatir Mahamat Saleh Annadif was presenting the latest ... More >>
Ukraine Struggling Now, But Winter Will Be Even Worse: UNHCR Chief
Friday, 8 July 2022, 6:56 am | UN News
While the Russian military advance in eastern Ukraine continues to escalate, the UN refugee agency, UNCHR , on Thursday warned that the winter months are very likely to be extremely harsh on millions of people affected by the war. Since the Russian ... More >>
Sri Lanka's Misery Should Be Warning To Us All On Global Food, Fuel And Finance Crisis: UNDP
Friday, 8 July 2022, 6:55 am | UN News
Countries already under pressure from the economic fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic, risk seeing the same economic turmoil and human misery as Sri Lanka, with the war in Ukraine dragging on, unless the international community agrees to radical financial ... More >>
Mali Improvised Bomb Claims Lives Of Two Egyptian Peacekeepers
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 7:09 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday echoed strong condemnation from the Security Council and elsewhere, of the killing of two more UN peacekeepers in northern Mali. The blue helmets – who were serving with the UN Stabilization Mission ... More >>
‘World Is Failing Adolescent Girls’ Warns UNFPA Chief
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 7:16 am | UN News
Report Shows Third Of Women In Developing Countries Give Birth In Teen Years Nearly a third of all women in developing countries, start having children at the age of 19 or younger, and nearly half of first births to adolescents, are to children or ... More >>
UN Needs $68.4 Million To Help Central African Republic Where 2.2 Million Are Acutely Food Insecure
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 7:14 am | UN News
A sharp increase in essential goods in the Central African Republic ( CAR ) linked to war in Ukraine will likely have a devastating impact on the already dire humanitarian situation there in coming weeks, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. ... More >>
2030 Development Agenda ‘Fails’ On Racial Equality And Non-discrimination
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 7:13 am | UN News
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are characterized by a “shallow commitment” to racial justice and equality, an independent UN-appointed rights expert told the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday, ... More >>
More Than 70 Grave Violations Against Children Caught Up In War, Being Recorded Daily: UNICEF
Thursday, 30 June 2022, 7:13 am | UN News
A “staggering” average of 71 verified grave violations a day, are committed against children by parties to conflict in more than 30 settings across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. This is one of the key findings of a new report ... More >>
A Visionary ‘Blue Transformation’ Strategy To Enhance Underwater Food Systems
Thursday, 30 June 2022, 7:11 am | UN News
Record levels of fisheries and aquaculture production are making a critical contribution to global food security, the UN Ocean Conference under way in Lisbon, Portugal, heard on Wednesday. The Conference’s third day, spotlighting the state of the global ... More >>
Internet Shutdowns Impact Human Rights, Economy, And Day To Day Life
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 7:14 pm | UN News
The dramatic real-life effects of shutdowns of the internet on people’s lives and human rights are vastly underestimated, the UN human rights office warns in a report released on Thursday. When major communication channels and networks are slowed ... More >>
Middle East: Mounting Violence Leaving ‘Scores Of Palestinian And Israeli Casualties’
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 7:11 pm | UN News
“High level” violence has resulted in “scores of Palestinian and Israeli casualties”, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council on Monday. Speaking via video conference from Jerusalem, Tor Wennesland, expressed ... More >>
Put Women’s Rights ‘Front And Centre’ Of Climate Policies: Bachelet
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 7:09 pm | UN News
Although climate change threatens everyone, women and girls often suffer its harshest and most violent consequences, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday. “While I welcome the international attention on climate change’s impact on women ... More >>
Tackling Marine Pollution: Individual Action, Key To Ocean Restoration
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 7:05 pm | UN News
On Monday, thousands of people gathered at Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal, for the first day of the long-awaited UN Ocean Conference. Riding on the global momentum generated by the event, experts are pushing for a new international commitment to ... More >>
Guterres Outlines Four Recommendations To Help Us All ‘Save Our Ocean’
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 7:02 pm | UN News
At the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to commit and unite around the protection and preservation of our seas. Speaking at the high-level opening of the Conference, Mr. Guterres outlined ... More >>
Life-saving Relief Continues To Reach Quake-hit Eastern Afghanistan
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 7:00 pm | UN News
Emergency lifesaving aid relief continued to flow into quake-hit eastern Afghanistan on Friday, as UN humanitarians and partners rushed to help the most vulnerable communities. One of the UN teams on the ground, the refugee agency UNHCR , transported tons of ... More >>
Ukraine: Dozens Dead And Injured As UN Condemns ‘utterly Deplorable’ Shopping Centre Attack
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 7:17 am | UN News
At least ten people have reportedly been killed by what Ukrainian authorities have said was a Russian missile strike on a crowded shopping centre, and attack which the UN condemned on Monday as “utterly deplorable”. At least ten people have ... More >>
Abu Akleh Shooting: Fatal Shot Came From Israeli Forces, Says OHCHR
Monday, 27 June 2022, 7:52 pm | UN News
Israeli forces were behind the fatal shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the West Bank - not indiscriminate Palestinian firing - the UN human rights office, OHCHR, alleged on Friday. Ms. Akleh – an experienced television journalist ... More >>
