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Sudan: UN rights chief calls for a return to talks, amid fragile ceasefire

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: UN rights chief calls for a return to talks, amid fragile ceasefire 18 April 2023 Volker Türk UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk with members of civil society in Khartoum during his recent official visit to Sudan. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Tuesday called for an immediate end to the hostilities in Sudan and pleaded for the opposing sides…

West Africa and Sahel: Food insecurity, malnutrition, set to reach 10-year high

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home West Africa and Sahel: Food insecurity, malnutrition, set to reach 10-year high 18 April 2023 © WFP/Cheick Omar Bandaogo Women line up to receive beneficiary cards to buy fortified flour to prevent malnutrition in Kongoussi, Burkina Faso. Food insecurity and malnutrition in West and Central Africa are on track to reach a 10-year high by June as the crisis expands to coastal countries, UN…

Funding a better future for all: 5 things to know about the Financing for Development Forum

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Funding a better future for all: 5 things to know about the Financing for Development Forum 17 April 2023 © ADB/Rahim Mirza Farmers thresh wheat on their land in Pakistan. As the global economy continues to be battered by a series of crises, senior UN officials and government representatives are converging on UN Headquarters in New York, in an attempt to transform the international financial…

Don’t let SDGs turn into ‘mirage of what might have been’: UN chief

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Don’t let SDGs turn into ‘mirage of what might have been’: UN chief 17 April 2023 © WFP/Andy Higgins A mobile money kiosk in Zambia UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is turning into a “mirage of what might have been,” at the opening of the Financing for Development Forum (FfD), taking place at UN Headquarters in New York…

INTERVIEW: Knowledge of indigenous peoples can promote harmony with Earth

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home INTERVIEW: Knowledge of indigenous peoples can promote harmony with Earth 17 April 2023 UN Photo/Rick Bajornas Participants gather in the UN General Assembly Hall for the opening ceremony of the Fifteenth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in May 2016 The age-old knowledge of indigenous peoples has a key role to play in the battle against the climate crisis. A…

‘Let us learn from indigenous peoples’, UN chief declares

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Let us learn from indigenous peoples’, UN chief declares 17 April 2023 Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil Indigenous people of the Yanomami ethnic group, in a camp in Brasília, capital of Brazil, in 2018. In his address marking the opening of the 2023 session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres drew attention to the ways that…

Yemen at ‘critical juncture’ in bid to end eight-year war: UN Special Envoy

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Yemen at ‘critical juncture’ in bid to end eight-year war: UN Special Envoy 17 April 2023 © WFP/Mohammed Awadh Displaced families continue to live in temporary shelters in Yemen. An expired truce still delivering positive results, and a recent mass prisoner exchange, are signs of hope in Yemen, but more work remains to end the war between the Saudi coalition-backed Government and Houthi…

Guterres calls for ‘immediate’ ceasefire in Sudan, as death toll mounts

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres calls for ‘immediate’ ceasefire in Sudan, as death toll mounts 17 April 2023 Open Source Smoke rises following a bombing in the Al-Tayif neighbourhood of Khartoum, Sudan. Clashes intensified across Sudan on Monday, as top UN officials urged rival military factions to protect civilians and respect the country’s international obligations…

Initiative aims to prevent Hep C infection in marginalized groups in low-income countries

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Initiative aims to prevent Hep C infection in marginalized groups in low-income countries 17 April 2023 Unsplash/Diana Polekhina Hepatitis C disproportionately affects marginalized groups including people who inject drugs. A $31 million investment announced on Tuesday seeks to prevent hepatitis C infection among people who inject drugs and other high-risk populations in low and middle-…

Diplomacy, not isolation, must reverse ‘negative trajectory’ on Korean Peninsula

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Diplomacy, not isolation, must reverse ‘negative trajectory’ on Korean Peninsula 17 April 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe A wide view of the Security Council ministerial-level meeting on the nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programmes of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe (file) Unity of the Security Council is “essential” to ease tensions and…