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

2 years 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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…

Zambia: UN experts concerned over delay in the country’s debt restructuring

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Zambia: UN experts concerned over delay in the country’s debt restructuring 17 April 2023 UNDP/Karin Schermbucker Solar panels provide cost-efficient, sustainable and reliable sources of energy, at a health centre in Shibuyunji District Zambia. UN independent human rights experts on Monday said they were deeply concerned over delays in reaching an agreement on the restructuring of …

Committee against Torture Opens Seventy-Sixth Session in Geneva

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Opens Seventy-Sixth Session in Geneva 17 April 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Committee against Torture this morning opened its seventy-sixth session, which is being held in Geneva from 17 April to 12 May, during which it will review efforts by Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg and Slovakia to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman…