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Countries must forge ‘Global Blue Deal’ to protect the ocean: UNCTAD

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Countries must forge ‘Global Blue Deal’ to protect the ocean: UNCTAD 08 May 2023 Coral Reef Image Bank/Michele Roux A turtle swims in the ocean in Martinique in the Caribbean. The ocean can provide vast opportunities for developing countries to build more innovative and resilient economies, but climate change, pollution and overfishing threaten the livelihoods of some three billion people…

Sudan crisis: Guterres condemns looting of main WFP compound in Khartoum

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan crisis: Guterres condemns looting of main WFP compound in Khartoum 08 May 2023 © WFP/Mohamed Elamin WFP warehouses in Port Sudan are being stocked with food commodities for emergency distribution. The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned the looting of the World Food Programme’s (WFP) main offices in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, over the weekend, describing it as “…

UN Forum on Forests: 5 things you need to know

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home UN Forum on Forests: 5 things you need to know 08 May 2023 UN Photo/Mark Garten Calm sets in following a rainstorm in a forest in New York State. The sustainable management of the world’s forests takes centre stage at the UN Forum on Forests, which opened on Monday at UN Headquarters in New York. Stakeholders from across the world, from Member States to civil society partners, will gather to…

Mali: Ban slavery by law, say top rights experts

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Mali: Ban slavery by law, say top rights experts 08 May 2023 UN Photo/Marco Dormino Children carry wood on a street in Timbuktu, North of Mali.   The existence of slavery by descent in Mali continues to generate horrific human rights violations including torture, kidnapping and rape, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Monday…

Almost $15 billion needed for earthquake recovery in Syria

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Almost $15 billion needed for earthquake recovery in Syria 08 May 2023 © UNOCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman Buildings in Idlib, Syria, have been damaged by the earthquake which struck the region. Syria needs almost $15 billion to recover following the devastating February earthquakes, according to a new UN assessment report launched on Monday in the Lebanese capital, Beirut…

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Opens Eighty-Fifth Session in Geneva

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Opens Eighty-Fifth Session in Geneva 08 May 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its eighty-fifth session, hearing a statement from a representative of the Secretary-General, and adopting its agenda for the session, during which it will review the reports of China,…

Human Rights Council to Hold Special Session on Sudan on 11 May

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council to Hold Special Session on Sudan on 11 May 08 May 2023 Press Release The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session to address “the human rights impact of the ongoing conflict in the Sudan” on Thursday, 11 May. The session will start at 10 a.m. in room XX at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.  The meeting will be webcast…

First person: Surviving abuse to help Eswatini’s neglected children

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home First person: Surviving abuse to help Eswatini’s neglected children 07 May 2023 © WFP/Theresa Piorr Children at a WFP-supported Neighbourhood Care Point in Eswatini Siphiwe Nxumalo, a World Food Programme (WFP) volunteer in Eswatini returned to her home country after completing her studies in neighbouring South Africa to help orphans and vulnerable children, struggling with poverty and…

First Person: The young leader bringing clean power to Tanzanian villages

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: The young leader bringing clean power to Tanzanian villages 06 May 2023 Gibson Kawago Gibson Kawago class of 2022 Young Leaders for SDGs working in his workshop where he recycles and re-uses used laptop batteries. Born in a Tanzanian village with no electricity, Gibson Kawago, decided to start a business producing off-grid clean electricity for communities like his own. His…

UN chief calls for bolstered efforts to end violence in Great Lakes region

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief calls for bolstered efforts to end violence in Great Lakes region 06 May 2023 UN Burundi United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, speaking at the 11th high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region At a time when more than 100 armed groups are plaguing…