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COP28: UN says staggering $7 trillion spent every year on investments that fuel climate change

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home COP28: UN says staggering $7 trillion spent every year on investments that fuel climate change 09 December 2023 © Unsplash/Benjamin L. Jones Seagrass meadows - expanses of green, grass-like shoots and flowers - are a hugely effective nature-based solution to climate change. Nearly $7 trillion of public and private finance each year supports activities that directly harm nature – some 30…

World News in Brief: Nearly a million children displaced in Gaza, Guatemala ‘coup’ concerns, ‘enduring menace’ of genocide

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Nearly a million children displaced in Gaza, Guatemala ‘coup’ concerns, ‘enduring menace’ of genocide 09 December 2023 © UNICEF/Abed Zaqout Families continue to shelter at UNRWA in Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip. UN humanitarians in war-ravaged Gaza are “hanging on by our fingertips” with civil society on the brink of full-blown collapse, they warned on…

Stories from the UN Archive: Human rights must come ‘in hearts of people’

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Human rights must come ‘in hearts of people’ 09 December 2023 UN Photo Eleanor Roosevelt of the United States holding a Universal Declaration of Human Rights poster in English in 1949. (file) The American diplomat, activist and former First Lady of the United States, who is widely regarded as the driving force behind the establishment of the global principles of…

Gaza humanitarian disaster heralds 'breakdown' of society

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza humanitarian disaster heralds 'breakdown' of society 08 December 2023 © WHO Thousands of families are sheltering in camps in southern Gaza. As intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza and fighting with Palestinian armed groups continued to impede aid operations, reports on the ground of children begging for water and people cutting down telephone poles for firewood indicated that “…

Homicide a bigger killer than armed conflict and terrorism combined

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Homicide a bigger killer than armed conflict and terrorism combined 08 December 2023 © Unsplash/David von Diemar Globally, homicide is a bigger killer than armed conflict and terrorism combined. More people were killed due to homicide than armed conflict and terrorism combined in 2021, with an average of 52 lives lost per hour worldwide, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a…

Stories of courage and dedication: Humanitarians on Gaza’s front line

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories of courage and dedication: Humanitarians on Gaza’s front line 08 December 2023 © PRCS Mouhammed, director of emergency and disaster management at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Gaza Strip, assists in receiving a displaced mother and two daughters after crossing a checkpoint heading to the south. Amid ongoing bombardment in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies and humanitarian…

Our voices and needs must be put first in climate talks, young people tell COP28

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Our voices and needs must be put first in climate talks, young people tell COP28 08 December 2023 COP28/Anthony Fleyhan International Youth Climate Delegates (IYCD) pose for a group photo during the UN Climate Change Conference, COP28, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Young climate advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Friday said they will not sit idly by while climate change threatens…

World News in Brief: Haiti’s humanitarian crisis, disease outbreaks in Sudan, UK sentencing reform

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Haiti’s humanitarian crisis, disease outbreaks in Sudan, UK sentencing reform 08 December 2023 © Unsplash/Heidi Fin مبنى البرلمان في لندن، المملكة المتحدة. As Haiti faces a situation of “absolute brutal violence”, the deployment of a multi-national security support mission is awaited with hope, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country said on Friday…

Explainer: How the UN is promoting a ‘global commitment to fight corruption’

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: How the UN is promoting a ‘global commitment to fight corruption’ 08 December 2023 Unsplash/Nathaniel Tetteh A female fruit vendor demonstrates against corruption in Ghana. Countries across the world need to work together to ensure there is a “global commitment to fight corruption” according to the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC…

Fighting engulfs over two-thirds of Myanmar, fuelling humanitarian needs

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Fighting engulfs over two-thirds of Myanmar, fuelling humanitarian needs 08 December 2023 © OCHA/Eva Modvig A settlement in eastern Myanmar. (file) Over half a million people have been displaced in Myanmar amid a surge in fighting between the military and armed groups that started in late October and has spread to over two-thirds of the country, the UN humanitarian affairs office reported on…