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GENEVA — 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 Goals Report 2022 reveals that the convergence of increased fighting, the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, and the long-term climate crisis, could push an additional 75 to 95 million people into extreme poverty this year — compared with pre-pandemic projections — and jeopardize the SDG blueprint for more resilient, peaceful and equal societies.“The road map laid out in the Sustainable Development Goals is clear,” stated Liu Zhenmin, UN Economic and Social Affairs chief (DESA), adding that “just as the impact of crises is...
July 09, 2022
Convergence of conflicts, COVID and climate crises, jeopardize global goals
GENEVA — The UN health agency (WHO) issued an urgent appeal on Friday for access to sick and injured people caught up in the war in Ukraine, including “hundreds” of landmine victims, “premature babies, pregnant woman, older people, many of whom have been left behind”.More than four and half months since Russia’s invasion, civilians have continued to be targeted in explosions and missile strikes, particularly in eastern cities including Donetsk, Sloviansk, Makiivka, Oleksandrivka and Yasynuvata, but also in southern oblasts, in Odessa and Mykolaiv.Senior UN officials have long called for humanitarian corridors to be established to enable the safe and constant delivery of assistance to extremely vulnerable populations in Ukraine. But OCHA, the UN aid coordination wing, has...
July 09, 2022
‘Please, let us in,’ WHO issues plea to reach Ukraine war sick and injured
July 07, 2022
EU braces for intense wildfires as drought could become 'worst ever'
July 07, 2022
Boris Johnson facing calls to quit as PM
July 07, 2022
Divided French parliament gives new PM tough time during first address
GENEVA — On Wednesday, the first day of the Women’s Euro 2022 football tournament, the United Nations launched Football For The Goals (FFTG), an initiative aimed at tapping into the power of the game to raise awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals, the UN’s blueprint for a fairer, greener future.FFTG is also intended to achieve behavioral change, and bring about sustainable practices in the football industry. The first organization to join up is UEFA, the game’s European governing body, and the UN has invited other members of the wider football community — from leagues and clubs, to players, fan groups and media partners — to follow UEFA’s lead, and commit to positive change.SDG champsThis means adopting UN principles of sustainable development and human rights,...
July 06, 2022
UN and UEFA score sustainable goals as women’s Euro tournament kicks off
July 06, 2022
Rocco Morabito: Fugitive mobster handed over to Italy
July 06, 2022
Ukraine reconstruction is a ‘long road’ but it must start now: Guterres
July 06, 2022
Boris Johnson fights for political survival as cabinet ministers quit
July 05, 2022
Daphne Caruana Galizia: Car bomb suspect confesses to killing Maltese journalist
