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UN deputy chief warns of faltering progress towards SDGs

·March 14, 2023·3 min read

“Let me be frank: we are not doing well. Our progress towards the SDGs has faltered and even gone into reverse on some important targets and Goals, leaving many behind,” she said in opening remarks to the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development (AFSD) in Beirut, Lebanon. World leaders adopted the...

Türkiye-Syria quakes: Migration chief hails ‘proud and brave’ citizens of Antakya

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·March 11, 2023·2 min read

“In the ruins of historic Antakya city today, I met proud and brave people whose past has been eradicated, whose present is full of suffering and whose future is uncertain,” said António Vitorino, following a two-day visit to Türkiye, which included meetings with senior Government officials. “I am in awe of...

‘The time has come to do justice for the least developed countries,’ says UN chief Guterres

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·March 4, 2023·8 min read

“Countries with the least need support the most. And you need it now. You represent one in eight people on earth. But your countries are trapped in vicious cycles that make development difficult, if not impossible,” Mr. Guterres told the Summit of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), in Doha, Qatar Today’s...

In Niger, UN deputy chief highlights power of partnership to forge schools for the future

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·March 2, 2023·3 min read

Amina Mohammed was visiting the École Pays-Bas, in a suburb of the capital Niamey, which less than two years ago, burned to the ground, after the straw it was made from caught fire, amid searing temperatures and a suspected electrical wiring fault. A total of 21 children died in the...

UN human rights chief calls on all nations to abolish death penalty

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·March 1, 2023·3 min read

The biennial panel’s theme is human rights violations relating to the use of the death penalty, in particular with respect to limiting the practice to only the most serious crimes. Promise of the Charter Volker Türk said this is ultimately about the United Nations Charter’s promise of the highest standards...

WFP chief describes ‘apocalyptic’ post-quake landscape in Syria, Türkiye

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·February 26, 2023·3 min read

“While the world has quickly mobilized in support of people here, the impact of this quake will be felt for months and years to come,” said WFP Executive Director David Beasley. During a visit to the Hatay region in southern Türkiye, he described “incomprehensible” devastation and an “apocalyptic” landscape. With...

‘Time is working against us’, UN chief says, calling for action to end clashes, restore credible Israeli-Palestinian political horizon

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·February 23, 2023·1 min read

“Our immediate priority must be to prevent further escalation, reduce tensions, and restore calm,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at a meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Against a backdrop of deadly accelerating surges of violence, “sky high” tensions, and a...

UN rights chief deplores Ukraine death toll one year after Russian invasion

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·February 22, 2023·5 min read

Matilda Bogner, Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), told journalists in Geneva that the civilian death toll in the southern city of Mariupol – besieged and bombarded by Russian missiles – had been particularly high. “My colleagues interviewed a former prisoner of war, and he...

Rising humanitarian needs require political will, increased funding: UN relief chief

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·February 21, 2023·1 min read

The world is facing the largest food crisis in modern history and famine is looming, while human rights – especially women’s rights – are under attack and tensions are high in places where injustice is rife, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said in remarks to the Riyadh Humanitarian Forum...

UN chief strongly condemns DPRK missile launch

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·February 20, 2023·1 min read

News reports said DPRK had launched a long-range missile on Saturday that landed in the sea in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, which triggered the United States to deploy joint air exercises with Japan and the Republic of Korea on Sunday. Tweet URL Secretary-General @antonioguterres strongly condemns the launch of yet...

Guterres in Africa: End political stalemate in Libya now, UN chief urges leaders

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·February 18, 2023·3 min read

“What is urgently needed is the political will to break the protracted political stalemate and achieve progress on multiple fronts,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at the latest meeting of the High-level Committee on Libya, taking place in Addis Ababa. Progress is sorely needed towards holding elections and advancing gains...

World Bank chief Malpass announces early departure

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·February 17, 2023·1 min read

David Malpass, a former senior United States’ Treasury official nominated by then President Donald Trump, served as chief of World Bank Group (WBG) since 2019. In a post on the social media platform LinkedIn, he said he intends to step down by June, one year before the end of his...