News headlines in October 2022, page 3

  1. Millions face flooding threat across west and central Africa

    - UN News

    In west and central Africa, some 3.4 million people need help after destructive flooding, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.

  2. UN Resident Coordinators a key link in achieving development goals

    - UN News

    As governments grapple with cascading crises involving food, finance, energy, climate and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, UN staff on the ground have been stepping up to help them address these threats to sustainable development for all.

  3. UN counter-terrorism committee pays tribute to victims of worldwide attacks

    - UN News

    “It is my appeal to all the representatives of States, to ensure there is no safe haven provided to any kind of terrorism whatsoever”: the words of Nidhi Chaphekar, a survivor of the 2016 Brussels terrorist attacks, opening a Special Meeting of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee in India on Friday.

  4. Israel and Palestine must take steps to ‘restore calm’ in occupied West Bank

    - UN News

    With daily violence spiralling out of control in the occupied West Bank, leaders in both Israel and Palestine need to take steps to restore calm as best they can, “with the full support of the international community”, said the UN’s top official in the region on Friday.

  5. Northern Ethiopia facing devastating spike in preventable disease: WHO

    - UN News

    The UN health agency WHO expressed serious concerns on Friday about a likely spike in a range of preventable diseases in Ethiopia’s northern regions - and in particular Tigray – caused by nearly two years of conflict and chronic aid access problems.

  6. COP27: What you need to know about this year’s big UN Climate Conference

    - UN News

    This year’s UN Climate Conference takes place in Sharm el-Sheikh, against a backdrop of extreme weather events worldwide, an energy crisis propelled by the war in Ukraine, and scientific data reiterating that the world is not doing enough to tackle carbon emissions and protect the future of our planet.

  7. Will The Lettuce Outlast All This?

    - Inter Press Service

    MADRID, Oct 27 (IPS) - No. No lettuce, no matter how British it may be, could outlast such a steady depletion of the very foundation of life.

  8. COP27 President Envoy on Youth: With Hurricanes, Floods, Heatwaves, Climate Change Cannot Be Ignored

    - Inter Press Service

    Cairo, Oct 27 (IPS) - COP 27’s official Youth Envoy, Dr Omnia El Omrani, realised the impact of climate change in 2017, and Hurricane Irma slammed Miami.

  9. A New Political Reality in Myanmar: A People No Longer Willing to Accept Military Rule

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Oct 27 (IPS) - The political, human rights and humanitarian crisis in Myanmar continues to take a catastrophic toll on the people, with serious regional implications.

  10. UN still sees no sign of biological weapons in Ukraine

    - UN News

    The United Nations is not aware of any biological weapons programmes in Ukraine, a senior official in the Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) reiterated on Thursday in a briefing to the Security Council. 

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