Global IssuesNews headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 44
Biodiversity Goal Can Be Achieved in the Southern Ocean
- Inter Press Service
CALI, Colombia, Oct 21 (IPS) - COP16, the much-anticipated follow-up talks to the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) agreement, which aims to reverse an alarming loss of nature on land and sea, opens in Cali, Colombia.
Daily death and destruction continues in Ukraine, Security Council hears
- UN News
Russia’s relentless systematic attacks in Ukraine have continued to bring immense suffering to the people e and put global food security at risk, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday.
‘Hundreds displaced overnight’ as airstrikes destroy humanitarian facilities in Lebanon
- UN News
Ongoing airstrikes across Lebanon “continue to kill and injure civilians and displace a growing number of families,” according to the latest update from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The promise and peril of runaway technological advances
- UN News
The UN Security Council on Monday explored the dual-edged nature of rapid technological advancements – ranging from artificial intelligence to neurotechnology – highlighting both groundbreaking solutions and emerging risks to global peace and security.
In Ethiopia, UN chief advocates for permanent Security Council seats for Africa
- UN News
Speaking in the Ethiopian capital on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his call for global institutional reform, highlighting the need for two permanent seats on the Security Council for Africa and stronger financial support to address the continent’s challenges.
World News in Brief: Egypt malaria-free, tropical storm lashes Cuba, Mozambique killings, WHO support for South Sudan
- UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially certified Egypt as malaria-free. The achievement marks the culmination of a century-long effort to eradicate a disease that has plagued the nation since ancient times.
UN rights office raises alarm over relentless Israeli attacks in north Gaza
- UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed growing alarm over Israel’s military operations in northern Gaza, warning that the combination of relentless attacks, forced displacement and severe restrictions on humanitarian aid could amount to the wholesale “destruction” of the Palestinian population in the region.
Israeli army ‘deliberately demolished’ watchtower, fence at UN peacekeeping site in southern Lebanon
- UN News
The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has said that an Israeli army bulldozer demolished an observation tower and the perimeter fence of a UN position earlier on Sunday in Marwahin, in the southern part of the country.
A Pact for the World’s Poorest
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 18 (IPS) - Last month, world leaders gathered at the time of the UN General Assembly in New York and agreed on a pioneering Pact for the Future. This global accord has implications across a broad range of issues that affect every country. It offers much hope for the poorest and most vulnerable countries on the planet, known as Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
Attacks on Aid Personnel in Lebanon Impede Relief Efforts
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 18 (IPS) - In the midst of Israel's ground incursion of southern Lebanon, frequent airstrikes have demolished civilian infrastructure, which is only contributing to the increasing rates of civilian casualties and displacement. Humanitarian organizations fear that conditions in Lebanon will soon resemble those of Gaza if a ceasefire isn't reached soon.
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