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Universal access to safer water, sanitation and hygiene could save 1.4 million lives: WHO
UN-brokered grain and fertilizer accord vital to help alleviate crippling cost-of-living crisis: UNCTAD chief12-month extension of Syria cross-border aid corridor âa critical stepâ UN relief chief -
The cost-of-living crisis continues to affect the worldâs poorest families, which is all the more reason to redouble efforts to push for grain and fertilizer to leave key Black Sea ports, top UN economist Rebeca Grynspan said on Tuesday.
Ms. Grynspan, who is Secretary-General of the UN trade and development body UNCTAD, said although âthere are things that are very difficult to solve⊠the UN will not spare any effort in trying to make this continue working for the futureâ.
Before 18 July â when a 60-day extension of the Black Sea Initiative by Russia is set to expire â Ms. Grynspan told UN Newsâs Daniel Johnson sheâd likely head to Moscow to continue negotiations.
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In 2020 alone, over 30 million people were displaced from their homes due to weather-related events, mainly devastating droughts. But those who cross national borders to flee climate change-related disasters are not recognized as refugees under international law.
The first-ever UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the context of climate change, Ian Fry, sat down with UN Newsâs Dominika Tomaszewska-Mortimer as he prepared to present his report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva this week. He talked about his call for full legal protection for people displaced by the climate crisis and how the private sector could help finance a âloss and damage fundâ to support countries buckling under the effects of our warming planet.
Special Rapporteurs and other independent rights experts are appointed by the UN Human Rights Council. They are not UN staff and do not receive a salary for their work.
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Northeastern Nigeria: malnourished children fighting for their lives
Top rights expert proposes legal status for millions displaced by climate changeLimiting asylum access leads to rise in trafficking risks: rights expert -
Ukraine: Russian forces face new allegations of arbitrary detention, torture of civiliansSudan displacement higher than projected, humanitarian access thwartedAfghanistan: rise in suicide attacks against civilians since Taliban takeover
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Close to 200 million people around the world are unemployed, and fears are rising that artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as Chat GPT will put even more people out of a job.
Alongside AI threats to the labour market, positive effects are also expected, such as helping workers automate more repetitive tasks to free up time for higher value work. But given the gaping digital divide between wealthier and poorer nations, will developing countries be able to reap AIâs productivity benefits?
Senior Economist Janine Berg from the International Labour Organization (ILO) is currently driving new research on the impact of AI on the world of work. She sat down with UN Newsâs Dominika Tomaszewska-Mortimer to assess the latest developments.
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With security and humanitarian crises mounting across much of Africa, the international community is making a mistake by not engaging fully with South Sudan, which is at the centre of an increasingly volatile region.
Thatâs the view of the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the worldâs youngest nation, Nicholas Haysom, who told UN News that if a fresh crisis erupts there in combination with the military power struggle in neighbouring Sudan, it would be âcatastrophicâ for the whole Horn of Africa.
Maoqi Li asked the head of UNMISS and UN Special Representative why he thought South Sudan was not getting the attention it deserved.
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Stop stigmatizing drug users and focus on treatment, rehabilitation: GuterresHorn of Africa hunger emergency: 60 million food insecurePaths to regularization crucial so migrants can enjoy basic human rights
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Countries in Southeast Asia are coming together with the support of the UN to tackle what is being described as âone of the biggest drug-trafficking corridors in the world.â
Traditionally, the highly addictive drugs, opium and heroin were trafficked out of the region, but now more dangerous synthetic drugs are being manufactured in remote jungle laboratories in ever larger quantities.Closer collaboration across borders between law enforcement agencies is helping to slow down the illegal trafficking.
Daniel Dickinson travelled to the north of Thailand for this special edition of The Lid Is On.
Production credit: Pauline Batista, Music credit: Ketsa 'Within the Earth'
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UN welcomes sentencing of ISIL member for Yazidi genocideTunisia must âchange courseâ amid media freedom crackdown: UN rights chiefSudan update: 2.5 million displaced by fighting
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With the world currently recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, and reeling from the economic fallout of the war in Ukraine, progress on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals remains slow.
So, can we pick up the pace in the seven years we have left in this decade, and get closer to realizing the Goals? And can Youth Leaders make a difference?
During the 2023 UN Youth Forum, Conor Lennon from UN News spoke to three exceptional young people in April, to get their perspective: Indian educator and social entrepreneur Richa Gupta, South Sudanese refugee advocate Nhial Deng, and Brazilian youth leader Lana Weidgenant.
Music: Within the Earth, Ketsa
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Global financial system must evolve to serve the most vulnerable: GuterresUN chief condemns violence against civilians in Occupied Palestinian TerritoryTechnology can jeopardize right to health by exposing individualsâ sensitive data: top rights expert
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A new report from UN global fund Education Cannot Wait (ECW) warns there are 224 million children and adolescents now in desperate need of education support: around 72 million are out of school because of conflict, crisis, and other emergencies.
Yasmine Sherif, ECWâs Executive Director, spoke to UN Newsâs Abdelmonem Makki about the fundraising challenge of helping the huge influx or refugees fleeing into Chad from Sudan, as well as the continuing crisis for girlsâ education in Afghanistan.
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Ukraine: âMarshall Planâ approach needed to stop landmines from blighting economy: UNDPSafe, voluntary returns of Rohingya to Myanmar remain impossible, warns UN rights office Belize certified malaria-free by WHO
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In the nearly two years since Afghanistanâs de-facto authorities seized power, the âambitions, dreams and potentialâ of girls and women have perished, a rights activist has told the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
And in an exclusive interview with UN Newsâs Nancy Sarkis, Afghan civil rights activist Shaharzad Akbar explains that women and girls there talk of âbeing buried alive, breathing, but not being able to do much elseâ.
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World Refugee Day: UN leaders call for solidarity and inclusion amid record displacementDRC: Lives shattered by violence and hunger in âforgotten crisisâ: WFPLebanonâs economic meltdown leaves cash-strapped families at breaking point
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Sudan: Guterres calls on donors to step up aid responseâVitalâ human rights cooperation must be above the fray of politics: UN rights chiefEurope is worldâs fastest-warming continent: WMO
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From Afghanistan to Ukraine, the survivors of some of the worldâs worst conflicts live in fear of landmines killing them or their children.
The UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) coordinates the Organizationâs work to rid the world of mines, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices.
Ahead of Mine Action Week beginning 19 June, which brings major demining stakeholders to Geneva, UNMAS Director of Policy Abigail Hartley sat down with UN Newsâs Dominika Tomaszewska-Mortimer to express sadness at the deaths last week of 27 civilians â most of them minors â killed by unexploded ordnance in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia.
The UN mine action service veteran also shared her optimism that Ukraine will one day be mine-free, too.
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Sudanâs Darfur spiralling into âhumanitarian calamityâ: UN aid chief Ukraine: hundreds of thousands affected by water shortages from Kakhovka Dam disaster Mediterranean migrant shipwreck: swift action needed to prevent further loss of life
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On todayâs episode of The Lid Is On, Conor Lennon speaks to three exceptional young changemakers who have been recognized by the UN for the contributions they are making to a more sustainable world.
Vee Kativhu is an award-winning education activist from Zimbabwe, American Paralympian Jamal Hill launched a foundation to cut the number of people who drown each year, and Karen Wang, from China, is the founder of a startup which provides carbon accounting software to help institutions meet their net zero goals.
This episode was recorded as an SDG Media Zone session, during the ECOSOC Youth Forum, which took place in April at UN Headquarters.
Music: Within the Earth, Ketsa
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