By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – Transparency International has criticised the United Nations shipping agency for delaying action on climate change. The global anti-corruption organization warns in a new study that the private shipping companies’ concerns are impacting the policymaking process at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), undermining its ability to effectively regulate greenhouse […]
Agroecology Key Element to Zero Hunger and Food Security
By Jaya Ramachandran ROME (IDN) – More than enough food is produced in the world to feed everyone, yet 815 million people go hungry, according to FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. How to ensure that a growing global population – projected to rise to around 10 billion by 2050 – […]
Kazakhstan Supports Proposals Discussed by UN Disarmament Commission
By J Nastranis UNITED NATIONS (IDN) – Amid global anxieties about nuclear peril, Kazakhstan has joined representatives of several countries around the world in calling on the international community to work together through inclusive dialogue that takes into account the views of other States. The general debate in the UN Disarmament Commission (UNDC) on April […]
Realising the SDGs Will Require Action in Five Key Areas
By Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations This article first appeared in Sustainable Development Goals: Delivering Change, UNA-UK publication providing analysis and recommendations in achieving Sustainable Development Goals on 19 March 2018. – The Editor LONDON (IDN-INPS) – In this third year of global efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, there […]
Experts Call For Paying Heed To Internally Displaced Persons
By Geneva Centre Staff GENEVA (IDN) – The forced displacement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Middle East cannot be left unaddressed by decision-makers in the context of the refugee and migrant crisis, stressed a group of human rights experts during a panel debate at the United Nations Office at Geneva. The debate entitled “Protecting people […]
Support for Abolishing First-Class Tickets for Senior UN Staff
By J Nastranis UNITED NATIONS (IDN) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ proposal that high-ranking officials fly business class rather than first class – to help rein in one of the most expensive aspects of the Organization’s budget – is finding support in the Administrative and Budgetary Committee, also known as the Fifth Committee. Next to […]
UN Achieves Consensus on Addressing the Drug Menace
By Jaya Ramachandran VIENNA (IDN) – Enhancing international cooperation to combat the synthetic opioid crisis, removing stigma as a barrier to the availability and delivery of health care and social services for people who use drugs is part of eleven resolutions the 61st session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has endorsed. The five-day […]
UN Pushes for Gender Equality in War-Torn Afghanistan
By Devinder Kumar NEW DELHI | KABUL (IDN) – The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has documented that, in 2017, 359 women were killed – five per cent more than in the previous year – and 865 injured. Altogether about 10,000 civilians lost their lives or suffered injuries in 2017. It is against this […]
UN, EU, Experts Hail Outcome of Inter-Korean Talks, Call For Availing of Peace Opportunities
By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN (IDN) – The United Nations and the European Union as well as independent arms control experts have welcomed the results of latest talks between South and North Korea, and called for seizing the opportunities opening up for peace in the region and for reducing international tensions. The significance of emerging prospects […]
UN at Pains to Weed Out Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – At a critical moment when allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse from within the United Nations are mounting, and a leaked UN staff survey shows fears over whistleblowing and ethical accountability, Secretary-General António Guterres has in his message for International Women’s Day on March 8, called for […]