Tag: united nations
Covid 19 interrupts efforts to achieve gender equality
Gender equality was always an issue and COVID-19 pandemic has only elevated the divide. The pandemic was “interrupting efforts to achieve equality” and threatening...
7,348 major disasters, 1.23 million lives, 2.97 trillion dollars economic losses
The first 20 years of this century saw a “staggering” rise in climate disasters and “almost all nations” failed to prevent a “wave of death and...
Despite US-UN differences, majority Americans say UN need of the time
Despite differences between the United States and the United Nations, majority of the Americans have opined that the global organisation was still needed today....
UN calls for strengthening universal health coverage
Stressing that Covid 19 pandemic has opened up the importance of strong public health systems and emergency preparedness for communities and economies globally, the...
Providing homes to the vulnerable to be top priority; UN
The United Nations called for urgent action to provide low income families and vulnerable populations with affordable housing with security of tenure and easy...
Achieving gender equality need targeted measures; UN
As the world marked the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action– the most comprehensive roadmap for women and girls’ empowerment,...
Lack of information on older population haunts policy making
The Covid-19 pandemic had an adverse impact worldwide, especially for the older people. Not only this, the pandemic has also magnified existing violations of...
Humanity waging war on Nature: UN chief Guterres
Accusing humanity of “waging war on nature”, UN chief, António Guterres said that deforestation, climate change and conversion of wilderness for human food production...
Bold public spending only way to recover better from COVID-19
A bold targeted fiscal expansion led by advanced economies is the only way to build a fair and resilient economic recovery from COVID-19, according...
UN calls for focussing on five mega trends for sustainable growth
Covid 19 has threatened everything achieved in sustainable development over the past five years, and much of the development progress made under the earlier...
