Health and Population
- Dawn Clancy
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Bombs, bullets and the suffocating weight of bodies trapped under slabs of fallen concrete where houses once stood are just a few reasons the death toll in Gaza is still soaring. But recently, contaminated water paired with an overwhelmed sanitation …
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In the Taliban’s Afghanistan, it’s not uncommon for three women to share a hospital bed. Nor is it rare for premature babies to share incubators. This occurs in the most developed city, the capital of Kabul, and all over the …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Health and Population, Human Rights, Security Council, Women
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For decades the United States, the primary architect of international drug control policy, led the global fight against illicit drugs, exercising its influence through the Vienna-based Commission on Narcotic Drugs, a governing body that provides guidance to the United Nations …
- Categories: Health and Population, Human Rights, OPINIONS, UN Agencies
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The war in Ukraine has caused severe disruptions to regional and global security, including raising concerns about the potential use of unconventional weapons. Not least of these concerns is the dangerous Russian disinformation campaign alleging biological weapons development in Ukraine, which …
- Categories: Disarmament, Health and Population, OPINIONS
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- Fiona Harvey
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Food, fossil fuel and pharmaceutical companies that have enjoyed bumper profits in the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath should be hit with a swingeing windfall tax on their excess income, the global head of Oxfam has said. A windfall tax …
- Categories: Climate Change, Health and Population, Poverty
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- Categories: Health and Population, Women
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Ukraine’s population data are rapidly changing as the war rages in its country since Russia began its aerial, ground and sea assaults late last week. Within 24 hours of issuing its first report, the UN Refugee Agency documented that 368,000 …
- Categories: Health and Population, Humanitarian Aid, Peace and Security
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A new vaccine for malaria; the Security Council goes to the Sahel; the Human Rights Council’s actions, criticized and praised. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered from UN …
- Categories: Africa, Asia, General Assembly, Health and Population, Myanmar, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN
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The fourth day of the United Nations General Assembly debate soldiered on, with pointed speeches by, among others, the Caribbean island nation of Barbados, whose prime minister, Mia Amor Mottley, asked the General Assembly Hall, “How many crises and natural …
- Categories: Climate Change, General Assembly, Health and Population, UNGA76, US-UN Relations
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- Dulcie Leimbach
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If you have understandably faded from the UNGA76 gathering by now, here are highlights for Day 3 of global leaders’ speeches, held on Sept. 23. We’ve also included Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s late-night remarks on Sept. 22 in the General …
- Categories: Africa, Caribbean, Climate Change, General Assembly, Health and Population, Terrorism, UNGA76, US-UN Relations
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As just about every expert agrees, breast milk beats formula on every score, from the health of the baby to out-of-pocket costs. But that hasn’t stopped formula makers from pushing their products, cutting deeply into breastfeeding rates around the world. …
- Categories: Covid-19, Health and Population, Human Rights
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For Natalia Kanem, the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund since 2017, the last couple of years have been a wild ride. In 2020, women the world over were getting ready to celebrate important anniversaries: 25 years since …
- Categories: Health and Population, Secretary-General, UN Agencies, Women as Changemakers
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The most important day of the widely anticipated United Nations-backed Generation Equality Forum’s second session ended Wednesday night in Paris. But before the dozens of speeches were heard, a gulf emerged among people who at heart all want to make …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Health and Population, Human Rights, Women
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- Ivana Ramirez
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As the world adapted slowly to the Covid-19 pandemic, most companies around the world pivoted from in-person work to having people work from home. Many found they were putting in longer hours, a trend that could spell an increase in …
- Categories: Cities, Health and Population
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- Ivana Ramirez
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Abed Al Fatah Skafi at his house in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem, March 1, 2021. Skafi’s family is one of four that are being threatened with eviction in favor of Israeli settlers. Anger over Israeli treatment of Palestinians in Jerusalem have incited …
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