Global South cooperation ‘vital’ to climate change fight, development, Guterres tells historic Buenos Aires summit

20 March 2019
Economic Development
UNIC Buenos Aires/Mariano Solier

South-South cooperation is key to the world’s sustainable development and the fight against global warming said the United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday, as the opening session of the Second UN Conference on South-South Cooperation got underway in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. 

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UN court increases sentence of former Bosnian-Serb leader to life imprisonment

Libya stands at a ‘critical juncture’, UN mission head tells Security Council

UN launches ‘South-South Galaxy’ knowledge-sharing platform in Buenos Aires

WFP/Deborah Nguyen

Cyclone Idai: emergency getting ‘bigger by the hour’, warns UN food agency

Humanitarian Aid

The full scale of the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Idai in south-west Africa is becoming clearer, the UN said on Tuesday, warning that the emergency “is getting bigger by the hour”.

UN Environment/ Hannah McNeish

Safe drinking water, sanitation, are ‘basic human rights’: new UN Water Development report

SDGs

Safe water and access to proper sanitation are essential to eradicate poverty, build peaceful societies and ensure that no one is left behind on the path towards sustainable development, according to the 2019 UN World Water Development Report, launched on Tuesday in Geneva. 

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First peaceful transfer of power in DR Congo ‘an extraordinary opportunity’ for advancing rights

Human Rights

The election of President Felix Tshisekedi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marks “an extraordinary opportunity” for the country to advance civil and political rights, said a senior UN official, on Tuesday at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

©FAO/Wang Jinbiao

What is ‘South-South cooperation’ and why does it matter?

Economic Development

This week in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, over one thousand people, including high level government delegations and representatives from the private sector and civil society, will gather for the Second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation, or BAPA+40.

UNICEF/VincentTremeau

UN will do ‘utmost to prevent and mitigate any risk of violence’ in DR Congo, pledges Mission chief

Peace and Security

Despite the relatively peaceful passage of December’s presidential election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Special Representative to the country told the Security Council she “remained concerned” over developments in the east, where dozens of armed groups continue to operate.

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