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News In Brief 10 July 2018

  • Accountability call for targeted South Sudan violence against civilians
  • Thai cave boys spared thundershower forecasts ahead of rescue: WMO
  • Indigenous peoples are among world’s poorest, says UN deputy rights chief
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‘Listen to girls and women’ in countries on brink of ‘hope and despair’: Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister

The views of women and girls are crucial to the future of countries like Niger, which has been described as being on the cusp of “hope and despair”, according to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Margot Wallström. As President of the Security Council, Ms. Wallström will preside over a meeting on Tuesday on peace and security in Africa, and Daniel Dickinson asked her about the importance of seeing conditions in the field for themselves.

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Countries outline progress made in pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals at key UN forum

It’s like a mini UN General Assembly for sustainable development.  Starting this week, nearly 50 countries are voluntarily briefing the world about what they’ve done to reach the Sustainable Development Goals, and looking for ideas on what more they could do. 

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News in Brief 09 July 2018

  • UN ‘cannot afford to fail in Africa’: Guterres
  • UN Mission in Haiti calls for ‘constructive dialogue’ following violent protests
  • New world fishing report highlights its value in fight against hunger
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Global fishing trade shows net increase which world can manage sustainably, says FAO

Around one in three fish stocks is unsustainably netted, representing a “huge challenge” to all countries on the planet, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released on Monday. Audun Lem, Deputy Director of the agency’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Resources Division, spoke to Daniel Johnson about the findings.

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Libya has agreed to change migrant detention policy, says IOM chief

The Libyan authorities have “in principle” agreed to let the UN migration agency (IOM) take care of people rescued from the Mediterranean Sea, rather than put them in detention, IOM Director General William Lacy Swing told Jens Renner on Friday, adding that thousands of people still remain in detention .

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News in Brief 06 July 2018

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Forests: A ‘safety net’ for poor rural people, says UN agriculture official

One-in-five people around the world count on forest products for food, income and nutritional diversity – generating more than $88 billion in income, according FAO’s State of the World’s Forests 2018, launched on Friday.

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Poverty ‘obvious’ driver of radicalization in Lake Chad region: AU envoy

It is not impossible to address the challenges of the Lake Chad region if local people can find ways to make a sustainable living, said Bineta Diop, AU Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security, adding that the linkage between poverty and radicalization was “obvious”. Daniel Dickinson asked her how big the development challenges were in the area.

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Promise of universal health coverage ‘nothing’ without high quality at its centre: WHO official

A recent joint study by the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners reveals poor-quality health care in all countries, which could negate the promise of universal health coverage if left unaddressed, according to Edward Kelley, WHO’s Director of Service Delivery and Safety, who spoke to Daniel Johnson about how these findings could affect the global push for universal health coverage.

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