Norway Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, said on Wednesday the world is contending with three crises at the same time: a climate crisis, a health crisis, and an economic crisis.
A recap of Monday’s stories in brief: Guterres holds “focused and frank” informal talks over Cyprus, responds to Colombia protests; Violence targeting women impedes peace; UN Mission, community condemn South Sudan violence; UN weather watchdog sounds climate alarm; Norway hosts anti-landmine summit.
Parental leave is smart for the economy and helps change minds
Unequal pay and lack of paid parental leave holds women back in the world of work.
That’s the economic reality underpinning a meeting organized by UN Women and the Nordic Council of Ministers which took place at UN Headquarters in September.
Norway began offering paid parental leave to mothers for a full year in the 1980s, and fathers are entitled to 14 weeks.
Illicit fishing costs the world up to US$23 billion a year, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Countries are meeting this week in Norway’s capital, Oslo, to define responsibilities under a June 2016 treaty that crackdowns on the practice.
The tenth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has reached a “milestone”, the President of the Saami Council said on Monday.
The Saami people belong to the indigenous peoples of Europe who live in northern Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia’s Kola Peninsula.
They practice reindeer herding as a way of life.
People need to be much kinder to the planet and to each other, the head of the UN Environment Programme has urged.
Erik Stolheim made the remarks on the sidelines of the 71st United Nations General Assembly debate.
People should stop throwing garbage into the ocean; stop conflicts that damage the environment; and protect all plants and animals from becoming endangered, the former Norwegian minister added.
Young indigenous people should celebrate their heritage and revitalize their native languages through making music.
That’s the message from Nils Rune Utsi, also known as SlinCraze, an up-and-coming rapper who is a member of the Sami community in Norway and the subject of a powerful new documentary, Arctic Superstar.
He performed at UN Headquarters in New York this week during the on-going Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Janie Cangelosi has the story.
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“Everyone is responsible” for moving the climate change agenda forward following last month’s historic agreement in Paris.
That’s the view of Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, widely accepted to be the author of the whole “sustainable development” concept.
More than 190 countries agreed to limit global temperature rises due to emissions to less than 2 degrees Celsius.
The first female Prime Minster of Norway is now UN Foundation Board Vice Chair, and she was awarded the Zayed Future Energy Prize 2016 on Tuesday.