News in Brief 28 May 2024
Deep concerns over ‘inhuman’ detention of Gazans by Israeli authorities
Papua New Guinea disaster: Rescue efforts face complex challenges: IOM
Deep concerns over ‘inhuman’ detention of Gazans by Israeli authorities
Papua New Guinea disaster: Rescue efforts face complex challenges: IOM
Small island developing States (SIDS) gathered in Antigua and Barbuda this week for the SIDS4 conference should not be afraid to stand up to companies seeking short-term profit at the long-term expense of human health and the environment – especially in the tourism sector.
Youth activists have been meeting on the twin island nation of Antigua and Barbuda this weekend to ensure their voices and call for action is heard loud and clear by world leaders assembling for the SIDS4 conference.
On this week’s show, Conor is joined by UN News colleague Heyi Zou and China Global TV reporter Dezhi Xu, for an animated discussion about the lowering of UN flags, China’s role in the transition to a net-zero economy and, in the week of the International Day of Tea, the merits of a good cuppa,
Following the 7 October terror attacks led by Hamas, thousands of Palestinians have been detained in what the Israeli Government has dubbed an “incarceration emergency” allowing them to fill prisons beyond official capacity.
UN agencies and their partners are providing support to thousands of people from the Kharkiv region in Ukraine who have been evacuated from frontline areas where intensive Russian air strikes continue.
Dominica is described as highly disaster-vulnerable: the country is regularly hit by hurricanes and, when the last one swept through in 2017, it caused huge devastation across the island.