Carbon dioxide levels surge to new high in 2016, ĢƵ weather agency reports
30 October 2017 – Levels of carbon dioxide (C02) surged at record-breaking speed to new highs in 2016, the United Nations weather agency announced on Monday.
Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), issued the warning in Geneva, at the launch of the organization's .
The report indicates that carbon dioxide concentrations reached 403.3 parts per million in 2016, up from 400 ppm in 2015.
We have never seen such big growth in one year as we have been seeing last year in carbon dioxide concentration, said Mr. Taalas, telling journalists that it is time for governments to fulfil the pledges they made in Paris in 2015 to take steps to reduce global warming.
Security Council debate on 'women, peace and security' spotlights prevention and gender equality links
27 October 2017 – At the Security Council today, a senior United Nations official called on Member States, regional organizations and civil society for greater partnership to boost women's participation at all levels and help ensure ĢƵ peace efforts are stronger and more sustainable.
We will ensure our prevention initiatives and monitoring include a focus on women's rights violations [and] we will tackle the structural and root causes of crisis, including gender inequality, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, the Chef de Cabinet, speaking on behalf of the Secretary-General, told a day-long debate in the Security Council, underlining the need for more action on the 'women, peace and security agenda' – with prevention as a core pillar.
ĢƵ, African Union pledge to help Kenya ensure credible rerun of presidential poll
23 October 2017 – The heads of the United Nations and the African Union have expressed their organizations' commitment to assist Kenya in ensuring a credible and transparent process in the forthcoming rerun of the recent presidential election.
In a joint statement issued Sunday by the two organizations, ĢƵ Secretary-General António Guterres and AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat urged all political actors, parties and their supporters to create conditions for a peaceful election and refrain from any act of violence.
On 1 September, the Supreme Court of Kenya nullified the August 2017 election and ordered the holding of a new one.
Rohingya crisis: ĢƵICEF issues 'Child Alert,' outlines urgent action to save lives
20 October 2017 – Issuing a dire warning on the desperate situation of Rohingya refugee children, who now number more than 320,000 in Bangladesh, the United Nations Children's Fund () has called for an end to the atrocities targeting civilians in Myanmar's Rakhine state, and immediate and unfettered access to all children affected by the violence there.
At present, ĢƵICEF has no access to Rohingya children in northern Rakhine state, where horrific violence since late August has driven over half a million members of the minority Muslim community to seek refuge across the border in Bangladesh.
From failed governance to building a new future: the case of the Central African Republic
An article submitted by Euclid University (Pôle Universitaire Euclide), an intergovernmental university with headquarters in Bangui, on the occasion of the visit of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to the Central African Republic (24–26 October 2017)
The Central African Republic—often referred to as 'CAR' or Centrafrique—is literally the heart of Africa. One of only two countries in Africa which incorporate the continent's name, the Central African Republic is in some ways little known and may evoke the image of forbidden diamonds, endangered elephants, a disgraced former Emperor (Bokassa)—or, more broadly, of yet another country struggling with one postcolonial tragedy after another.
Kicking off 'Africa Week' at ĢƵ, Guterres says women and youth can unleash continent's potential
16 October 2017 – Africa must focus on young people, empower women and girls, and be innovative in leveraging resources and financing for development, Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterres said Monday as the United Nations kicked off Africa Week.
is to raise awareness and mobilize support. I am convinced that, together, we can meet the challenges, Mr. Guterres said in his remarks to the high-level inaugural event at ĢƵ Headquarters in New York.
The Secretary-General said the international community must change the way it looks at the African continent.
ĢƵ rights office 'deeply concerned' over arrests of LGBT people in Azerbaijan, Egypt and Indonesia
13 October 2017 – ĢƵ human rights office on Friday expressed deep concern about a wave of arrests in Azerbaijan, Egypt and Indonesia of more than 180 people perceived to be lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT), many of whom have reportedly been mistreated by law enforcement officials.
Arresting or detaining people based on their actual or perceived or gender identity is by definition arbitrary and violates international law, including rights to privacy, non-discrimination and equality before the law, said Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the Office of the ĢƵ High Commissioner for Human Rights (), at a press briefing in Geneva.
CETYS for Mexico: ĢƵAI member and higher education hub CETYS University raises close to $27k for earthquake victims
ĢƵAI member and higher education hub CETYS University raises close to $27k for earthquake victims.
Around 90 tons of food collected at the centers located in the three campuses of CETYS University were sent to the victims of the earthquake that devastated south and central Mexico in the past weeks.
In addition, thanks to the CETYS community and the leadership of various student groups, more than $26,900 have been raised in response to the challenge set forth by Mexican-American journalist who recently visited CETYS as a Keynote speaker.
The funds will be destined to rebuild devastated areas through the University Network for Disaster Prevention and Care (ĢƵIRED for its spanish acronym), a non-governmental association whose Northwestern chapter is coordinated by CETYS.
ĢƵICEF warns of nutrition crisis affecting 165,000 children in Mali
9 October 2017 – A nutrition crisis, exacerbated by continuing violence, instability and displacement, is threatening the lives and futures of thousands of children in Mali, the United Nations Children's Fund () warned today.
A report published today shows that an estimated 165,000 children are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition across the country in 2018.
Ի are the lives of the most vulnerable and forgotten girls and boys in Mali, said ĢƵICEF Representative Lucia Elmi in a press release.
Raising awareness, connecting the world
When writing a scientific research paper two years ago, Milena Malteze, a law student from the University of São Paulo in Brazil, concluded that her country did too little to fully implement international regulations regarding the ocean, even though it is the country with the second longest coastline in Latin America. When Professor Menezes, Associate Professor at the department of international law, founded the group (CEDMAR), USP's Center for Studies of the Law of the Sea, which recently became the United Nations Academic Impact's (ĢƵAI) latest ASPIRE chapter, Milena happily joined.
ĢƵ announces worldwide search for exceptional Young Leaders to drive implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
Bogota, 7 October –ĢƵ announced today that it was seeking applications for its second class of Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals--exceptional young people who are leaders in the effort to end poverty, combat climate change and reduce inequalities.
Led by the ĢƵ Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth Jayathma Wickramanayake, the Young Leaders Initiative recognizes 17 young leaders every year who are driving bold efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Ms. Wickramanayake made the announcement at the One Young World summit in Bogota alongside the inaugural class of Young Leaders for the SDGs.
World Experiences Foundation Celebrates Global Education and Leadership at Annual Global Citizen Awards Gala
5 October 2017 – World Experiences Foundation (WEF) is a United States (Oklahoma)-based international nonprofit organization with a vision to promote global citizenship in schools and communities worldwide. WEF achieves its community goals through its six programs that provide unique opportunities for children to preview their misconceptions about other cultures, dispel any stereotypes and treat everyone the same. WEF follows and centers its educational programs on the Sustainable Development Goals.
'Nothing enduring can be built on violence,' ĢƵ Assembly President says, recalling words of Gandhi
2 October 2017 – Noting that in today's world, violence has become a tool of choice for many and new evidence, of destruction and suffering, every day resulting from this choice, the President of the United Nations General Assembly has called for greater efforts to prevent conflict and for the Organization to promote the use of non-violence across all three pillars of its work.
. It can turn parties away from conflict, towards compromise, said Miroslav Lajčák, speaking at an event to mark the .
Over half of schools remain closed in epicentre of Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria – ĢƵICEF
29 September 2017 – About 57 per cent of all schools are closed in Nigeria's Borno state, worst hit by the Boko Haram insurgency and the subsequent humanitarian crisis, leaving an estimated 3 million children in need of emergency education support, even as the new school year begins, the United Nations child agency said today.
Children in northeast Nigeria are living through , said Justin Forsyth, Deputy Executive Director of the ĢƵ Children's Fund (), in a press release on his three-day visit to Maiduguri, the epicentre of the crisis.
ĢƵAI Digital Discussion Series on Sustainable Tourism: Think Globally, Act Locally
Our digital discussion series on sustainable tourism continues with an interview with Diane Lion Giustiniani, manager of Bambu Indah hotel in Bali, Indonesia. Bambu Indah is a hotel committed to the Think globally, act locally campaign that aims to protect the planet and empower local communities. In relation to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12—Responsible Consumption and Production—Bambu Indah practices various eco-friendly initiatives including the use of a greywater filtration system, recycling waste management and serving locally produced foods.