As we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we share Siannie’s life story, one of the profiles collected for the first commemoration of the International Day for People of African Descent, which was hosted by Costa Rica, with support from UNFPA and OHCHR, within the framework of the International Decade for People of African Descent.
The Dominican Republic receives, for the first time, the Joint Sustainable Development Goals Fund of the United Nations (Joint SDG Fund), of a non-reimbursable nature, with the purpose of supporting the design and implementation of the Care Communities pilot as part of the National Care Policy carried out by the current Government administration.
“With each passing hour, two things are increasingly clear: first — it keeps getting worse. Second — whatever the outcome, this war will have no winners, only losers”, said UN Secretary-General António Guterres, warning that a resulting meltdown of the global economy is provoking a "hurricane of hunger", as he addressed reporters outside the Security Council chamber in New York.
The UN Deputy Secretary-General Ms. Amina Mohammed called upon the UN Resident Coordinators in the Arab States to safeguard the 2030 agenda, in spite of a complex environment, and help countries get the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) back on track.
In recent years, Yemen has become one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Over half of all Yemenis — 17.4 million people — are food insecure, and the number of people facing famine-like levels of hunger is likely to jump to 161,000 by the end of the year.
Syria’s 11 years of brutal fighting has come at an “unconscionable human cost”, subjecting millions there to human rights violations on a “massive and systematic scale”, said the UN chief on Friday, marking yet another tragic anniversary. “The destruction that Syrians have endured is so extensive and deadly that it has few equals in modern history”, said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a statement. “There must be no impunity.”
With less than a decade left to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 on gender equality and women’s empowerment, the commitment is yet to translate into action on the ground. The Eighth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development, which was held in Kigali, Republic of Rwanda, from 3 to 5 March 2022, offered Africa a unique opportunity to engage all stakeholders on accelerating actions towards achieving SDG 5 by 2030.
UN entities continue to work together to respond to the situation, contributing their expertise and building on their partnerships. Among other priority interventions, they provide vital support to refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs), especially women and girls; assist authorities in ensuring the protection and the provision of essential services for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs); and support survivors of violence among vulnerable girls from conflict and crisis-affected communities.
