Insecurity Insight<br />Posted<br />1 Sep 2022<br />Originally published<br />23 Aug 2022<br />World + 6 more Aid in Danger Bi-Monthly News Brief 10-23 August 2022<br />Format<br /> Situation Report<br />Source<br />Insecurity Insight<br />Posted<br />30 Aug 2022<br />Originally published<br />30 Aug efforts to promote dialogue are of paramount importance.<br /><br />“It is time to learn not to aggravate enmity and stop strengthening opposing blocks. We need leaders who at the international level could promote mutual understanding and dialogue between peoples, and revive the Helsinki spirit, the aspiration to strengthen multilateralism, build a more stable and peaceful world, taking care of new generations. This requires understanding, patience, and dialogue with everyone. I repeat, with everyone!” said Pope Francis.<br /><br />The visit of Pope Francis, 21 years later after Pope John Paul II visited Kazakhstan, is historic and comes at a time when Kazakhstan finds itself in a “critical junction of history.” 2022 has not been easy for Kazakhstan, amplified by internal and external challenges.<br /><br />“I believe it is high time for moderates from different cultures and religions to pool their wisdom and energy to unite people behind the ideas of peace, social harmony, and mutual support,” said Tokayev. <br /><br /><br />Get The Astana Times stories sent directly to you! Sign up via the website or subscribe to our Twitter and TelegramThe LDCs face unprecedented challenges from the Covid-19 pandemic: climate change, global recession, rising energy costs and food insecurity. At the same time, they need to drive inclusive, resilient and sustainable recovery and growth. Alongside the important role of official development assistance for LDCs, private sector investment will be essential for these countries. We are stepping up our commitments to work with the UN to help expand its private sector reach and to identify innovative solutions to the most pressing problems with our co-chairing of the 5th UN Conference on LDCs Private Sector Forum in 2023. In the leadup to the meetings in Doha, we have worked with companies across a variety of sectors to outline the main challenges facing LDCs in connectivity, blended finance, skilling, multistakeholder partnerships and good governance, and provide recommendations on what is needed to drive increased private sector investments to further progress in the SDGs. In close partnership with Microsoft Tech for Social Impact colleagues, we’ll continue to deepen our work on the empowerment of UN organizations for a fit-for-purpose use of technology to solve big societal problems and advance the SDGs, while increasing our focus on digital development of LDCs.<br /><br />Ensuring that digital technology can be a resilient foundation for enabling the SDGs will require that critical issues at the intersection of technology and society are addressed. Industry needs to work with governments, civil society, the technical community and other stakeholders so that together, we can create a trustworthy digital foundation that can lead to inclusive economic opportunity and protect fundamental human rights – and enable a more environmentally sustainable future. This is an important undertaking for our team – offering the UN, international organizations and2022, 12:40 pm<br />“What we are doing now is not for this World Cup,” Nazmul told the reporters on Tuesday. “We have to target the World Cup after it. There is no coach who can change everything in a day. So we have to accept it.”<br />Welcome to the United Nations<br />Toggle navigation<br />Language:<br />United Nations<br />UN News<br />Global perspective Human stories<br />Search the United Nations<br />Search<br />Advanced Search<br /> <br />SUBSCRIBE<br /><br />AUDIO HUB<br /><br />‘Don’t flood the world today; don’t drown it tomorrow’, UN Chief implores leaders<br />The UN Secretary-General briefs the press (file) <br />UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe<br />The UN Secretary-General briefs the press (file)<br /> <br />14 September 2022<br />UN Affairs<br />As hundreds of Heads of State and Government prepare to fly into New York for the General Debate of the new General Assembly, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on them to bring hope to a fractured world, and increase efforts to fight the climate crisis.<br /><br />At a press briefing on Wednesday, Mr. Guterres promised to address the many challenging issues facing the planet, in his speech next week to the General Assembly, which will also contain concrete recommendations and a call to action. <br /><br />The UN chief began by recalling the devastation he witnessed on his recent trip to flood-hit Pakistan, which he described as a window into a “future of permanent and ubiquitous climate chaos on an unimaginable scale”.<br /><br />Mr. Guterres, who is from Portugal, noted that the flooding covers an area three times the size of his homeland.<br /><br />In typically uncompromising language, he lambasted the global response to the climate crisis as inadequate, unjust and, at its heart, a betrayal. “Whether it’s Pakistan, the Horn of Africa, the Sahel, small islands or Least Developed Countries, the world’s most<br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrurMJP4aGk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrurMJP4aGk</a>