‘Investing in youth is investing in peace’, UN Security Council hears

‘Investing in youth is investing in peace’, UN Security Council hears

“The potential and opportunity for renewal that young people represent means…that they must be part of the broader discussions shaping our societies,” UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo told ambassadors in the Security Council. With youth constituting 55 per cent of the population in the southern and eastern Mediterranean, their voices cannot be ignored, she said. Reflecting…

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World News in Brief: Investing in primary healthcare, record hunger in West and Central Africa, UNICEF emergency appeal

World News in Brief: Investing in primary healthcare, record hunger in West and Central Africa, UNICEF emergency appeal

That warning came from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Universal Health Coverage Day – observed on Tuesday – which said without urgent action, “these gaps will only widen”. Health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed that investing in resilient health systems, based on strong primary healthcare, is “the most inclusive, equitable and cost-effective…

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