Former Regional Director, Asia- Pacific, UN Development Coordination Office. Former United Nations Resident Coordinator/HC in Pakistan&SriLanka and more!
We need to speak with empathy that resonates across cultures and generations, setting aside labels and appealing to the core values behind human rights. And we need to engage people – especially youth – online. https://t.co/FEZlRrkMJv
Climate Change make the poor even poorer and harder for them to lift themselves to a better life. Countries like Pakistan are especially vulnerable to this, The Double Burden of Poverty and Climate - 5 Facts | United Nations https://t.co/XIkxjN2FhX via @YouTube
We have had clear evidence of hundreds of people being killed trying to get access to these sites and mostly by Israeli military, which is totally unacceptable and that is a very grave breach, not only of international humanitarian law… https://t.co/8jjPGLpDtb
I have not posted for a long while the but this piece shows brilliant and tragically what happens when an imperfect organization with good intentions and good work is destroyed and not improved.https://t.co/sBJG7IPpmh
“No one can easily put Sudan back together again. But it is possible to save millions of lives, and reduce the chance of calamitous geopolitical aftershocks, if the world acts now.”Why Sudan’s catastrophic war is the world’s problem https://t.co/Rq8OZns1RD from @TheEconomist
While energy and lives are dissolved in wars that don't make sense, which in turn undermine trust in the the international system, there is not enough attention to the effect of climate change and global inequality - as this report shows😞
#SDGReport2024 shows global inequality rising; 23m more people in extreme poverty; 100m hungrier. Slower GDP growth not helping nor is decline in health/ed progress. We can jumpstart stalling #HumanDevelopment engine w new ideas & innovation! #SDGActionNow https://t.co/OHwRyDg3pH
The escalating violence in #Sudan's Al Fasher is dealing a crushing blow to civilians at their most vulnerable.
I am horrified by news of the RSF attack on South Hospital.
The fighting, looting and atrocities we are seeing in Sudan over and over again – they must stop now.