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Conference on Small Island Developing States
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are facing a convergence of crises including the economic fallout of COVID-19, particularly devastating for tourism-dependent countries, and climate change, which exacerbates their vulnerability despite their minimal contribution to it. These challenges have depleted their finances and impeded progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. In response, the international community will gather in Antigua and Barbuda at the end of May 2024 to craft new partnerships and solutions to enhance their resilience and prosperity over the next decade.
‘Extraordinary, deep anxiety’ in Gaza over feared Rafah attack
30 April 2024 — Ordinary Gazans remain in a “constant state of trauma” over an impending full-scale Israeli attack on the enclave’s southernmost city of Rafah amid a growing number of strikes...
Gaza war spillover compounds misery for most vulnerable in Lebanon
30 April 2024 — Children as young as four are being forced to go to work in Lebanon amid a “massive collapse” in humanitarian funding and escalating hostilities on the country’s southern border...
Gaza at ‘most dangerous’ stage amid huge unexploded weapons risk, warns demining expert
29 April 2024 — The head of UN peacekeeping and demining reiterated calls on Monday for a ceasefire in Gaza as a first step to returning the war-ravaged enclave to some normality, while mine...