Commission adopts its Work Programme for 2023: Tackling the most pressing challenges, while staying the course for the long-term

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 19, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

] The Commission adopted its 2023 Work Programme. It sets out a bold agenda to respond to the current set of crises affecting the everyday lives of Europeans, while doubling down on the ongoing green and digital transformations, making our European Union more...

Lifting 100 million out of poverty by 2025 still possible, despite recession threat

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 19, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

A flagship UN poverty study released on Monday, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, finds that significant poverty reduction is possible, and new ways of calculating the problem can help humanitarians and governments better target aid. The...

World Food Day 2022 : Global food crisis: Let’s move from ‘despair to hope and action’, urges Guterres

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 18, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

  In the face of the growing hunger crisis, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization stressed on Friday, ahead of World Food Day, the need to “harness the power of solidarity and collective action” to build a sustainable world with enough to eat for...

Finland: Rights of Finnish children detained in Syria camps violated

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 14, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Finland’s failure to repatriate its own child citizens held for years in camps under life-threating conditions in northeast Syria, is a violation of their rights, the UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) said in a ruling issued on Wednesday. The CRC published its decision...

12 countries elected to serve new terms on Human Rights Council

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 13, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The UN General Assembly elected a dozen new countries on Thursday to serve on the Human Rights Council, while Germany and Sudan secured second terms. After the ballots were cast and counted, Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi named Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile,...

EU to tackle disinformation in classrooms

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 12, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Commission published guidelines for teachers in primary and secondary schools Tuesday on how to address disinformation and promote digital literacy in their classrooms. The guidelines provide practical support for teachers and educators and include...