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“Respect for is declining human rights“And a retreat from multilateralism is jeopardizing hard-won gains in global development,” one senior said. And The data has warned.
In comments made at a high-level meeting in Geneva, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif said that warresurrection climate skepticism, cut foreign aid and a Sorting out the values of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) All are jeopardizing global progress.
He said, “In recent decades, our world has progressed in extraordinary ways – safer, fairer, more inclusive and more prosperous. Human rights are at the heart of this progress.” “Yet, today, declining respect for human rights and multilateralism is threatening these hard-earned development gains.”
“The results speak for themselves: poverty reduction has stalled,” Ms. Al-Nashif said, echoing the World Bank’s warning of a “lost decade for development.”
Ms. Al-Nashif also cited conflicts that “causing terrible pain“And who are ignoring the rules of war”Targeting civilians and critical infrastructureThe comments come amid conflict in both Gaza and Ukraine.
Ms Al-Nashif also criticized “the pressure on climate action, civic participation, diversity and equality” – “even countries that were once their supporters,
America sees a significant change in these areas in 2025 President Donald Trump Announcing his intention to pull his country out of a key climate treaty, paris agreementtargeting DEI initiatives in the public sectorand deploying troops to several Democrat-run cities on doubtful grounds,
Ms. Al-Nashif also warned “extreme levels of debtalso faced by countries Faced a big decline in foreign aid By the least developed countries of the world.
Ms. Al-Nashif was speaking in Geneva at a session of the Mechanism of Experts on the Right to Development, a body that discusses best global practices in pursuit of the “right to development”: a human right adopted by the United Nations in 1986, which recognizes the right of every human being to continuously improve his or her well-being.
Despite her dire assessment, Ms. Al-Nashif said there was still a way to go. He said, for example, how the clear majority of leaders in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) September showed support for human rights, multilateralism and international law. “He called for a return to the values of the UN Charter and revitalized cooperation based on global solidarity,” he said.
At this year’s UNGA, President Trump launched a blistering attack on everything from migration to those pushing the climate agenda, telling countries including his close ally Britain: “you all are going to hell,
This article was produced as part of The Independent Rethinking global aid Project