The newly launched Human Development Index report for 2023/24 by the United Nations Development Programme has revealed that Human Capital Development has been on constant decline since 2019.
The report attributed the decline to increasing deaths from violent conflicts and displacements, reaching the highest levels since World War II, rising temperatures with 2023 being the hottest temperature ever recorded, widening inequalities between countries at the bottom and countries at the top of the HDI. Other reasons, according to the report, are the rising feeling of stress, insecurity, sadness, and anxiety, which are reaching their highest levels since the Gallup surveys began.
The Human Development Report called for the need to change course, otherwise the world may not recover from the decline in human progress, warning that the repercussion of not changing course and removing the gridlock will be seen in additional lives that will be lost, in opportunities that will be forgone, and in feelings of despair.
United Nations, , International Organization for Migration, , and the Government of Japan, have signed a $4.4 million, , on health care delivery to Internally Displaced Persons, , in Adamawa other North-East host communities. Nigerian delegation to the Best Diplomat Conference is setting its sights on hosting the inaugural Africa Young Diplomats and Change-makers Conference on the continent.
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