{"id":157877,"date":"2025-07-22T02:25:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T02:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-news-in-brief-global-investment-plunges-hurricane-season-in-haiti-rising-cholera-and-hunger-in-south-sudan-un-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T02:25:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T02:25:54","slug":"world-news-in-brief-global-investment-plunges-hurricane-season-in-haiti-rising-cholera-and-hunger-in-south-sudan-un-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-news-in-brief-global-investment-plunges-hurricane-season-in-haiti-rising-cholera-and-hunger-in-south-sudan-un-news\/","title":{"rendered":"World News in Brief: Global investment plunges, hurricane season in Haiti, rising cholera and hunger in South Sudan – UN News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Global investment fell a full 11 per cent to $1.5 trillion last year \u2013 it\u2019s a huge blow for developing nations, the UN trade agency, UNCTAD, said on Thursday.
Their latest data shows that the outlook for international investment this year \u201cis negative\u201d, a sharp course correction from January, when \u201cmodest\u201d growth seemed possible.
The reasons for this range from trade tensions and tariffs whose main effect has been a \u201cdramatic increase in investor uncertainty\u201d, said UNCTAD<\/a> Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan.
She said that investment in renewable energy, water and sanitation fell by some 30 per cent and that agriculture saw a 19 per cent drop in investor confidence.
Only the health sector saw an increase of nearly 20 per cent, Ms. Grynspan said, although that only accounts for \u201cless than $15 billion globally\u201d.
\u201cBehind those numbers are very real consequences. Jobs not created,\u201d she said. \u201cInfrastructure not built, sustainable development delayed. What we see here is not just a downturn. It is a pattern.\u201d
Ms. Grynspan also cited \u201cgrowing geopolitical tensions\u201d in addition to rising trade barriers around the world as reasons for the fall in global investment for development.
In critical sectors as hi-tech industries and rare earth minerals, governments are also tightening screening measures on proposed foreign investment, the UN agency noted.
The Humanitarian Country Team in Haiti warned<\/a> Wednesday that funding and pre-positioned contingency supplies are critically low ahead of what is forecast to be an above-average hurricane season.
Haiti is highly vulnerable to extreme weather, with 96 per cent of the population at risk. Forecasts project 12 to 19 tropical storms and up to five major hurricanes this year.
The alert comes as the fragile island nation grapples with a worsening humanitarian crisis. Armed gangs control much of the country, the collapse of essential services and growing displacement have left 5.7 million people food insecure, 1.3 million displaced and 230,000 living in makeshift shelters ill-equipped to withstand severe weather.
Humanitarian actors have pre-positioned limited stocks of essential items, but they are at a record low for a hurricane season posing such high risk.  
For the first time, Haiti will begin the hurricane season without pre-positioned food supplies or the financial resources necessary to initiate a rapid response.  
Meanwhile, UN Humanitarian Office (OCHA<\/a>) is coordinating missions with UN agencies and partners to assess how to safely resume aid operations in high-need areas, following their suspension on 26 May due to insecurity.
\u201cI am deeply concerned for communities, families, and vulnerable groups who have already been affected by violence and are living in precarious conditions,\u201d said Ulrika Richardson, Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti, calling for immediate support.
As of mid-June, the $908 million Humanitarian Response Plan for Haiti is just 8 per cent funded.
OCHA raised the alarm on Thursday over rising malnutrition and cholera cases in war-torn South Sudan.
An estimated 2.3 million children under five urgently need treatment for acute malnutrition, a 10 per cent increase since last July.
This crisis is unfolding amid the world\u2019s most severe cholera outbreak this year, with almost 74,000 cases and at least 1,362 deaths reported as of 16 June.  
The start of the rainy season and waning immunity risk a significant surge in infections.
The 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan for South Sudan is only 20 per cent funded.
Despite limited resources and many challenges, the UN and partners have scaled up efforts, delivering vaccines and life-saving aid to contain the disease and protect the most vulnerable.
\u201cThis dire situation is a stark reminder that we need funding urgently to expand food assistance, to expand nutrition and expand health services to those who need it the most,\u201d said UN Spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric at the daily briefing in New York. 
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