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SOUTH ASIA: ‘REAL POSSIBILITY’ HEALTH SYSTEMS WILL BE Impacts of the deadly new surge in COVID-19 cases across South Asia are unlike anything the region has seen before, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said, warning of a “real possibility” that health systems there will be strained to a breaking point, leading to even more loss of life. NEWS HEADLINES IN 2021, PAGE 28 Guterres calls for ‘paradigm shift’ to recover from COVID setbacks. Monday, April 12, 2021 - UN News. A “paradigm shift” aligning the private sector with the global goals is needed to address the challenges of the future, including those triggered by COVID-19, the UN chief said on Monday, addressing the Financing for Development(FfD
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DESPERATELY NEED COVID-19 FINANCING SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 (IPS) - Failure to sufficiently accelerate comprehensive efforts to contain COVID-19 contagion has greatly worsened the catastrophe in developing countries. Grossly inadequate financing of relief, recovery and reform efforts has also further set back progress, including sustainable development. COUNTERING GENDER STEREOTYPING IN THE NEWS MEDIA EXTENT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DURING PANDEMIC EXPOSED Extent of Violence Against Women During Pandemic Exposed. Parliamentarians from Africa and Asia met to discuss how to improve the conditions of women, girls, and youth during pandemics. Credit: APDA. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Mar 11 (IPS) - COVID-19 restrictions exposed women and girls to heightened abuse – revealing theconditions in which
DRUG USE IS A HEALTH ISSUE Drug Use is a Health Issue - We Need to Decriminalize. APIA, Samoa, Feb 25 (IPS) - Vulnerable people need support, not stricter laws. Earlier this month, and in December 2020 the Government of Samoa conducted operations that resulted in the confiscation of a total of 1,400 grams of methamphetamine at the border, smuggled from the US. BIOGAS IN ARGENTINA: TURNING AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM INTO Biogas in Argentina: Turning an Environmental Problem into a Solution. The biodigester of the Monje Agricultural and Livestock Cooperative, which brings together 550 small farmers in this town in northeastern Argentina on the banks of the Paraná River, produces biogas that feeds electricity to its oil plant and biofertilisers used on thecrops.
A CHRONOLOGY OF THE GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS STRUGGLE The following has been reproduced, with kind permission, from the United Nation's Development Program (UNDP) Human Development Report, 2000 and shows some of the major events in recent history with relation to human rights issues. The report continues to go on to show that despite these many achievements, we still have a long way to go to effectively help realize human rights and GLOBAL ISSUES : SOCIAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC ANDABOUTISSUESWORLD NEWSSUPPORTCONTACTCLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING GlobalIssues.org provides insights into global issues that may be misrepresented but are all closely related. List of topics covered include social, political, economic and environmental issues, including human rights, economy, trade, globalization, poverty, environment and health related issues. COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS SHOWN HUMANITY AT ITS BEST-- & AT COVID-19 Pandemic has Shown Humanity at its Best-- & at its Worst. A health worker at a local health centre in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, prepares a vaccine injection. The dispatch of millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa started in February. Credit: UNICEF/Sibylle Desjardins. GENEVA, Feb 11 (IPS) - WHO and UNICEF havea long
SOUTH ASIA: ‘REAL POSSIBILITY’ HEALTH SYSTEMS WILL BE Impacts of the deadly new surge in COVID-19 cases across South Asia are unlike anything the region has seen before, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said, warning of a “real possibility” that health systems there will be strained to a breaking point, leading to even more loss of life. NEWS HEADLINES IN 2021, PAGE 28 Guterres calls for ‘paradigm shift’ to recover from COVID setbacks. Monday, April 12, 2021 - UN News. A “paradigm shift” aligning the private sector with the global goals is needed to address the challenges of the future, including those triggered by COVID-19, the UN chief said on Monday, addressing the Financing for Development(FfD
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DESPERATELY NEED COVID-19 FINANCING SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 (IPS) - Failure to sufficiently accelerate comprehensive efforts to contain COVID-19 contagion has greatly worsened the catastrophe in developing countries. Grossly inadequate financing of relief, recovery and reform efforts has also further set back progress, including sustainable development. COUNTERING GENDER STEREOTYPING IN THE NEWS MEDIA EXTENT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DURING PANDEMIC EXPOSED Extent of Violence Against Women During Pandemic Exposed. Parliamentarians from Africa and Asia met to discuss how to improve the conditions of women, girls, and youth during pandemics. Credit: APDA. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Mar 11 (IPS) - COVID-19 restrictions exposed women and girls to heightened abuse – revealing theconditions in which
DRUG USE IS A HEALTH ISSUE Drug Use is a Health Issue - We Need to Decriminalize. APIA, Samoa, Feb 25 (IPS) - Vulnerable people need support, not stricter laws. Earlier this month, and in December 2020 the Government of Samoa conducted operations that resulted in the confiscation of a total of 1,400 grams of methamphetamine at the border, smuggled from the US. BIOGAS IN ARGENTINA: TURNING AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM INTO Biogas in Argentina: Turning an Environmental Problem into a Solution. The biodigester of the Monje Agricultural and Livestock Cooperative, which brings together 550 small farmers in this town in northeastern Argentina on the banks of the Paraná River, produces biogas that feeds electricity to its oil plant and biofertilisers used on thecrops.
A CHRONOLOGY OF THE GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS STRUGGLE The following has been reproduced, with kind permission, from the United Nation's Development Program (UNDP) Human Development Report, 2000 and shows some of the major events in recent history with relation to human rights issues. The report continues to go on to show that despite these many achievements, we still have a long way to go to effectively help realize human rights and DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DESPERATELY NEED COVID-19 FINANCING SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 (IPS) - Failure to sufficiently accelerate comprehensive efforts to contain COVID-19 contagion has greatly worsened the catastrophe in developing countries. Grossly inadequate financing of relief, recovery and reform efforts has also further set back progress, including sustainable development. UN SCIENTISTS: CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY LOSS. TWO UNITED NATIONS, Jun 11 (IPS) - Earth is in the throes of multiple environmental crises, with climate change and the loss of biodiversity the most pressing.The urgency to confront the two challenges has been marked by policies that tackle the issues separately.Now, a report by a team of scientists has warned that success on either front is hinged on a combined approach to the dual crises. TO IMPROVE GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY, WE MUST NOT ABANDON HOVE, United Kingdom, Jun 11 (IPS) - As world leaders come together in the UK for the G7, the global response to COVID-19 and how we can build a better defence system against infection is at the forefront of discussions. Whilst we applaud the incredible global efforts in tackling COVID-19 and support calls for vaccines to be shared equitably across the world, we also urge G7 leaders not to A STAGGERING 160 MILLION ARE VICTIMS OF CHILD LABOUR Latest news. Read the latest news stories: A Staggering 160 Million Are Victims of Child Labour Friday, June 11, 2021; Preventing Hunger While Building Peace Friday, June 11, 2021; UN-backed report finds no G7-based stock exchange indices align with Paris climate goals Thursday, June 10, 2021 ‘Unprecedented’ rise in gang violence across Haiti’s capital displaces thousands Thursday, June TIME TO END GENERATIONAL INJUSTICE WITH A 'GLOBAL BLUE NEW Latest news. Read the latest news stories: UN-backed report finds no G7-based stock exchange indices align with Paris climate goals Thursday, June 10, 2021 ‘Unprecedented’ rise in gang violence across Haiti’s capital displaces thousands Thursday, June 10, 2021; Global Progress Against Child Labour ‘Ground to a Halt’ - UN Report Thursday, June 10, 2021 UN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ESCALATING Escalating violence across Myanmar including attacks on civilians must be halted to prevent even greater loss of life and a deepening humanitarian emergency, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said onFriday.
NINE IN 10 AFRICAN NATIONS SET TO MISS URGENT COVID The WHO’s reminder that 225 million doses of vaccine are needed urgently on the continent comes as coronavirus infections increased there for the third consecutive week.. Africa’s 54 countries have registered nearly five million COVID-19 infections to date and numbers increased by nearly 20 per cent - to more than 88 000 - in the weekending 6 June.
PREVENTING HUNGER WHILE BUILDING PEACE Latest news. Read the latest news stories: A Staggering 160 Million Are Victims of Child Labour Friday, June 11, 2021; Preventing Hunger While Building Peace Friday, June 11, 2021; UN-backed report finds no G7-based stock exchange indices align with Paris climate goals Thursday, June 10, 2021 ‘Unprecedented’ rise in gang violence across Haiti’s capital displaces thousands Thursday, June THE 21ST CENTURY NUCLEAR ARMS RACE NEW YORK, Jun 09 (IPS) - The writer is President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, and Vice-President of the International Peace Bureau.A new report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)—focusing on nuclear weapons spending-- following on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists recent decision that their Doomsday Clock, should be ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ RISE IN GANG VIOLENCE ACROSS HAITI’S An upsurge in deadly clashes between gangs in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, has displaced more than 5,000 people since the beginning of the month, the United Nations said on Thursday, citing preliminary estimates from its humanitarian agency, OCHA. COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS SHOWN HUMANITY AT ITS BEST-- & AT COVID-19 Pandemic has Shown Humanity at its Best-- & at its Worst. A health worker at a local health centre in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, prepares a vaccine injection. The dispatch of millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa started in February. Credit: UNICEF/Sibylle Desjardins. GENEVA, Feb 11 (IPS) - WHO and UNICEF havea long
SOUTH ASIA: ‘REAL POSSIBILITY’ HEALTH SYSTEMS WILL BE Impacts of the deadly new surge in COVID-19 cases across South Asia are unlike anything the region has seen before, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said, warning of a “real possibility” that health systems there will be strained to a breaking point, leading to even more loss of life. COVID-19 DEATHS BEFORE A VACCINE? The total worldwide number of deaths from COVID-19 before a vaccine, reported to be nearly a quarter-million at the end of April and amounting to a five-fold increase since the start of April, is hard to predict.It depends on a host of critical factors, many of which are not well understood and are changing rapidly. COVID-19 VACCINES: HOW AND WHEN WILL LOWER-INCOME COVAX: not enough and too slow. Backed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the COVAX initiative was created to share COVID-19 vaccines around the world, especially with lower-income countries. In 2020, $2.4 billion was raised, with agreements made to give low- and middle-income countries access to 1.3 billion vaccine doses. NEWS HEADLINES IN OCTOBER 2020 Reclaiming Africa’s Early Post-independence History. Thursday, October 29, 2020 - Inter Press Service. ACCRA, Ghana, Oct 29 (IPS) - In 1965, Kwame Nkrumah described the paradox of neocolonialism in Africa, in which "the soil continue to enrich, not Africans predominantly, but groups and individuals who operate to Africa'simpoverishment."
A LONG, UNEVEN AND UNCERTAIN ASCENT WASHINGTON DC, Oct 20 (IPS) - The IMF says poor are getting poorer with close to 90 million people expected to fall into extreme deprivation this year.The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread with over 1 million lives tragically lost so far. Living with the novel coronavirus has been a challenge like no other, but the world isadapting.
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THE NEW POOR POST-PANDEMIC: TIME FOR CUSHIONING THE MOST BANGKOK, Thailand, Aug 04 (IPS) - After decades of impressive growth, for the first time, Southeast Asia is experiencing a drop in measured human development. The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic will likely take months to reveal itself and years to put right. Yet, a legacy of mobilizing under constraints is leading Southeast Asia'spandemic response.
BIOGAS IN ARGENTINA: TURNING AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM INTO Biogas in Argentina: Turning an Environmental Problem into a Solution. The biodigester of the Monje Agricultural and Livestock Cooperative, which brings together 550 small farmers in this town in northeastern Argentina on the banks of the Paraná River, produces biogas that feeds electricity to its oil plant and biofertilisers used on thecrops.
COMBATTING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH BAMBOO ROME, Nov 29 (IPS) - Did you know bamboo can help combat climate change? Fast growing and flexible, bamboo plants and products can store more carbon than certain types of tree. Bamboo is also used around the world as a source of renewable energy, and to make thousands of durable products - providing a lifeline for communities vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS SHOWN HUMANITY AT ITS BEST-- & AT COVID-19 Pandemic has Shown Humanity at its Best-- & at its Worst. A health worker at a local health centre in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, prepares a vaccine injection. The dispatch of millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa started in February. Credit: UNICEF/Sibylle Desjardins. GENEVA, Feb 11 (IPS) - WHO and UNICEF havea long
SOUTH ASIA: ‘REAL POSSIBILITY’ HEALTH SYSTEMS WILL BE Impacts of the deadly new surge in COVID-19 cases across South Asia are unlike anything the region has seen before, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said, warning of a “real possibility” that health systems there will be strained to a breaking point, leading to even more loss of life. COVID-19 DEATHS BEFORE A VACCINE? The total worldwide number of deaths from COVID-19 before a vaccine, reported to be nearly a quarter-million at the end of April and amounting to a five-fold increase since the start of April, is hard to predict.It depends on a host of critical factors, many of which are not well understood and are changing rapidly. COVID-19 VACCINES: HOW AND WHEN WILL LOWER-INCOME COVAX: not enough and too slow. Backed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the COVAX initiative was created to share COVID-19 vaccines around the world, especially with lower-income countries. In 2020, $2.4 billion was raised, with agreements made to give low- and middle-income countries access to 1.3 billion vaccine doses. NEWS HEADLINES IN OCTOBER 2020 Reclaiming Africa’s Early Post-independence History. Thursday, October 29, 2020 - Inter Press Service. ACCRA, Ghana, Oct 29 (IPS) - In 1965, Kwame Nkrumah described the paradox of neocolonialism in Africa, in which "the soil continue to enrich, not Africans predominantly, but groups and individuals who operate to Africa'simpoverishment."
A LONG, UNEVEN AND UNCERTAIN ASCENT WASHINGTON DC, Oct 20 (IPS) - The IMF says poor are getting poorer with close to 90 million people expected to fall into extreme deprivation this year.The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread with over 1 million lives tragically lost so far. Living with the novel coronavirus has been a challenge like no other, but the world isadapting.
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THE NEW POOR POST-PANDEMIC: TIME FOR CUSHIONING THE MOST BANGKOK, Thailand, Aug 04 (IPS) - After decades of impressive growth, for the first time, Southeast Asia is experiencing a drop in measured human development. The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic will likely take months to reveal itself and years to put right. Yet, a legacy of mobilizing under constraints is leading Southeast Asia'spandemic response.
BIOGAS IN ARGENTINA: TURNING AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM INTO Biogas in Argentina: Turning an Environmental Problem into a Solution. The biodigester of the Monje Agricultural and Livestock Cooperative, which brings together 550 small farmers in this town in northeastern Argentina on the banks of the Paraná River, produces biogas that feeds electricity to its oil plant and biofertilisers used on thecrops.
COMBATTING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH BAMBOO ROME, Nov 29 (IPS) - Did you know bamboo can help combat climate change? Fast growing and flexible, bamboo plants and products can store more carbon than certain types of tree. Bamboo is also used around the world as a source of renewable energy, and to make thousands of durable products - providing a lifeline for communities vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. COVID-19 VACCINES: HOW AND WHEN WILL LOWER-INCOME COVAX: not enough and too slow. Backed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the COVAX initiative was created to share COVID-19 vaccines around the world, especially with lower-income countries. In 2020, $2.4 billion was raised, with agreements made to give low- and middle-income countries access to 1.3 billion vaccine doses. G7 SUMMIT: TIME TO PUT WOMEN FRONT & CENTRE OF THE GLOBAL 23 hours ago · VIENNA/LONDON, Jun 08 (IPS) - The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on women and girls, and the fallout has shown how deeply gender inequality remains embedded in the world’s political, social and economic systems, says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.The leaders of the G7 group of nations will soon gather in Cornwall, United Kingdom, (June 11-13) to devise plans UNICEF AND CELEBRITIES APPEAL TO G7 COUNTRIES: DONATE From David Beckham to Whoopi Goldberg and Angelique Kidjo, Ambassadors for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and other agencies, have signed an open letter to the upcoming G7 Summit of world leaders, underscoring the urgency of suppling vaccine donations now. NEWS HEADLINES IN JUNE 2021, PAGE 4 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 04 (IPS) - The United Nations has been in the forefront of an ongoing battle against the growing hazards of climate change, including the destruction of different species of plants and animals, the danger of rising sea-levels threatening the very existence of small island developing states (SIDS), and the risks of oceans reaching record temperatures endangering aquatic STEP UP HIV FIGHT, TO END AIDS ‘EPIDEMIC OF INEQUALITIES Latest news. Read the latest news stories: Step up HIV fight, to end AIDS ‘epidemic of inequalities’ by 2030 Tuesday, June 08, 2021; UN court upholds Ratko Mladić convictions and life sentence Tuesday, June 08, 2021; António Guterres nominated by Security Council for second term as UN chief Tuesday, June 08, 2021; UNICEF and celebrities appeal to G7 countries: Donate COVID WHY WE NEED MORE WOMEN IN POWER 1 day ago · Across the world we do see powerful women, but ‘women in power’, remain significantly underrepresented across a variety of professional fields, in business, academic, politics and media. The goal is to challenge the perception of fixed gender roles, which is often internalized. “We need more women in power,” says Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, 6th and First Female President of Mauritius and ANTÓNIO GUTERRES NOMINATED BY SECURITY COUNCIL FOR SECOND Latest news. Read the latest news stories: Step up HIV fight, to end AIDS ‘epidemic of inequalities’ by 2030 Tuesday, June 08, 2021; UN court upholds Ratko Mladić convictions and life sentence Tuesday, June 08, 2021; António Guterres nominated by Security Council for second term as UN chief Tuesday, June 08, 2021; UNICEF and celebrities appeal to G7 countries: Donate COVID EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT INVESTMENTS TRANSFORM CHILDRENS MOGADISHU, Jun 8 2021 (IPS) - Ten-year-old Sabah Abdi from Ali Isse, a small rural village on the Somaliland-Ethiopian border, scored well in her recent exams, placing third overall in her local village school of 400 students.Yet is was just three years ago Sabah spent her days helping with household chores and herding goats, rather than studying because her pastoralist family could not PALTRY INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR SPENDING NEEDS SETS SOUTH 23 hours ago · Latest news. Read the latest news stories: Time to End Generational Injustice with a 'Global Blue New Deal' to Protect Oceans Tuesday, June 08, 2021; G7 Summit: Time to put Women Front & Centre of the Global Economic Recovery Tuesday, June 08, 2021; Paltry International Support for Spending Needs Sets South Further Back Tuesday, June 08, 2021; Volcanic eruption in DR Congo: A CHRONOLOGY OF THE GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS STRUGGLE The following has been reproduced, with kind permission, from the United Nation's Development Program (UNDP) Human Development Report, 2000 and shows some of the major events in recent history with relation to human rights issues. The report continues to go on to show that despite these many achievements, we still have a long way to go to effectively help realize human rights and SOUTH ASIA: ‘REAL POSSIBILITY’ HEALTH SYSTEMS WILL BE Impacts of the deadly new surge in COVID-19 cases across South Asia are unlike anything the region has seen before, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said, warning of a “real possibility” that health systems there will be strained to a breaking point, leading to even more loss of life. COVID-19 DEATHS BEFORE A VACCINE? The total worldwide number of deaths from COVID-19 before a vaccine, reported to be nearly a quarter-million at the end of April and amounting to a five-fold increase since the start of April, is hard to predict.It depends on a host of critical factors, many of which are not well understood and are changing rapidly. COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS SHOWN HUMANITY AT ITS BEST-- & AT COVID-19 Pandemic has Shown Humanity at its Best-- & at its Worst. A health worker at a local health centre in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, prepares a vaccine injection. The dispatch of millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa started in February. Credit: UNICEF/Sibylle Desjardins. GENEVA, Feb 11 (IPS) - WHO and UNICEF havea long
COMBATTING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH BAMBOO ROME, Nov 29 (IPS) - Did you know bamboo can help combat climate change? Fast growing and flexible, bamboo plants and products can store more carbon than certain types of tree. Bamboo is also used around the world as a source of renewable energy, and to make thousands of durable products - providing a lifeline for communities vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. BIOGAS IN ARGENTINA: TURNING AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM INTO Biogas in Argentina: Turning an Environmental Problem into a Solution. The biodigester of the Monje Agricultural and Livestock Cooperative, which brings together 550 small farmers in this town in northeastern Argentina on the banks of the Paraná River, produces biogas that feeds electricity to its oil plant and biofertilisers used on thecrops.
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MIGRANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEVELOPMENT: CREATING A “NEW UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (IPS) - Despite the "undeniable" benefits of migration, barriers including public misconceptions continue to hinder positive development outcomes, participants said during a series of thematic consultations here on safe, orderly, and regular migration. NEWS HEADLINES IN OCTOBER 2020 Reclaiming Africa’s Early Post-independence History. Thursday, October 29, 2020 - Inter Press Service. ACCRA, Ghana, Oct 29 (IPS) - In 1965, Kwame Nkrumah described the paradox of neocolonialism in Africa, in which "the soil continue to enrich, not Africans predominantly, but groups and individuals who operate to Africa'simpoverishment."
UN WARNS OF ‘SCREEN TEENS’ NOT GETTING ENOUGH EXERCISE UN Warns of ‘Screen Teens’ not Getting Enough Exercise. A new report found that most adolescents across the globe are not getting enough exercise as screen time increasingly replaces physical activity in homes across the world. Credit: Jorge Luis Baños/IPS. UNITED NATIONS, Nov 27 (IPS) - It is a common complaint of parents globallythat
THE NEW POOR POST-PANDEMIC: TIME FOR CUSHIONING THE MOST BANGKOK, Thailand, Aug 04 (IPS) - After decades of impressive growth, for the first time, Southeast Asia is experiencing a drop in measured human development. The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic will likely take months to reveal itself and years to put right. Yet, a legacy of mobilizing under constraints is leading Southeast Asia'spandemic response.
SOUTH ASIA: ‘REAL POSSIBILITY’ HEALTH SYSTEMS WILL BE Impacts of the deadly new surge in COVID-19 cases across South Asia are unlike anything the region has seen before, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said, warning of a “real possibility” that health systems there will be strained to a breaking point, leading to even more loss of life. COVID-19 DEATHS BEFORE A VACCINE? The total worldwide number of deaths from COVID-19 before a vaccine, reported to be nearly a quarter-million at the end of April and amounting to a five-fold increase since the start of April, is hard to predict.It depends on a host of critical factors, many of which are not well understood and are changing rapidly. COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS SHOWN HUMANITY AT ITS BEST-- & AT COVID-19 Pandemic has Shown Humanity at its Best-- & at its Worst. A health worker at a local health centre in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, prepares a vaccine injection. The dispatch of millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa started in February. Credit: UNICEF/Sibylle Desjardins. GENEVA, Feb 11 (IPS) - WHO and UNICEF havea long
COMBATTING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH BAMBOO ROME, Nov 29 (IPS) - Did you know bamboo can help combat climate change? Fast growing and flexible, bamboo plants and products can store more carbon than certain types of tree. Bamboo is also used around the world as a source of renewable energy, and to make thousands of durable products - providing a lifeline for communities vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. BIOGAS IN ARGENTINA: TURNING AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM INTO Biogas in Argentina: Turning an Environmental Problem into a Solution. The biodigester of the Monje Agricultural and Livestock Cooperative, which brings together 550 small farmers in this town in northeastern Argentina on the banks of the Paraná River, produces biogas that feeds electricity to its oil plant and biofertilisers used on thecrops.
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MIGRANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEVELOPMENT: CREATING A “NEW UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (IPS) - Despite the "undeniable" benefits of migration, barriers including public misconceptions continue to hinder positive development outcomes, participants said during a series of thematic consultations here on safe, orderly, and regular migration. NEWS HEADLINES IN OCTOBER 2020 Reclaiming Africa’s Early Post-independence History. Thursday, October 29, 2020 - Inter Press Service. ACCRA, Ghana, Oct 29 (IPS) - In 1965, Kwame Nkrumah described the paradox of neocolonialism in Africa, in which "the soil continue to enrich, not Africans predominantly, but groups and individuals who operate to Africa'simpoverishment."
UN WARNS OF ‘SCREEN TEENS’ NOT GETTING ENOUGH EXERCISE UN Warns of ‘Screen Teens’ not Getting Enough Exercise. A new report found that most adolescents across the globe are not getting enough exercise as screen time increasingly replaces physical activity in homes across the world. Credit: Jorge Luis Baños/IPS. UNITED NATIONS, Nov 27 (IPS) - It is a common complaint of parents globallythat
THE NEW POOR POST-PANDEMIC: TIME FOR CUSHIONING THE MOST BANGKOK, Thailand, Aug 04 (IPS) - After decades of impressive growth, for the first time, Southeast Asia is experiencing a drop in measured human development. The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic will likely take months to reveal itself and years to put right. Yet, a legacy of mobilizing under constraints is leading Southeast Asia'spandemic response.
COVID-19 VACCINES: HOW AND WHEN WILL LOWER-INCOME COVAX: not enough and too slow. Backed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the COVAX initiative was created to share COVID-19 vaccines around the world, especially with lower-income countries. In 2020, $2.4 billion was raised, with agreements made to give low- and middle-income countries access to 1.3 billion vaccine doses. G7 SUMMIT: TIME TO PUT WOMEN FRONT & CENTRE OF THE GLOBAL 20 hours ago · VIENNA/LONDON, Jun 08 (IPS) - The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on women and girls, and the fallout has shown how deeply gender inequality remains embedded in the world’s political, social and economic systems, says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.The leaders of the G7 group of nations will soon gather in Cornwall, United Kingdom, (June 11-13) to devise plans UNICEF AND CELEBRITIES APPEAL TO G7 COUNTRIES: DONATE From David Beckham to Whoopi Goldberg and Angelique Kidjo, Ambassadors for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and other agencies, have signed an open letter to the upcoming G7 Summit of world leaders, underscoring the urgency of suppling vaccine donations now. NEWS HEADLINES IN JUNE 2021, PAGE 4 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 04 (IPS) - The United Nations has been in the forefront of an ongoing battle against the growing hazards of climate change, including the destruction of different species of plants and animals, the danger of rising sea-levels threatening the very existence of small island developing states (SIDS), and the risks of oceans reaching record temperatures endangering aquatic STEP UP HIV FIGHT, TO END AIDS ‘EPIDEMIC OF INEQUALITIES Latest news. Read the latest news stories: Step up HIV fight, to end AIDS ‘epidemic of inequalities’ by 2030 Tuesday, June 08, 2021; UN court upholds Ratko Mladić convictions and life sentence Tuesday, June 08, 2021; António Guterres nominated by Security Council for second term as UN chief Tuesday, June 08, 2021; UNICEF and celebrities appeal to G7 countries: Donate COVID WHY WE NEED MORE WOMEN IN POWER 1 day ago · Across the world we do see powerful women, but ‘women in power’, remain significantly underrepresented across a variety of professional fields, in business, academic, politics and media. The goal is to challenge the perception of fixed gender roles, which is often internalized. “We need more women in power,” says Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, 6th and First Female President of Mauritius and ANTÓNIO GUTERRES NOMINATED BY SECURITY COUNCIL FOR SECOND Latest news. Read the latest news stories: Step up HIV fight, to end AIDS ‘epidemic of inequalities’ by 2030 Tuesday, June 08, 2021; UN court upholds Ratko Mladić convictions and life sentence Tuesday, June 08, 2021; António Guterres nominated by Security Council for second term as UN chief Tuesday, June 08, 2021; UNICEF and celebrities appeal to G7 countries: Donate COVID EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT INVESTMENTS TRANSFORM CHILDRENS MOGADISHU, Jun 8 2021 (IPS) - Ten-year-old Sabah Abdi from Ali Isse, a small rural village on the Somaliland-Ethiopian border, scored well in her recent exams, placing third overall in her local village school of 400 students.Yet is was just three years ago Sabah spent her days helping with household chores and herding goats, rather than studying because her pastoralist family could not PALTRY INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR SPENDING NEEDS SETS SOUTH 20 hours ago · Latest news. Read the latest news stories: Time to End Generational Injustice with a 'Global Blue New Deal' to Protect Oceans Tuesday, June 08, 2021; G7 Summit: Time to put Women Front & Centre of the Global Economic Recovery Tuesday, June 08, 2021; Paltry International Support for Spending Needs Sets South Further Back Tuesday, June 08, 2021; Volcanic eruption in DR Congo: A CHRONOLOGY OF THE GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS STRUGGLE The following has been reproduced, with kind permission, from the United Nation's Development Program (UNDP) Human Development Report, 2000 and shows some of the major events in recent history with relation to human rights issues. The report continues to go on to show that despite these many achievements, we still have a long way to go to effectively help realize human rights andGot it!
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INDIAN MUSLIM MINORITY TARGETED DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC __Thursday, June 03, 2021 - Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, India, Jun 03 (IPS) - A Muslim call centre operator at a COVID-19 ‘war room’, who once saw himself a COVID-warrior, is now unemployed after being falsely branded by a top politician as a key member of a bed-for-bribe scam. He is a victim of the rise in Islamophobia in India as the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic – with scant evidence of condemnation from the authorities,say activists.
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YEMEN: HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY REMAIN UNDER THREAT FROMSTRICKEN OIL TANKER
__Thursday, June 03, 2021 - UN News There has been no further investigation into the state of the FSO Safer, a stricken tanker anchored just 4.8 nautical miles off the Yemen coast, meaning the risk of a massive oil leak continues to grow with each passing day, a senior UN official told the Security Councilon Thursday.
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ACCOUNTABILITY CRUCIAL TO ‘TRULY RELEGATE’ SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONSTO HISTORY
__Thursday, June 03, 2021 - UN News Until those responsible for any and all chemical weapons use in Syria are held responsible, the global community will continue sending a message of impunity, the senior UN disarmament official warned the Security Council on Thursday.*
UNRWA CHIEF CALLS FOR ‘CLEAR AND UNEQUIVOCAL GUARANTEES’ ON STAFF SAFETY IN HAMAS-CONTROLLED GAZA __Thursday, June 03, 2021 - UN News The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has called for “clear and unequivocal guarantees” over the safety and security of staff working to restore critical services in Gaza, following last month’s conflict between Israel and militant group Hamas, which controls the occupied enclave.*
CHILD MARRIAGE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: WHAT WE FOUND IN 16 AFRICANCOUNTRIES
__Thursday, June 03, 2021 - Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Jun 03 (IPS) - The number of girls who marry before their 15th birthday has remained unchanged for 20 years in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The region has the highest rate of child marriage, with nearly four in 10 girlsmarried
before age 18. In Nigerfor
example, over 77% of girls are married before the age of 18.*
UN HAILS NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION NETWORK, AS ‘IMPORTANT STEP’ TO BUILD TRUST, PROMOTE JUSTICE __Thursday, June 03, 2021 - UN News With factors contributing to transnational corruption becoming increasingly complex, the UN launched an initiative on Thursday to “empower all countries” to find practical solutions and better tools to track, investigate and prosecute the scourge.*
AGROECOLOGY UNDER THREAT __Thursday, June 03, 2021 - Inter Press Service TORONTO, Canada, Jun 03 (IPS) - This week*, the Committee on WorldFood Security
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NICARAGUA MUST STOP ATTACKING AND UNDERMINING HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS __Thursday, June 03, 2021 - UN News An independent UN expert has deplored a recent spate of attacks against human rights defenders in Nicaragua and called on Thursday for the Government to immediately halt them.*
RISK OF COVID-19 SURGE THREATENS AFRICA'S HEALTH FACILITIES __Thursday, June 03, 2021 - UN News Critical health facilities across Africa risk being overwhelmed by surging COVID-19 infections, the UN health agency said on Thursday.*
RESTORATION CALL FOR AREA ‘THE SIZE OF CHINA’ TO PROTECT FALLING BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD INSECURITY __Thursday, June 03, 2021 - UN News An area of land roughly the size of China needs restoring if the planet’s biodiversity and the communities who rely on it are to be protected, UN agencies said on Thursday.* More stories…
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INDIAN MUSLIM MINORITY TARGETED DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC __Thursday, June 03, 2021 - Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, India, Jun 03 (IPS) - A Muslim call centre operator at a COVID-19 ‘war room’, who once saw himself a COVID-warrior, is now unemployed after being falsely branded by a top politician as a key member of a bed-for-bribe scam. He is a victim of the rise in Islamophobia in India as the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic – with scant evidence of condemnation from the authorities,say activists.
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AGROECOLOGY UNDER THREAT __Thursday, June 03, 2021 - Inter Press Service TORONTO, Canada, Jun 03 (IPS) - This week*, the Committee on WorldFood Security
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is expected to endorse recommendations on agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable food systems, after an intense period of negotiation involving governments, UN agencies and institutions, Indigenous People’s organizations, civil society, andthe private sector.
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RISK OF COVID-19 SURGE THREATENS AFRICA'S HEALTH FACILITIES __Thursday, June 03, 2021 - UN News Critical health facilities across Africa risk being overwhelmed by surging COVID-19 infections, the UN health agency said on Thursday.*
NAOMI OSAKAS BRAVERY CAN BE A TEACHABLE MOMENT ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH __Wednesday, June 02, 2021 - Inter Press Service ABUJA, Jun 02 (IPS) - Recently, Naomi Osaka, the number 2 ranked women’s tennis player in the world, saidshe
would not participate in the press conference at the French Open (Rolland-Garros) because she wanted to protect her mental health.*
BRIDGING THE GAPS BETWEEN CLIMATE ACTION & BIODIVERSITY PRESERVATION __Wednesday, June 02, 2021 - Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jun 02 (IPS) - With the climate negotiations getting more and more intense in the light of ensuring meaningful achievements in the upcoming COP- 26 summit in Edinburgh, an event that is key to move forward the pathway towards a net zero future started in Paris, this year World Environment Day on June 5 assumes an even more emblematic meaning.*
AMIDST COVID SURGE, ASIA-PACIFIC REGION NEEDS ‘IMMEDIATE ANDSTRONGER SUPPORT’
__Tuesday, June 01, 2021 - UN News With the coronavirus still raging in many parts of the world, the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Tuesday of vaccine shortages, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, and urged “immediate and stronger support” for the global COVAX initiative for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, “including for refugees andasylum-seekers”.
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VACCINE EQUITY AT HEART OF NEW $50 BILLION PLAN TO END PANDEMIC, DRIVERECOVERY
__Tuesday, June 01, 2021 - UN News Governments are being urged to finance a new $50 billion roadmap to end the COVID-19 pandemic and drive a fast recovery, announced on Tuesday by the heads of the world’s predominant global financing, health and trade agencies.*
WHY INVESTING IN WOMEN IS KEY TO ACHIEVING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTGOALS
__Tuesday, June 01, 2021 - Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 01 (IPS) - Last year, the Asia-Pacific region recorded its worst economic performance in decades. With the pandemic far from over, the region’s recovery is slow, fragile and highly uneven both across and within countries. As the region struggles to recover, how can countries rebuild their economies and revive theirdevelopment?
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2021: THE YEAR THAT MATTERS FOR THE POOREST PEOPLE ON THE PLANET __Tuesday, June 01, 2021 - Inter Press Service LONDON, Jun 01 (IPS) - This year is being described as pivotal for climate change. That’s not only because we’re reaching a point of no return when it comes to the rise in global temperature, it’s because the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties – commonly known as COP26 – is due to take place in November inGlasgow.
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AFRICA’S FORGOTTEN CRISIS __Tuesday, June 01, 2021 - Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jun 01 (IPS) - World leaders need to act for children and youth struggling to survive and thrive.A few weeks ago, I traveled with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi to the Modale refugee site in the Nord-Ubangi province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). What we witnessed there was a profound humanitarian crisis that has left 4.7 million children and youth in need of urgent, life-saving, life-changing educational support.* More stories…
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INDIAN MUSLIM MINORITY TARGETED DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC __Thursday, June 03, 2021 - Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, India, Jun 03 (IPS) - A Muslim call centre operator at a COVID-19 ‘war room’, who once saw himself a COVID-warrior, is now unemployed after being falsely branded by a top politician as a key member of a bed-for-bribe scam. He is a victim of the rise in Islamophobia in India as the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic – with scant evidence of condemnation from the authorities,say activists.
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COVID CRISIS TO PUSH GLOBAL UNEMPLOYMENT OVER 200 MILLION MARK IN 2022 __Wednesday, June 02, 2021 - UN News The economic crisis caused by the COVID pandemic is expected to contribute to global unemployment of more than 200 million people next year, with women and youth workers worst-hit, UN labour experts said on Wednesday.*
AMIDST COVID SURGE, ASIA-PACIFIC REGION NEEDS ‘IMMEDIATE ANDSTRONGER SUPPORT’
__Tuesday, June 01, 2021 - UN News With the coronavirus still raging in many parts of the world, the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Tuesday of vaccine shortages, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, and urged “immediate and stronger support” for the global COVAX initiative for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, “including for refugees andasylum-seekers”.
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WHY INVESTING IN WOMEN IS KEY TO ACHIEVING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTGOALS
__Tuesday, June 01, 2021 - Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 01 (IPS) - Last year, the Asia-Pacific region recorded its worst economic performance in decades. With the pandemic far from over, the region’s recovery is slow, fragile and highly uneven both across and within countries. As the region struggles to recover, how can countries rebuild their economies and revive theirdevelopment?
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PANDEMIC RELIEF POLICIES NEED MORE RESOURCES, BETTER DESIGN __Tuesday, June 01, 2021 - Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 01 (IPS) - Pandemic relief measures in developing countries have been limited by modest resources, fear of financial market discipline and policy mimicry. COVID-19 has triggered not only an international public health emergency, but also a global economic crisis, setting back decades of uneven progressespecially
in developing countries.*
IS SHARING MORE THAN WATER THE KEY TO TRANSBOUNDARY GOVERNANCE IN THEMEGHNA RIVER BASIN?
__Monday, May 31, 2021 - Inter Press Service DHAKA, May 31 (IPS) - Kajol Miah is a rice farmer from the Bangladesh side of the Meghna River Basin. And in towns on the Indian side of the river basin, Bangladeshi rice is in great demand.*
LATIN AMERICAS CHALLENGE OF FINANCING ENERGY RECOVERY __Monday, May 31, 2021 - Inter Press Service MEXICO CITY, May 31 (IPS) - Hit by the pandemic's socioeconomic and health impacts, Latin America is facing the challenge of financing an economic recovery based on a sustainable energy sector and a transition to clean sources of energy.*
FIRST PERSON: LEARNING A RECIPE FOR FREEDOM IN NIGERIA __Monday, May 31, 2021 - UN News When Nigerian Blessing Ojukwu became pregnant after she was raped, her family disowned her. She was forced to live with her abuser, who continued to attack her. Now, a UN-backed initiative is giving her, and others in similar situations, a chance to become financially independent, and start new lives.*
USE AFRICA’S RICH HERITAGE AS ‘CATALYST’ FOR TRANSFORMATION,URGES GUTERRES
__Wednesday, May 26, 2021 - UN News A call to use Africa’s rich cultural and natural heritage as a catalyst for growth and transformation is “the right appeal at the right time”, the UN chief told a three-day forum on the continent’s future held online on Wednesday.*
SHARE GAINS FROM EXTRACTING PRECIOUS RAW MATERIALS MORE EQUITABLY, GUARD AGAINST PITFALLS, CAUTIONS GUTERRES __Tuesday, May 25, 2021 - UN News Extracting minerals, metals and other valuable raw materials from the earth, represents a “crucial juncture” between resources, ecosystems and people, all of which have an essential role to play in advancing sustainability and equity, the UN chief said on Tuesday.* More stories…
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RESTORATION CALL FOR AREA ‘THE SIZE OF CHINA’ TO PROTECT FALLING BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD INSECURITY __Thursday, June 03, 2021 - UN News An area of land roughly the size of China needs restoring if the planet’s biodiversity and the communities who rely on it are to be protected, UN agencies said on Thursday.*
INVASIVE PEST SPREAD ANOTHER FALLOUT FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, UN-BACKEDSTUDY FINDS
__Wednesday, June 02, 2021 - UN News Climate change is making pests which ravage important agricultural crops even more destructive, heightening threats to global food security and the environment, a UN-backed study published on Wednesdayhas found.
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LIFE BELOW WATER THE UN CALLS FOR ACTION ON OCEAN PROTECTION __Wednesday, June 02, 2021 - Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jun 02 (IPS) - President of the United Nations General Assembly Volkan Bozkir has told a high-level debate on oceans that the world cannot afford to delay action on ocean protection. “There is simply no scenario wherein we live on a planet without an ocean,” hesaid.
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BRIDGING THE GAPS BETWEEN CLIMATE ACTION & BIODIVERSITY PRESERVATION __Wednesday, June 02, 2021 - Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jun 02 (IPS) - With the climate negotiations getting more and more intense in the light of ensuring meaningful achievements in the upcoming COP- 26 summit in Edinburgh, an event that is key to move forward the pathway towards a net zero future started in Paris, this year World Environment Day on June 5 assumes an even more emblematic meaning.*
SOWING WATER BY RESTORING ANCIENT DITCHES IN THE PERUVIAN HIGHLANDS __Tuesday, June 01, 2021 - Inter Press Service LIMA, Jun 01 (IPS) - In the highlands near the capital of Peru, more than 3,000 metres above sea level, ageold water recovery techniques are being used to improve access to water for 1,400 families, for household consumption and for crops and livestock.*
‘SIMPLY NO SCENARIO’ WHERE HUMANITY CAN SURVIVE ON AN OCEAN-FREEPLANET
__Tuesday, June 01, 2021 - UN News The world must harness “clear, transformative and actionable solutions” to address the ocean crisis, the President of the UN General Assembly said on Tuesday, opening a meeting to generate momentum towards the 2022 UN Ocean Conference, when public health safety measures allow.*
WHY INVESTING IN WOMEN IS KEY TO ACHIEVING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTGOALS
__Tuesday, June 01, 2021 - Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 01 (IPS) - Last year, the Asia-Pacific region recorded its worst economic performance in decades. With the pandemic far from over, the region’s recovery is slow, fragile and highly uneven both across and within countries. As the region struggles to recover, how can countries rebuild their economies and revive theirdevelopment?
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2021: THE YEAR THAT MATTERS FOR THE POOREST PEOPLE ON THE PLANET __Tuesday, June 01, 2021 - Inter Press Service LONDON, Jun 01 (IPS) - This year is being described as pivotal for climate change. That’s not only because we’re reaching a point of no return when it comes to the rise in global temperature, it’s because the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties – commonly known as COP26 – is due to take place in November inGlasgow.
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IS SHARING MORE THAN WATER THE KEY TO TRANSBOUNDARY GOVERNANCE IN THEMEGHNA RIVER BASIN?
__Monday, May 31, 2021 - Inter Press Service DHAKA, May 31 (IPS) - Kajol Miah is a rice farmer from the Bangladesh side of the Meghna River Basin. And in towns on the Indian side of the river basin, Bangladeshi rice is in great demand.*
ITS TIME TO REIMAGINE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE __Monday, May 31, 2021 - Inter Press Service AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, May 31 (IPS) - Our natural earth is dying. It is on the brink of collapse. Due to human impacts the planet is losing species – its biodiversity – at a rate so alarming it’s said to be comparable to the 5th mass extinction 65 million years ago, bringing the era of the dinosaurs to an end. Just 15% of the world’s forests remain intact and only 3% of the world’s oceans are free from human pressures.
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ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IS CHEAPER THAN INACTION __Posted Monday, February 02, 2015. Many are afraid that tackling climate change is going to be too costly. But increasingly, studies are showing action will not just be cheaper than inaction, but could actually result in economic, environmental and even health benefits, while improvingsustainability.
Read “Action on climate change is cheaper than inaction” to learn more.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING INTRODUCTION __Last updated Sunday, February 01, 2015. The climate is changing. The earth is warming up, and there is now overwhelming scientific consensus that it is happening, and human-induced. With global warming on the increase and species and their habitats on the decrease, chances for ecosystems to adapt naturally are diminishing. Many are agreed that climate change may be one of the greatest threats facing the planet. Recent years show increasing temperatures in various regions, and/or increasing extremities in weather patterns. This section looks at what causes climate change, what the impacts are and where scientific consensus currently is. Read “Climate Change and Global Warming Introduction” to
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COP20—LIMA CLIMATE CONFERENCE __Posted Saturday, January 24, 2015. An overview of the Climate Change Conference (also known as COP 20), held in Lima, Peru in December 2014. While it seemed like it was a successful meeting, because developing nations were committed to drawing up their own plans for emissions reductions for the first time, a number of important issues were left undecided such as how financing would work. This page is an overview of the Lima Climate conference. Read “COP20—Lima Climate Conference” to learn more.
EBOLA OUTBREAK IN WEST AFRICA __Posted Saturday, September 27, 2014. An overview of the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa that has been described by the World Health Organization as the largest, most severe and most complex outbreak in the history of the disease. The epidemic began at the end of 2013, in Guinea. From there it spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal. Many of the affected countries face enormous challenges in stopping its spread and providing care for all patients. Thousands of people have died and many are at risk as the fatality rate from this virus is very high. As the crisis worsens, as well as the enormous health challenges involved, the social and economic consequences may set these countries back, reversing some gains a number of these countries have made in recent years. Read “Ebola Outbreak in West Africa ” to learnmore.
FOREIGN AID FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE __Last updated Sunday, September 28, 2014. In 1970, the world’s rich countries agreed to give 0.7% of their gross national income as official international development aid,annually.
Since that time, billions have certainly been given each year, but rarely have the rich nations actually met their promised target. For example, the US is often the largest donor in dollar terms, but ranks amongst the lowest in terms of meeting the stated 0.7% target. Furthermore, aid has often come with a price of its own for the developing nations. Common criticisms, for many years, of foreign aid, have included the following: * Aid is often wasted on conditions that the recipient must use overpriced goods and services from donor countries * Most aid does not actually go to the poorest who would need it themost
* Aid amounts are dwarfed by rich country protectionism that denies market access for poor country products while rich nations use aid as a lever to open poor country markets to their products * Large projects or massive grand strategies often fail to help the vulnerable; money can often be embezzled away. This article explores who has benefited most from this aid, the recipients or the donors. Read “Foreign Aid for Development Assistance” to learn more.
NATURE AND ANIMAL CONSERVATION __Last updated Sunday, January 19, 2014. Preserving species and their habitats is important for ecosystems to self-sustain themselves. Yet, the pressures to destroy habitat for logging, illegal hunting, and other challenges are making conservation a struggle. Read “Nature and Animal Conservation” to learn more.
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POVERTY FACTS AND STATS __Last updated Monday, January 07, 2013. Most of humanity lives on just a few dollars a day. Whether you live in the wealthiest nations in the world or the poorest, you will see high levels of inequality. The poorest people will also have less access to health, education and other services. Problems of hunger, malnutrition and disease afflict the poorest in society. The poorest are also typically marginalized from society and have little representation or voice in public and political debates, making it even harder to escape poverty. By contrast, the wealthier you are, the more likely you are to benefit from economic or political policies. The amount the world spends on military, financial bailouts and other areas that benefit the wealthy, compared to the amount spent to address the daily crisis of poverty and related problems are often staggering. Some facts and figures on poverty presented in this page are eye-openers, to say the least. Read “Poverty Facts and Stats” to learn more.
GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS __Last updated Sunday, March 24, 2013. Following a period of economic boom, a financial bubble — global in scope — burst, even causing some of the world’s largest financial institutions have collapsed. With the resulting recession, many governments of the wealthiest nations in the world have resorted to extensive bail-out and rescue packages for the remaining large banks and financial institutions while imposing harsh austerity measures onthemselves.
Some of the bail-outs have also led to charges of hypocrisy due to the apparent socializing of the costs while privatizing the profits. Furthermore, the institutions being rescued are typically the ones got the world into this trouble in the first place. For smaller businesses and poorer people, such options for bail out and rescue are rarely available when they find themselves in crisis. Plummeting stock markets at one point wiped out 33% of the value of companies, $14.5 trillion. Taxpayers bailed out their banks and financial institutions with large amounts of money. US taxpayers alone have spent some $9.7 trillion in bailout packages and plans. The UK and other European countries have also spent some $2 trillion on rescues and bailout packages. More is expected. Much more. Such numbers, made quickly available, are enough to wipe many individual’s mortgages, or clear out third world debt many times over. Even the high military spending figures are dwarfed by the bailout plans to date. This problem could have been averted (in theory) as people had been pointing to these issues for decades. However, during boom, very few want to hear such pessimism. Does this crisis spell an end to the careless forms of banking and finance and will it herald a better economic age, or are we just doomed to keep forgetting history and repeat these mistakes in the future? Signs are not encouraging as rich nations are resisting meaningful reform… Read “Global Financial Crisis” to learn more.
CAUSES OF POVERTY
__Last updated Sunday, September 28, 2014. Poverty is the state for the majority of the world’s people and nations. Why is this? Is it enough to blame poor people for their own predicament? Have they been lazy, made poor decisions, and been solely responsible for their plight? What about their governments? Have they pursued policies that actually harm successful development? Such causes of poverty and inequality are no doubt real. But deeper and more global causes of poverty are often less discussed. Read “Causes of Poverty ” to learnmore.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING __Last updated Monday, February 02, 2015. The climate is changing. The earth is warming up, and there is now overwhelming scientific consensus that it is happening, and human-induced. With global warming on the increase and species and their habitats on the decrease, chances for ecosystems to adapt naturally are diminishing. Many are agreed that climate change may be one of the greatest threats facing the planet. Recent years show increasing temperatures in various regions, and/or increasing extremities in weather patterns. This section explores some of the effects of climate change. It also attempts to provide insights into what governments, companies, international institutions, and other organizations are attempting to do about this issue, as well as the challenges they face. Some of the major conferences in recent years are also discussed. Read “Climate Change and Global Warming” to learn more.
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES __Last updated Monday, February 02, 2015. Environmental issues are also a major global issue. Humans depend on a sustainable and healthy environment, and yet we have damaged the environment in numerous ways. This section introduces other issues including biodiversity, climate change, animal and nature conservation, population, genetically modified food, sustainable development, and more. Read “Environmental Issues ” tolearn more.
RACISM
__Last updated Sunday, August 08, 2010. Racism is the belief that characteristics and abilities can be attributed to people simply on the basis of their race and that some racial groups are superior to others. Racism and discrimination have been used as powerful weapons encouraging fear or hatred of others in times of conflict and war, and even during economic downturns. This article explores racism from around the world. Read “Racism ” to learn more.More articles
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GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS __Last updated Sunday, March 24, 2013. Following a period of economic boom, a financial bubble — global in scope — burst, even causing some of the world’s largest financial institutions have collapsed. With the resulting recession, many governments of the wealthiest nations in the world have resorted to extensive bail-out and rescue packages for the remaining large banks and financial institutions while imposing harsh austerity measures onthemselves.
Some of the bail-outs have also led to charges of hypocrisy due to the apparent socializing of the costs while privatizing the profits. Furthermore, the institutions being rescued are typically the ones got the world into this trouble in the first place. For smaller businesses and poorer people, such options for bail out and rescue are rarely available when they find themselves in crisis. Plummeting stock markets at one point wiped out 33% of the value of companies, $14.5 trillion. Taxpayers bailed out their banks and financial institutions with large amounts of money. US taxpayers alone have spent some $9.7 trillion in bailout packages and plans. The UK and other European countries have also spent some $2 trillion on rescues and bailout packages. More is expected. Much more. Such numbers, made quickly available, are enough to wipe many individual’s mortgages, or clear out third world debt many times over. Even the high military spending figures are dwarfed by the bailout plans to date. This problem could have been averted (in theory) as people had been pointing to these issues for decades. However, during boom, very few want to hear such pessimism. Does this crisis spell an end to the careless forms of banking and finance and will it herald a better economic age, or are we just doomed to keep forgetting history and repeat these mistakes in the future? Signs are not encouraging as rich nations are resisting meaningful reform… Read “Global Financial Crisis” to learn more.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING __Last updated Monday, February 02, 2015. The climate is changing. The earth is warming up, and there is now overwhelming scientific consensus that it is happening, and human-induced. With global warming on the increase and species and their habitats on the decrease, chances for ecosystems to adapt naturally are diminishing. Many are agreed that climate change may be one of the greatest threats facing the planet. Recent years show increasing temperatures in various regions, and/or increasing extremities in weather patterns. This section explores some of the effects of climate change. It also attempts to provide insights into what governments, companies, international institutions, and other organizations are attempting to do about this issue, as well as the challenges they face. Some of the major conferences in recent years are also discussed. Read “Climate Change and Global Warming” to learn more.
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ISSUES __Last updated Sunday, September 28, 2014. Food and agriculture goes to the heart of our civilizations. Religions, cultures and even modern civilization have food and agriculture at their core. For an issue that goes to the heart of humanity it also has its ugly side. This issue explores topics ranging from the global food crisis of 2008, to issues of food aid, world hunger, food dumping and wasteful agriculture such as growing tobacco, sugar, beef, and more. Read “Food and Agriculture Issues” to learn more.
FOREIGN AID FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE __Last updated Sunday, September 28, 2014. In 1970, the world’s rich countries agreed to give 0.7% of their gross national income as official international development aid,annually.
Since that time, billions have certainly been given each year, but rarely have the rich nations actually met their promised target. For example, the US is often the largest donor in dollar terms, but ranks amongst the lowest in terms of meeting the stated 0.7% target. Furthermore, aid has often come with a price of its own for the developing nations. Common criticisms, for many years, of foreign aid, have included the following: * Aid is often wasted on conditions that the recipient must use overpriced goods and services from donor countries * Most aid does not actually go to the poorest who would need it themost
* Aid amounts are dwarfed by rich country protectionism that denies market access for poor country products while rich nations use aid as a lever to open poor country markets to their products * Large projects or massive grand strategies often fail to help the vulnerable; money can often be embezzled away. This article explores who has benefited most from this aid, the recipients or the donors. Read “Foreign Aid for Development Assistance” to learn more.
TAX AVOIDANCE AND TAX HAVENS; UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY __Last updated Monday, January 07, 2013. Through tax havens, transfer pricing and many other policies — both legal and illegal — billions of dollars of tax are avoided. The much-needed money would helped developing (and developed) countries provide important social services for their populations. Some tax avoidance, regardless of how morally objectionable it may be to some people, is perfectly legal, and the global super elite are able to hide away trillions of dollars, resulting in massive losses of tax revenues for cash-strapped governments who then burden ordinary citizens further with austerity measures during economic crisis, for example. Yet these super elite are often very influential in politics and business. In effect, they are able to undermine democracy and capitalism at the same time. As the global financial crisis has affected many countries, tackling tax avoidance would help target those more likely to have contributed to the problem while avoid many unnecessary austerity measures that hit the poorest so hard. But despite rhetoric stating otherwise, it does not seem to high on the agenda of many governments as you mightthink.
Read “Tax Avoidance and Tax Havens; Undermining Democracy” to
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WORLD MILITARY SPENDING __Last updated Sunday, June 30, 2013. World military spending had reduced since the Cold War ended, but a few nations such as the US retain high level spending. In recent years, global military expenditure has increased again and is now comparable to Cold War levels. Recent data shows global spending at over $1.7 trillion. 2012 saw the first dip in spending — only slightly —since 1998, in an otherwise rising trend. The highest military spender is the US accounting for almost two-fifths of the world’s spending, more than the rest of the G7 (most economically advanced countries) combined, and more than all its potential enemies, combined. Read “World Military Spending” to learn more.
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