by Oritro Karim (united nations) Thursday, September 26, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 26 (IPS) – Sudan has been plunged into a deadly cholera outbreak in the midst of the Sudanese Civil War. Sudan is currently home to an approximate 15 million people, many of which have had to bear the brunt of hostilities between warring parties, widespread food …
Read More »Hours after the Ukrainian president appealed for the West’s continued support, Russia’s authoritarian leader, Vladimir V. Putin, moved to significantly ease the circumstances under which his country might counter with nuclear weapons.
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Achieving the goal of tripling renewables generation capacity by 2030, and more broadly decarbonizing the global electricity system, requires active SPCU involvement. Credit: Bigstock. Opinion by Leonardo Beltran, Philippe Benoit (washington dc) Wednesday, September 25, 2024 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Sep 25 (IPS) – The climate community, meeting this week once again on the margins of the UN General Assembly, …
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Opinion by Jamal Benomar (new york) Wednesday, September 25, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Sep 25 (IPS) – The Summit of the Future has now ended, but the real and present world is still on fire. As the General Assembly, an annual ritual where dozens of heads of state descend on New York, kicks off, key questions about the role …
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Fawziya Koofi, former Deputy Speaker of Parliament in Afghanistan, addresses reporters following the “The Inclusion of Women in the Future of Afghanistan” meeting. Credit: Mark Garten/UN Photo by Naureen Hossain (united nations) Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 (IPS) – Women in Afghanistan have continued to advocate for their rights and have called on the international …
Read More »Hours after President Biden delivered his final U.N. speech, Masoud Pezeshkian, who was elected in July, gave his first.
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Maria Naeku, a Maasaiwoman in Mikese village in Mvomero district tends to her vegetable garden.Credit: Kizito Makoye Shigela/IPS by Kizito Makoye (mvomero, tanzania) Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Inter Press Service MVOMERO, Tanzania, Sep 24 (IPS) – In the scorching sun of Mikese village in Tanzania’s eastern Mvomero district, 31-year-old Maria Naeku tirelessly tends to her small vegetable patch. Each time she …
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The development comes as the UN’s top official in Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert began an official visit to Israel to meet senior government officials, after insisting that “there is no military solution that will make either side safer”. In Lebanon, it has been reported that people in the south received phone and social media messages on Monday from the Israeli military …
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Dr. Tshilidzi Marwala, USG and Rector of the United Nations University, and Ms. Kaoru Nemeto, Director of the United Nations Information Centre, during a discussion titled ‘Building the Future: Synergetic Collaboration on Nuclear and Climate Crises.’ Credit: Soka Gakkai International by Naureen Hossain (united nations) Monday, September 23, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 23 (IPS) – Driving the Summit …
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Opinion by Helen Clark, Surangel S. Whipps Jr. (new york) Monday, September 23, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Sep 23 (IPS) – This week’s United Nations General Assembly marks nearly 20 years since the body first resolved to restrict bottom trawling on the world’s seamounts, submarine mountains that rise thousands of feet above the sea floor and comprise some of …
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