Profound Reform or Redundancy United Nations’ Quandary?
GENEVA, Apr 13 (IPS) - Three recent developments bring about again the reasoning on the dire need to immediately reform the United Nations...
Palestinians are Suffering from Hunger, Poverty, Conflict & a Global Pandemic
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 09 (IPS) - The Trump administration’s decision to cut off assistance to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)...
Cost of Being Honour Bearers Sexual Violence During Communal Riots in India
NEW DELHI, India, Apr 08 (IPS) - Delayed, or no, justice and perpetrators’ impunity effectively silence rape and sexual assault survivors of communal...
Transforming Global Food Systems – Jose Graziano da Silva on the Path to Zero...
CAMBRIDGE MA, Apr 06 (IPS) - The battle for the future of food has grown contentious, and José Graziano da Silva has become...
Getting to Better than Normal in a Post-COVID-19 World
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr 06 (IPS) - Girls in Asia don't want to go back to normal – they want to go "back...
Disability Discrimination at the World Bank: Is it Immunity or Impunity?
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 06 (IPS) - The 15,900-strong World Bank, which has funded over 12,000 development projects worldwide since 1947, is an international...
Recipes with a Taste of Sustainable Development on the Coast of El Salvador
SAN LUIS LA HERRADURA, El Salvador, Mar 31 (IPS) - Salvadoran villager Maria Luz Rodriguez placed the cheese on top of the lasagna...
In Syria, a Decade of Death, Destruction, Displacement, Disease, Dread & Despair
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 30 (IPS) - The conflict in Syria is now ten years old. A decade of death, destruction, displacement, disease, dread...
Why Rehabilitation is as Vital as Rescue for Child Trafficking Survivors
SYDNEY, Australia, Mar 29 (IPS) - Twelve-year-old Babloo’s (Name changed) parents, who worked as daily wage agricultural labourers in the eastern Indian state...
Debt Moratoria in the Next Pandemic: Be Prepared, and Be Fair
WASHINGTON DC, Mar 25 (IPS) - Imagine it is 2025 and that, unfortunately, another pandemic is sweeping the world. Much like in the...
End Vaccine Apartheid Before Millions More Die
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 23 (IPS) - At least 85 poor countries will not have significant access to coronavirus vaccines before 2023....
Human Rights Groups Demand an end to Myanmar Militarys Crackdown on Journalists
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 22 (IPS) - Two human rights groups have called on the military in Myanmar to release journalists arbitrarily jailed and...
The UN Food Systems Summit: How Not to Respond to the Urgency of Reform
NEW YORK, Mar 22 (IPS) - At a critical juncture on the road to the UN Food Systems Summit, three UN rights experts...
Indigenous Communities in Mexico Fight Energy Projects
MEXICO CITY, Mar 19 (IPS) - Indigenous farmers on communally owned lands have blocked since 2016 a private solar farm in the southeastern...
Living Hell – Concerns Mount over Dramatic Deterioration in Yemen Conflict
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 17 (IPS) - The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen has warned that the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, is rapidly...
