Global IssuesNews headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 3
UNWRA Chief Warns Agencys Fate Hangs in the Balance
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 06 (IPS) - UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini asked the UN General Assembly to urge member states to support the organization's mandate during this period of unprecedented crisis for the region and the agency. He also called for member states to facilitate a “long-overdue political process” for the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. Only then, in this context, should UNRWA be allowed to transition.
'I Havent Forgotten Where I Came From,' says Yvonne Pinto, Incoming IRRI Chief
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Feb 28 (IPS) - Growing up on a small farming station in Holetta (Ethiopia), Yvonne Pinto would accompany her agriculturist father to the farm, where she would spend her time cross-fertilizing plants. Her tiny fingers making the task easier, as she would marvel at the end product of a prospective new and higher yielding variety. These formative years laid the foundation for her career in agricultural science.
No Ceasefire Gaza Threatens Humanitarian Aid, Raises the Palestinian Question
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 (IPS) - As negotiations within the UN Security Council and internationally continue, the humanitarian response to Gaza continues to be under threat.
Parcels for Prisoners: Exiled Myanmar Activists Keep the Revolutionary Faith
- Inter Press Service
CHIANGMAI, Thailand, Feb 26 (IPS) - Rangoon Nights is rocking. The bar is on its feet and the cocktail shaker is shaking in abandon as the band Born In Burma starts pumping out its beat.
Call for Scaled Up Funding for Much-Needed, Successful Joint Program in Nigeria
- Inter Press Service
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria & NAIROBI, Feb 23 (IPS) - Nigeria is home to 15 percent of the world’s out-of-school children. More than 7.6 million girls are not in school, and only nine percent of the poorest girls in the country are in secondary school. The Boko Haram insurgency and other armed groups fuel the out-of-school crisis in northeast Nigeria, disrupting the education of nearly two million school-age children.
Funding, Policy Changes Could Result in Countries Reaping Benefit of Migration
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 23 (IPS) - Amid an escalation of global conflict and climate change-induced displacements, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is escalating its donor campaign.
New Anti-Rape Crisis Centre Brings Hope for Sexual Abuse Survivors in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 21 (IPS) - Medical experts and women's rights activists are pinning hopes on the establishment of an anti-rape crisis centre for the provision of medical and legal aid to victims of sexual assaults in a timely manner will ensure convictions.
Smallholder Farmers Are Key to CGIAR Response to Hunger Crisis
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Feb 19 (IPS) - Dr Ismahane Elouafi has her work cut out. As the new executive managing director of CGIAR, a global network of agricultural research centers, her mandate, simply put, is to tackle the world’s most severe hunger crisis in modern history.
South Africa vs Israel: ICJ Reclines SA's New Application But Says Israel Duty Bound to Protect Civilians
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 18 (IPS) - The International Court of Justice has declined the South African government's urgent application for further measures to prevent an "unprecedented military offensive against Rafah,” but reiterated that Israel is bound to protect civilians in the country.
Tracking Global Development in Child Benefits Through New Monitoring and Information Platform
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 15 (IPS) - Inclusive social protections for children would be a positive signifier of social development in a time where 1.4 billion children globally are denied them. A step towards realizing this has been taken through a new monitoring tool on current social protection and child poverty statistics.
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