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Reviving Mangroves at the Edge of Mozambique Channel
- Inter Press Service
NICE, France, Jun 13 (IPS) - Just before dawn, a flotilla of wooden canoes drifts silently through mangrove-tangled channels where roots sprout from the black mud of the lagoon. Here, at the edge between sea and forest, lies a story of restoration.
Victims of Japan's Eugenic Protection Law Sterilized and Mutilated Without Consent
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 13 (IPS) - Victims of Japan's costly Eugenic Protection Law took to the stage sharing their life stories, offering their tragedies of sterilization and mutilation, in return for the hopes of “a society without discrimination”. At a side event on International Sharing of the Experiences and Lessons of Japan's Former Eugenic Protection Law held on June 10th, The Conference of Parties on the Convention of the Rights of People with Disabilities Discussed the struggle for Anti eugenic ideology. Hosted by the Japan Disability Forum along with several legal defence teams for the victims, an outline of ideology, policy, and retribution was displayed, in an attempt to fight against “eugenics-based discrimination”.
Biggest-Ever Aid Cut by G7 Members a Death Sentence for Millions of People
- Inter Press Service
ALBERTA, Canada, Jun 13 (IPS) - Aid cuts could cost millions of lives and leave girls, boys, women and men without access to enough food, water, education, health treatment.
G7 countries are making deliberate and deadly choices by cutting life-saving aid, enabling atrocities, and reneging on their international commitments
Mexico, Spain, East Africa, Awarded For their Ecosystem Restoration Programs
- Inter Press Service
NICE, Jun 13 (IPS) - At the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recognized three countries and regions for their large-scale programs to restore their native ecosystems.
Ocean Action Boosted in Africa as Biodiversity Leaders Call for Urgent Synergy, Funding Reform
- Inter Press Service
NICE, France, Jun 13 (IPS) - As the curtains draw on the UN Ocean Conference, a flurry of voluntary commitments and political declarations has injected fresh impetus into global efforts to conserve marine biodiversity. With the world’s oceans facing unprecedented threats, high-level biodiversity officials and negotiators are sounding the alarm and calling for renewed momentum—and funding—to deliver on long-standing promises.
Shaping a better world at Expo 2025 in Japan
- UN News
How can we build a fairer, more peaceful world while safeguarding the planet? That’s the powerful question at the heart of the United Nations Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.
Security Council meets in emergency session over Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikes
- UN News
Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities mark a dangerous new escalation in the Middle East, a top UN official told the Security Council during an emergency session convened on Friday.
Societies grappling with a ‘silent but growing’ prison crisis
- UN News
Prisons have become a fragile link in many criminal justice systems, weakened by over-incarceration, overcrowding, poor conditions and chronic neglect – fuelling calls for urgent reform.
World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Haiti, Sudan war sees exodus to Chad, food trade optimism
- UN News
Escalating gang violence in Haiti has displaced a record 1.3 million people, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday.
Humanitarians must be able to deliver aid in Gaza, UN agencies insist
- UN News
UN agencies on Friday continue to stress they must be allowed to deliver aid in the Gaza Strip as famine looms and a telecommunications blackout threatens lifesaving operations.
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