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UN leads call to prepare ‘for when digital systems fail’
- UN News
It can be annoying when the wifi signal is cut, but what about if everything digital we rely on were to crash suddenly – from satellites to life-support systems in hospitals?
Education or food? Funding shortfalls force Sudanese refugees in Egypt to ‘make very difficult decisions’
- UN News
Civilians who have fled the war in Sudan and sought shelter in neighbouring Egypt could potentially face a new battle – the loss of critical services that ensure their survival, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has warned.
In Lebanon, the same fears and dangers persist despite ceasefire: UNHCR
- UN News
Death and destruction have continued unabated in Lebanon while communities are still unable to return to their homes despite a ceasefire that began on 17 April, humanitarians said on Tuesday.
UN warns of worsening human rights crisis in Mali after deadly attacks
- UN News
The human rights situation in Mali is rapidly deteriorating following coordinated attacks by armed groups across the country, with civilians killed, displaced and cut off from food and aid, UN rights office OHCHR said on Tuesday.
Human spread of hantavirus not ruled out on cruise ship
- UN News
Hantavirus victims on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean may have been infected prior to joining the cruise and human-to-human transmission on board cannot be ruled out – although it is rare - the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
The UN NGO Committee: Civil Society’s Gatekeeper in Hostile Hands
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 4 (IPS) - In January, the government of Algeria succeeded in locking two civil society groups out of access to the United Nations (UN). It raised questions at the UN Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, known as the NGO Committee, about two civil society groups with accreditation. It alleged that Italian organisation Il Cenacolo was making politically motivated statements at the UN Human Rights Council and the Geneva-based International Committee for the Respect and Implementation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (CIRAC) was selling UN grounds passes. Four days later, it called a vote to revoke their status. Other states urged delay, but the no-action motion failed, and 11 of the body’s 19 members voted to recommend that the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) revoke Il Cenacolo’s accreditation and suspend CIRAC’s for a year.
Pacific Ocean Under Pressure — Now a Region Finally Armed With Evidence
- Inter Press Service
SUVA, Fiji, May 4 (IPS) - For generations, Pacific people have understood the ocean not as a resource but as identity, sustenance, and survival. Today, that relationship is being tested in ways science is only just beginning to fully capture.
African Countries Up Efforts to Tax High-Income Individuals
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, May 4 (IPS) - African countries are exploring ways to tax high-earning individuals as the continent seeks to expand its revenue collection amid what experts say is a growing gulf between rich and poor.
Migration a Toxic and Divisive Issue in Many Parts of the West
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 4 (IPS) - Migration is a strange thing, hard to pin down. It is a complex phenomenon that transforms communities while shaping people’s identities and it is so multifaceted that individuals perceive it and live it in different ways.
Global rise of cyberattacks exposes limits of technical solutions
- UN News
The internet reaches into every corner of the world and is vital to everything from health systems and financial markets to public services and election organising. This intense global interconnectedness clearly comes with great benefits, but a cybercrime epidemic is putting millions of lives at risk.
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