News headlines in 2017, page 61

MOSCOW and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 06 (IPS) - Wide-ranging economic reforms following the demise of the Soviet Union at the end of December 1991 mainly resulted in economic collapse in most successor states. By the mid-1990s, output had fallen by about half compared to 1989.

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 06 (IPS) - Just last month business representatives from around the world joined the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Fund commemorate their work as part of the Private Sector Advisory Group (PSAG).

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 06 (IPS) - The oceans' health is only getting worse and the cycle of decline must be reversed, said representatives at the opening of a high-level UN conference.

GRAVIERES, France, Jun 06 (IPS) - The first foreign visit of the new French President Emmanuel Macron, after a now habitual trip to Berlin, was to Gao in northern Mali as head of the French military.

HARARE, Jun 05 (IPS) - The shouts can be heard from a distance as one approaches Domboshawa, 30 kilometres northeast of the Zimbabwean capital, Harare.

LONDON, Jun 05 (IPS) - The United Nations Ocean Conference offers an historic opportunity to safeguard the ocean environment and support small island and vulnerable developing coastal states, who depend on the seas for national economic growth and sustainable development.

PENANG, Malaysia, Jun 05 (IPS) - By withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement, President Donald Trump abdicated not only leadership but membership of the community of nations cooperating to tackle climate change, the most serious crisis facing humanity.

COPENHAGEN, Jun 05 (IPS) - Indigenous women in Asia are setting examples in their efforts for a more peaceful, fair and equal world. But discrimination, poverty and lack of recognition still hinder indigenous women from fully participating in developing their societies.

ROME, Jun 05 (IPS) - Now that president Donald Trump has announced the withdrawal of the world's largest polluter in history—the United States, from the Paris Accord, perhaps one of the most specific warnings is what a United Nations independent expert on rights and the environment has just said: "We should be fully aware that we cannot enjoy our basic human rights without a healthy environment."

GENEVA, Jun 04 (IPS) - On 20 February 1997, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 51/77 to promote the rights of children. This Resolution was considered a milestone in promoting and advancing the right of children in conflict and wars.