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Elections: a Global Ranking Rates US Weakest Among Liberal Democracies
- Inter Press Service
Jun 03 (IPS) - Defending democracy has suddenly become one of the central challenges of our age. The land war in Ukraine is widely considered a front line between autocratic rule and democratic freedom. The United States continues to absorb the meaning of the riot that took place on January 6 2021 in an attempt to overthrow the result of the previous year’s election. Elsewhere, concerns have been raised that the pandemic could have provided cover for governments to postpone elections.
Developing countries and the Perfect Storm - Part II: What Developing Countries Need to Do
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 03 (IPS) - Developing countries are facing a combination of crises that are unprecedented in recent times. Over the last three years they have had to face the COVID-19 crisis, the food crisis, the energy crisis, the climate change crisis, the debt crisis and, on top of all this, a global recession. The crises have overlapped, and each has added to the problems created by the previous ones.
World Environment Day: Earth ‘cannot keep up with our demands’
- UN News
“This planet is our only home”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for World Environment Day, to be marked this Sunday, warning that the Earth’s natural systems “cannot keep up with our demands”.
Rights experts urge Israel to cease eviction and demolition of Bedouin village
- UN News
Israel must halt plans to demolish a Bedouin village in the Naqab desert that will forcibly displace hundreds of residents in a bid to expand Jewish-only settlements, two experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Friday.
World Environment Day (II): Five More Planets Earth Urgently Needed
- Inter Press Service
Make mental health support part of climate action plans: WHO
- UN News
Mental health support must be included in national responses to climate change, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new policy brief, launched on Friday at the Stockholm+50 environmental summit.
Ukraine: After 100 days of war, UN works to free up vital food and fertilizer exports
- UN News
One hundred days since the 24 February Russian invasion of Ukraine, UN humanitarians on Friday issued a fresh alert about the enormous needs there, as the Organization has continued to push to secure food and fertilizer exports from Ukraine and Russia, to the wider world, amid rising and alarming levels of food insecurity.
UN System, Too Complex & Fragmented, is in Urgent Need of Reform
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jun 03 (IPS) - Few deny the huge role the United Nation plays in global multilateral system especially in the area of poverty eradication, sustainability and climate change.
As enabler of the Agenda 2030, the UN system has the ability, stemming from its extraordinary convening powers, to bring around the table global leaders and key stakeholders for the most consequential decisions humanity must take.
Zero waste: The Portuguese business turning leftover fish into dog treats
- UN News
There’s no doubt that food loss and waste, has been undermining the sustainability of our food systems. In an effort to counter this, some small businesses around the world are putting the focus on new sustainable waste management practices.
Over Two Decades of Impunity for Environmental and Health Disaster in Peruvian Village
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Jun 03 (IPS) - "We are not asking for money, but for our health, for a dignified life," is the cry of the people of Choropampa, which lawyer Milagros Pérez continually hears 22 years after the environmental disaster that occurred in this town in the department of Cajamarca, in Peru´s northern Andes highlands, on the afternoon of Jun. 2, 2000.
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