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Global action needed to streamline pandemic travel measures
- UN News
Countries must find consensus on clear, equitable and streamlined pandemic travel measures, the heads of two organizations working to improve migration said on Friday during on event on the sidelines of the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) at UN Headquarters in New York.
What the Russian Invasion Means for Syria
- Inter Press Service
ISTANBUL, May 20 (IPS) - Moscow’s decision to intervene militarily in Syria in 2015 effectively preserved the Assad regime in Damascus. Russian air power and intelligence support, along with Iranian-backed militias on the ground, allowed the regime to beat the opposition and brutally reassert its control over much of Syria.
Youth Demand a Voice in Call-To-Action on Child Labour
- Inter Press Service
Durban, May 20 (IPS) - Ashley has vast work experience. She has laboured by the sweat of her brow in the blistering sun on the streets of Guatemala, in the open fields on farmlands and indoors, toiling for long hours to the hum of a sewing machine.
Caring for Water Where Mining Leads to Wealth and Tragedies in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
BELO HORIZONTE/ITABIRITO, Brazil, May 19 (IPS) - The southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais owes its name to the main economic activity throughout its history: mining – of gold since the 17th century and later iron ore, which took on an industrial scale with massive exports in the 20th century.
First Person: Sweet taste of modern beekeeping
- UN News
Beekeepers in the southern Haitian commune of Bonbon are creating a buzz around honey in an area which is recovering from an earthquake in 2021.
As COVID Wanes, Tuberculosis Deaths Must Become Visible
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 19 (IPS) - It is time to treat the scourge of Tuberculosis scourge with the same urgency as we did the COVID-19 pandemic.
Food insecurity threatens societies, exacerbates conflicts and ‘no country is immune’
- UN News
“When war is waged, people go hungry,” Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday during a debate on conflict and food security chaired by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Countries review progress on global migration compact
- UN News
Although many migrants worked on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, risking their own lives to save others, they were at times denied access to basic services and excluded from recovery plans, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in New York on Thursday.
Demand for lifesaving aid up 10 per cent this year: UN relief chief
- UN News
The number of people in need has risen by around 10 per cent this year so far, the UN’s humanitarian affairs chief said on Thursday.
Former Child Labourer, now Lawyer, Passes on the Light of Freedom to Others
- Inter Press Service
Durban, May 19 (IPS) - Amar Lai’s first memories are working alongside his parents and siblings in a quarry, breaking rocks. He was aged four.
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