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To spare Afghanistan, world must engage with Taliban, Lyons tells Security Council
- UN News
Six months after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, it is time for concerned countries to deepen their engagement with the country’s new authorities and take action to prevent an irreversible economic collapse, the top UN official in Kabul told the Security Council on Wednesday.
It’s Time to Step up for Street Vendors’ Rights
- Inter Press Service
MUMBAI, India, Mar 02 (IPS) - In the second week of January 2022, Purushottam—locally known as Prashant—a street vendor in central Delhi’s Connaught Place area, died by suicide. It was later discovered that the reason for his death was his inability to pay certain debts.
Young Argentine Women Forge a Future in Cooperative Factory
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Mar 02 (IPS) - "We started making shampoos and soaps in the kitchen of a friend’s house in 2017. We were five or six girls without jobs, looking for a collective solution, and today we are here," says Letsy Villca, standing between the white walls of the spacious laboratory of Maleza Cosmética Natural, a cooperative that brings together 44 women in their early twenties in the Argentine capital.
COVID-19: Depression, anxiety soared 25 per cent in a year
- UN News
In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, global rates of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25 per cent, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
General Assembly resolution demands end to Russian offensive in Ukraine
- UN News
The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution on Wednesday demanding that Russia immediately end its military operations in Ukraine.
Push for ‘more caring, thoughtful’ relationship with nature: UN chief
- UN News
Everyone must commit to preserving the Earth’s “invaluable and irreplaceable wildlife,” the UN chief said on Wednesday in his message for World Wildlife Day.
Nations sign up to end global scourge of plastic pollution
- UN News
Heads of State, environment ministers and other representatives from 175 nations, endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi on Wednesday to end plastic pollution, and forge an international legally binding agreement, by the end of 2024.
Ukraine: Oxygen shortage putting lives in danger
- UN News
On day seven of the Ukraine crisis, UN-led efforts to ramp up support to the country’s embattled health workers have continued, with the first shipment of lifesaving supplies due to arrive in neighbouring Poland in the coming hours.
International Women’s Day, 2022 - Women Demanding Justice & Peace in the Streets of Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 02 (IPS) - This will be the second International Women’s Day since the brutal coup erupted in Myanmar – and women remain fiercely in the lead in demanding justice and peace in the streets and behind closed doors.
Ukraine conflict could jeopardize safety of nuclear facilities, IAEA warns
- UN News
The conflict in Ukraine could put the safety of nuclear facilities there at risk, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned on Wednesday.
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