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The Anti-Corruption Compass in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Feb 28 2022 (IPS) - For a country like Mexico, which in recent years has made the fight against corruption one of its highest priorities, a story published earlier this year fell like a bucket of cold water.
Syria: Use of chemical weapons ‘blight’ on international community’s conscience
- UN News
Impunity for the use of chemical weapons is “intolerable,” the UN disarmament chief told the Security Council meeting on Syria, held on Monday morning.
UN Human Rights Council pauses session to consider ‘urgent debate’ on Ukraine crisis
- UN News
The scheduled work of the UN Human Rights Council was halted temporarily on Monday as Member States were called to vote on a request from Ukraine to hold an urgent debate on the matter and to condemn Russia’s military operation.
General Assembly holds emergency special session on Ukraine crisis
- UN News
As fighting escalates in Ukraine, UN Member States met on Monday for a rare emergency special session of the General Assembly to discuss the crisis.
Not Exactly Sun Tzu: Russian Military Blunderings & the Global Democratic Deficit
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 28 (IPS) - Russian President and former intelligence officer Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has been at the helm of power since 1999, promoting jingoistic nationalism to keep his hold on power and creating a democratic deficit on the home front.
Nearly half a million have fled Ukraine, UN refugee agency reports
- UN News
Fighting in Ukraine has so far pushed roughly a half million people across the country's borders, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, reported on Monday.
Gender Lens Crucial to Leaving No-one Behind (Part 2)
- Inter Press Service
Johannesburg, Feb 28 (IPS) - A crucial two-day meeting of Parliamentarians from the Asian, Arab and African regions will put human-rights-based legislative frameworks under the spotlight as the regions work to implement the ICPD Programme of Action.
Pacific Islanders: Failure to Commit to 1.5 Degrees at COP27 will Imperil the World's Oceans
- Inter Press Service
CANBERRA, Australia, Feb 28 (IPS) - Oceans play a pivotal role in regulating the world’s climate and maintaining the conditions for human life on earth. And they are a crucial source of sustenance and economic wellbeing in many developing countries, including small island developing states. But Pacific Islanders are deeply concerned about the fate of the oceans if world leaders fail to secure the pledges needed to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 Degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels at the next COP27 climate change summit in November.
IPCC adaptation report ‘a damning indictment of failed global leadership on climate’
- UN News
UN scientists on Monday delivered a stark warning about the impact of climate change on people and the planet, saying that ecosystem collapse, species extinction, deadly heatwaves and floods are among the "unavoidable multiple climate hazards” the world will face over the next two decades due to global warming,
Security Council vote sets up emergency UN General Assembly session on Ukraine crisis
- UN News
The Security Council voted on Sunday to call for a rare emergency special session of the 193-member UN General Assembly on Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, which will be held on Monday.
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