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Boosting production, crucial for least developed countries, post pandemic
- UN News
The world’s poorest countries will remain on the margins of the global economy if States are unable to boost economic production, and the international community fails to provide more support, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warned.
Iran nuclear programme at ‘critical point’, Israeli Prime Minister warns
- UN News
With Iran’s nuclear programme at a “watershed moment”, the country must be stopped from acquiring a nuclear weapon, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday in his inaugural speech to the UN General Assembly.
When Love is Called as a Conspiracy: The 'Love Jihad' Bogey Targeting Interfaith Couples in India
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Sep 27 (IPS) - When Ali (name changed) proposed to his best friend, little did he know that her parents would take six years to agree to their alliance because he was born into a Muslim family, and they were Hindus.
‘Time to rethink, transform, and safely restart tourism’, says UN chief
- UN News
Tourism “touches almost every part of our economies and societies”, enabling the historically marginalized, and “those at risk of being left behind, to benefit from development”, declared UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday, marking World Tourism Day.
Data Drought in the Global South
- Inter Press Service
HAMILTON, Ontario, Canada, Sep 27 (IPS) - In 2020, every human on Earth created an average of at least 1.7 megabytes of data per second, collectively amassing 2.5 quintilliondata bytes. Some 90% of the world’s total data was created in the last two years alone.
Rural Water Boards Play Vital Role for Salvadoran Farmers
- Inter Press Service
LA LIBERTAD, El Salvador, Sep 27 2021 (IPS) - After climbing a steep hill along winding paths, you reach a huge water tank at the top that supplies peasant farmer families who had no water and instead set up their own community project on this coastal strip in central El Salvador.
‘Overwhelmed by old challenges’, Caribbean leaders say COVID-19 has forced a new battle for the survival of their nations
- UN News
Caribbean island nations are under assault from the coronavirus pandemic even as they try to protect their communities from rising seas and raging storms, regional leaders said Saturday at the UN, where they called for bold action to tackle climate change and shore up public health systems.
‘Humanity remains unacceptably close to nuclear annihilation, says UN chief on International Day
- UN News
“Now is the time to eliminate nuclear weapons from our world , and usher in a new era of dialogue, trust and peace”, declared UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday, marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
Goodness is the best medicine for the world’s ills, says Holy See official
- UN News
Humanity needs the “reserves of goodness present in human hearts” to confront the many challenges facing the world community, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, declared in his video address to the high-level General Debate of the UN General Assembly on Saturday.
As crises ‘pile up’ in the Sahel, Malian leader says it's time to consider more robust mandate for UN Mission
- UN News
The interim Prime Minister of Mali, Choguel Kokalla Maïga, said on Saturday that “rarely, has a country or region been as severely affected by the piling up of crises than Mali and the states of the Sahel.”
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