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Share gains from extracting precious raw materials more equitably, guard against pitfalls, cautions Guterres
- UN News
Extracting minerals, metals and other valuable raw materials from the earth, represents a “crucial juncture” between resources, ecosystems and people, all of which have an essential role to play in advancing sustainability and equity, the UN chief said on Tuesday.
Conserving Tigers, Elephants and Bison, One LPG Stove at a Time
- Inter Press Service
HYDERABAD, India, Apr 1 2021 (IPS) - As the sun sets over the canopy of Albizia amara trees, a thin blanket of fog begins to descend over the forests of the Malai Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, which lies roughly 150 km south of the Indian city of Bangalore.
Not Without My Hijab: Why Representation in Sports Matter
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, May 25 (IPS) - In 2016, when Bosnian-American professional basketball player, Indira Kaljo got in touch with Asma Elbadawi because she had been forced to give up playing basketball after she started wearing the hijab, they decided to take it up with the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA), the sports governing body to change its rules on headgear.
Wards Without Water
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Malawi, May 25 (IPS) - Malawian healthcare workers are facing challenges from all sides. More than half of healthcare facilities in Malawi are without handwashing facilities, almost two thirds have no decent toilets and almost one fifth do not have clean water on site.
Developing Countries Desperately Need COVID-19 Financing
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 (IPS) - Failure to sufficiently accelerate comprehensive efforts to contain COVID-19 contagion has greatly worsened the catastrophe in developing countries. Grossly inadequate financing of relief, recovery and reform efforts has also further set back progress, including sustainable development.
Lack of clean water far deadlier than violence in war-torn countries, says UNICEF report
- UN News
Attacks on water and sanitation facilities in conflict zones around the world are putting the lives of millions of children around the world in danger, and are a much greater threat than violence itself, warns the UN Children’s agency, UNICEF, in a report released on Tuesday.
UN chief appeals for dialogue in Samoa amid prime ministerial stand-off
- UN News
The UN has called for dialogue in Samoa, where the first woman elected as Prime Minister was locked out of Parliament on Monday amid a bitter power struggle with the country’s long-standing leader.
Guterres deeply concerned over ‘forced landing’ and arrest of Belarus opposition journalist, as condemnation grows
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General said on Monday he was “deeply concerned” over the apparent forced landing of a commercial passenger jet over Belarus, and the subsequent detention of a prominent dissident and journalist by authorities there.
WFP scales up support in Yemen but fears response could be hampered
- UN News
Although the World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up support to people in Yemen’s worst hunger hotspots, in efforts to prevent famine, sustaining response through the rest of the year is uncertain, the UN agency warned on Monday.
One blue helmet lost is ‘one too many’: UN peacekeeping chief reports spike in 2021 fatalities
- UN News
UN blue helmets face an increasing number of attacks throughout the complex environments in which they work, the head of the Organization’s peacekeeping operations told the Security Council on Monday.
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