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UN launches response plan to ‘safeguard the well-being and dignity’ of Rohingya in Bangladesh
- UN News
Under the leadership of the Government of Bangladesh, the Organization for Migration (IOM) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched a $943 million plan on Tuesday to “safeguard the well-being and dignity” of Rohingya refugees in the country and their host communities.
Jamaica Failing to Cope with Plastic Waste
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan 20 2021 (IPS) - For decades, every time it rains heavily in Jamaica, a daunting deluge of plastic bottles and bags, styrofoam and other garbage trundles its way down a network of countless gullies and streams. If they don’t get snagged somewhere, they end up in the Kingston Harbour or close to the beaches ringing the tourist-heavy North coast.
Climate Crisis: Elephants in the Room are Getting Nastier
- Inter Press Service
HAMILTON, Canada, May 18 (IPS) - The year 2020 will forever be notorious for the COVID-19 pandemic but it might also be known by historians for a precipitous rise in second order climate change consequences -- a new elephant in the room.
Put People Before Profits for Progress
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 18 (IPS) - Millions of people are expected to die due to delayed and unaffordable access to COVID-19 tests, treatment, personal protective equipment and vaccines. Urgent cooperation is desperately needed to save lives and livelihoods for all.
Q&A: On the Frontline, Islands Aim to Seize Climate Initiatives
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTON / PARIS, May 17 (IPS) - The “all-virtual” Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW) that took place May 11-14 highlighted islands’ particular vulnerabilities in the face of both climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic. But the event - hosted by the Dominican Republic - also provided “important momentum for a successful UN Climate Change Conference” (COP 26) in November in Glasgow, according to the United Nations.
Women Leading Somalia’s Health System
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, May 17 (IPS) - Somalia is one of the most complex regions of the world, with threats and political instability, extreme weather conditions, movement of internally displaced people (IDPs), decades of conflict, poverty-related deprivation, poor health and communicable diseases that are killing people. There is a constant risk of gender violence making women, children and members of minority groups particularly vulnerable, and more so during displacement or while seeking work.
Three decades of civil war and instability have weakened Somalia’s health system and contributed to it having some of the lowest health indicators in the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has added yet another strain on its tremendously fragile infrastructure presenting unexpected challenges and dilemmas.
Africas Worsening Climate: Heres How the United States can Help Africa
- Inter Press Service
URBANA, Illinois, May 17 (IPS) - Recently, I participated in a Congressional hearing on the “Effects of climate change in Africa”, before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and Internal Organizations, chaired by Congresswoman, Karen Bass.
Libya: ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’, ICC chief prosecutor tells Security Council
- UN News
Accountability is an important step on the road to peace in Libya, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) told the Security Council on Monday.
South Africa has ‘obligation’ to better address domestic violence: UN women’s rights experts
- UN News
South Africa’s failure to address domestic violence is a violation of women’s rights, independent UN experts said in a report published on Monday, citing low levels of prosecution and conviction as factors.
Mining giant Rio Tinto Face Environmental, Human Rights Complaint in Papua New Guinea -
- Inter Press Service
CANBERRA, Australia, May 17 (IPS) - Local communities in the vicinity of the abandoned Panguna copper mine, have taken decisive action to hold the global mining multinational, Rio Tinto, accountable for alleged environmental and human rights violations during the mine’s operations between 1972 and 1989.
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