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Building Momentum to Hold Companies to Account
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Dec 11 (IPS) - Millions of adults and children around the world suffer abuses as workers who obtain raw materials, toil on farms, and make products for the global market. They are at the bottom of global supply chains, for everything from everyday goods like vegetables and seafood to luxury items like jewelry and designer clothing that end up on store shelves worldwide.
Climate Financing Being Undermined by Rich Nations, NGOs Charge
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 11 (IPS) - The successful battle against climate change – which has triggered a rash of natural disasters, including floods, droughts and rising sea levels— will be predicated largely on the availability of financing.
Bangladesh Can Be Leprosy-Free Before 2030 Prime Minister Tells National Zero Leprosy Conference
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 11 (IPS) - Leprosy is not a curse but should be detected and treated early, Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has told delegates at a gathering in her country's capital to discuss the elimination of the disease.
Why Africa is Seeking Special Considerations on Climate Finance
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Dec 11 (IPS) - As the 25th session of climate negotiations draw to an end this week, the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) have been calling on the world to consider the continent as a special case in terms of implementation of the Paris Agreement and climate finance.
A Reflect on Why the Current Case Against Myanmar in ICJ Is Crucial
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Dec 11 (IPS) - Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived at the Hague to defend Myanmar at the International Court of Justice, against charges of genocide of the Rohingya people, as brought on by the Gambia.
Accelerating SDG Progress in Asia – Pacific
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 10 (IPS) - "The 2030 Agenda is coming to life", declared the Secretary General at the opening of the first SDG Summit, a quadrennial event for the follow up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
As leaders from Asia – Pacific took the floor, they highlighted country progress of SDG implementation and reaffirmed commitment to achieve the 2030 Agenda. Statements reflected different approaches across the region. Yet all converged on one priority: accelerated actions and transformative pathways.
Because we are not on track.
Human Rights? But Not for Sanitation Workers
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Dec 10 (IPS) - This year's Human Rights Day advocates for everyone to stand up for their rights and those of others.
Yet this will feel like a distant reality for the millions of sanitation workers in developing countries who are forced to work in conditions that endanger their health and even their lives.
Human Rights and the Global Protests: Addressing Systems as Well as Symptoms
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Dec 10 (IPS) - Human rights advocates should be as concerned with the economic injustices giving rise to recent worldwide demonstrations as with the repressive responses to them.
Why Is Growth Slowing in China?
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN and KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 (IPS) - China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 14%. Since then, its growth rate has declined by more than half to 6.6% in 2018. The five-year moving average growth rate is at its lowest since reforms began in 1978, although annual growth briefly fell lower during 1979, the year of the Tian An Men incident.
South-South Cooperation Offers Solutions to Urgent Climate Challenges
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10 (IPS) - Climate change is the defining challenge of our time, and developing countries are recognized as hotspots for climatic risks. Through solidarity, peer-to-peer learning and collective self-reliance, developing countries are collaborating among themselves to address the threat.
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