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FFD4 Must Deliver for the World’s Most Vulnerable Nations
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, July 1 (IPS) - Five years from the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we face a development emergency. The promise to eradicate poverty, combat climate change, and build a sustainable future for all is slipping away. The SDG financing gap has ballooned to over $4 trillion annually—a crisis compounded by declining aid, rising trade barriers, and a fragile global economy.
Women and War: Victims of Violence and Voices of Peace
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, July 1 (IPS) - In 2023, approximately 612 million women and girls lived within 50 kilometers of a conflict zone, more than 50 percent higher than a decade ago. During war, they disproportionately suffer from gender-based and sexual violence.
Science Is Useless if No One Understands It
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, July 1 (IPS) - Despite delivering life-saving medicines, more nutritious crops, and transformative technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), science remains widely misunderstood, polarizing, and underappreciated. Much of this, experts say, comes down to one persistent issue: poor communication.
US Mayors Renew Call for US to Lead World–Back from Nuclear Brink
- Inter Press Service
OAKLAND, California, USA, July 1 (IPS) - July 16, 2025, will mark the 80th anniversary of “Trinity,” the first nuclear test detonation, at Alamagordo, New Mexico, and August 6 and 9 will mark the 80th anniversaries of the United States atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Rather than commemorating those somber anniversaries as a grim reminder of the past, this year they serve as a foreboding warning of what may be to come.
As FfD4 Kicks Off in Spain, Global Cooperation Still Matters
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, July 1 (IPS) - As the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) kicks off in Sevilla, Spain, the stakes couldn’t be higher.
Trump Undresses Rival Trade Myths
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, July 1 (IPS) - President Trump’s tariffs have exposed neoliberal trade ideology and undermined corporate lobbying in the name of free trade. But his rhetoric has also exposed the fallacies of his own economic strategy.
General Assembly approves $5.4 billion UN peacekeeping budget for 2025-2026
- UN News
The General Assembly on Monday approved a $5.38 billion budget for UN peacekeeping operations for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, down slightly from the previous year, as delegates wrapped up weeks of negotiations amid warnings about persistent funding challenges.
Gaza: Families deprived of the means for survival, humanitarians warn
- UN News
The United Nations on Tuesday reported that humanitarian operations in Gaza are facing escalating strain, as ongoing fuel shortages, access restrictions and military activity continue to undermine aid delivery and essential services.
Sudan: UN warns of soaring displacement and looming floods
- UN News
UN humanitarians on Tuesday sounded the alarm over worsening humanitarian conditions in Sudan, as escalating violence continues to displace civilians and the rising risk of severe flooding during the current rainy season.
Children’s lives ‘turned upside down’ by wars across Middle East, North Africa, warns UNICEF
- UN News
Conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa in the last two years reportedly killed, maimed, or displaced over 12 million children across the region, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
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