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She fought for the girl the world left behind: Natalia Kanem’s UN legacy
- UN News
When Natalia Kanem reflects on her eight-year tenure at the helm of the UN reproductive health agency, she doesn’t begin with global statistics, boardroom breakthroughs, or even memories of her visits to refugee camps.
Overlooked and underestimated: Sand and dust storms wreak havoc across borders
- UN News
There are three Great Pyramids at Giza in Egypt - but imagine if there were 307 of the mighty edifices. And then imagine that they had dissolved into over two billion tons of sand and dust particles.
UN voices concern over Greece’s suspension of asylum applications
- UN News
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Thursday raised alarm over Greece’s decision to suspend the submission of asylum applications from people arriving by sea from North Africa, warning it risks breaching international law and undermining the country’s longstanding commitment to protecting those fleeing conflict and persecution.
UN calls for reversal of US sanctions on Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
- UN News
Top UN human rights officials have voiced serious concern over the imposition of sanctions by the United States targeting Francesca Albanese, a UN-appointed independent expert on the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Seychelles’ Path to Macroeconomic Stability and Resilience
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, July 10 (IPS) - Seychelles—a nation of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean—today enjoys a comparatively high degree of economic stability. Inflation is below 2 percent, real GDP has largely recovered from the pandemic, public debt is on course to reach the government’s target of less than 50 percent of GDP before 2030, and per capita income is the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa.
WHO Launches Initiative to Tax Tobacco and Beverage Corporations to Boost Public Health
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, July 9 (IPS) - On July 2, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the “3 by 35” initiative in an effort to boost public health and limit global consumption of harmful substances. By urging international governments to implement taxes on tobacco, sugary drinks, and alcohol, WHO seeks to reduce worldwide cases of noncommunicable disease amid heightened strains on global health systems and a shrinking supply of funding.
Preventing Pandemics Needs Every Tool in the Toolbox – Including Animal Vaccines
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, July 9 (IPS) - Just five years on from the Covid-19 pandemic, another animal-borne disease is mutating and spreading across borders and species.Avian influenza has already resulted in the loss of more than 630 million birds in the last 20 years. And new figures from the inaugural State of the World’s Animal Health report find that the number of reported outbreaks in mammals, including cattle, sheep and cats, doubled last year compared to 2023.
‘Only a Handful of Environmental Organisations Still Dare Challenge Corporate Projects in Court’
- Inter Press Service
CIVICUS speaks to Cristinel Buzatu, regional legal advisor for Central and Eastern Europe at Greenpeace, about how Romania’s state gas company is weaponising the courts to silence environmental opposition.
How Mongolia Can Expedite It’s Just Transition Plans to Include Its Nomads
- Inter Press Service
ULAANBAATAR, July 9 (IPS) - Youth activist Gereltuya Bayanmukh still reflects on the events in her formative years that inspired her to become a climate activist. When she was a child, she would visit her grandparents in a village 20 km to the south of the border between Russia and Mongolia.
Genocide Made Invisible
- Inter Press Service
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, July 9 (IPS) - Whatever the outcomes of Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House on Monday and the latest scenario for a ceasefire in Gaza, a bilateral policy of genocide has united the Israeli and U.S. governments in a pact of literally breath-taking cruelty.
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