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First Person: Vulnerable Ukrainian farmers plough a self-sufficient furrow
- UN News
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ramped up its support for vulnerable workers in the Ukrainian agricultural sector, particularly smallholder farmers.
The Sami People's Fight Against Norwegian Windmills
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 09 (IPS) - There are 151 wind turbines and more than 130 kilometres of connection routes and power lines on the Fosen peninsula, 530 kilometres north of Oslo. Norwegian judges say that they should not be there, and the owners of those lands since time immemorial do too.
Breaking the Link between Polycrisis and Poverty
- Inter Press Service
BRIGHTON, UK, Mar 09 (IPS) - This year marks the halfway point— eight years in and eight years out— of the UN Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty and reduce inequalities.
The Caribbean’s Role in the Transformation of Agri-Food Systems
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Mar 09 (IPS) - The global food security crisis reveals an increase in the undernourishment prevalence, reaching higher than in 2015, when countries first agreed to eradicate hunger by 2030 as one of the SDG targets. In the Caribbean, between 2014 and 2021, hunger increased by 2.3 percentage points, affecting 16.4 percent of its population by 2021. Moreover, the Caribbean is a net importer of almost all the main food groups such as cereals, dairy products, fruits and vegetables (except the Dominican Republic), meat and vegetable oils.
Excluded Afghan Girls Forced to Seek Education in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Mar 09 (IPS) - Hundreds of young women and girls are moving to Pakistan to continue their studies after the Taliban’s restrictions on women’s education in Afghanistan.
Guterres bids to ‘breathe new life’ into our global future
- UN News
The UN on Thursday launched new policy initiatives to ensure the international community delivers on its promises today, for future generations, and that the world is ready to properly respond to “complex shocks” like the COVID-19 pandemic.
The LDC graduation pathway must not disrupt overall sustainable development, says UN deputy chief
- UN News
The least developed countries (LDCS) are facing a pathway to graduation from the category that will be “riddled with added crises,” UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Thursday, and urged the international community to work together so those countries can build resilience to recover from current and future shocks and sustain progress.
Vessel to remove oil from stricken Yemen tanker could arrive by May
- UN News
UN-led efforts to prevent a catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea took a major step forward on Thursday with the announcement of a deal to purchase a vessel that will remove more than a million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker that has threatened the region for years.
Ukraine: IAEA chief slams ‘complacency’ over stricken Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant
- UN News
Amid the biggest reported missile attack on Ukraine in weeks, the UN’s atomic energy agency, IAEA, said on Thursday that Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant had to switch to backup generators once again, after losing all power.
USA: Sanctions against individuals abroad violates due process rights
- UN News
A UN independent human rights expert criticized the United States for using extraterritorial jurisdiction to impose sanctions on foreign individuals, in a statement issued on Thursday.
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