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Q&A: “Some Individuals Are Now as Wealthy as Entire Countries”
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jun 13 (IPS) - As it turns 50, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) finds itself engaged in an ongoing struggle to reduce economic and social inequalities in the world.
Op-Ed: Not Only Hunger, but Malnutrition Too
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 13 (IPS) - Continued growth in developing countries, along with poverty-reduction policies, have helped to improve both income and food security globally.
Post-2015 Development Agenda – Will the Voices of the Hungry be Heard?
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 13 (IPS) - The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will expire in 2015 and be replaced with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are intended to strengthen the international community's engagement with eradicating poverty and hunger.
U.N. Releases Guidelines on Reparations for Victims of Sexual Violence
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (IPS) - When sexual violence - whether against men, women or children - takes place in United Nations peacekeeping missions worldwide, the world body has been quick to single out the perpetrators and expel them back to their home countries.
Costa Rica Holds Out Hope for LGBT Rights in Central America
- Inter Press Service
, Jun 12 (IPS) - Grey-haired gay activist Marco Castillo and his partner Rodrigo Campos are about to enjoy equal health care rights. For the first time in Costa Rica, and in Central America as a whole, homosexual couples will enjoy the same access to public health services as heterosexuals.
Ghost of the LTTE Flickers in Malaysia
- Inter Press Service
SINGAPORE, Jun 12 (IPS) - The recent arrest and deportation from Malaysia of three Sri Lankan Tamils on U.N. refugee status, under suspicion of trying to revive the disbanded Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), has raised questions about regional security and minority politics.
Deadline Looms for Due Diligence Reporting on U.S. Investments in Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 12 (IPS) - U.S. companies newly operating in Myanmar have until the end of the month to file official reports detailing the actions they've taken to ensure that their investments comply with safeguards around land, human rights and other concerns.
Future of Peace Talks in Colombian Voters’ Hands
- Inter Press Service
, Jun 11 (IPS) - Colombians will basically decide Sunday whether to continue the five decade counterinsurgency war or persevere in the attempt to negotiate a political solution to the conflict, in order to allow the children being born this year to experience what their parents have never known: a country at peace.
Despite Crisis, Europe Continues to Protect Its Banksters
- Inter Press Service
BARCELONA, Jun 11 (IPS) - More than six years after the global financial crisis broke out, European Union (EU) countries continue to protect banks and investments funds from tougher rules, despite abundant evidence of recurrent criminal or reckless activities in the sector, and new accumulation of enormous financial risks.
Cameroon, Where Poor Infrastructure Doesn’t Dim Love for Football
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Jun 11 (IPS) - It is almost 6pm. A group of kids are plying their craft in a dusty, dirty courtyard in a poor neighbourhood in Yaounde, Cameroon's capital. That craft is football. They kick the once-white-but-now-brown, aged football around. One child is barefoot, the other wears worn shoes and is dressed in the kit of the national team.
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