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An Integrated Regional Response for the Sahel Crisis
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Senegal, Jul 25 (IPS) - The current Ukraine-Russia conflict is dominating the global media to the point of overshadowing longer protracted crisis that no longer make headlines, but are still rife. Such is the case with the on-going Sahel crisis, one of the world's most neglected ones, where acute poverty, the dramatic effects of climate change and rising armed conflicts have become the norm for more than a decade. A situation further exacerbated by the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.
We're on the Cusp of the most Catastrophic Food Crisis in 50 years: Where is the Global Response?
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN / TERNI, Italy, Jul 25 (IPS) - A growing mountain of data and analysis points to an unprecedented global crisis in the making, due to the convergence of “Four Cs” (Conflict, Covid, Climate and Costs).
Women working together, to survive Lebanon’s economic crisis
- UN News
Lebanon’s women-led cooperatives are helping communities to cope with the country’ recent wave of crises: the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial crisis, and the notorious August 2021 Beirut Port Explosion.
Mega-drought, glacier melt, and deforestation plague Latin America and the Caribbean
- UN News
From the Amazon to the Andes and the snowy depths of Patagonia, extreme weather and climate change are causing mega-drought, extreme rainfall, deforestation and glacier melt across the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, according to a UN report published on Friday.
Time for a UN Human Rights Leader
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jul 22 (IPS) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights sits at the top of the UN’s human rights system. It’s a crucial role for the victims of violations and the many civil society activists who look to the UN system to set and apply human rights norms, monitor the human rights performance of states and hold rights violators to account.
UN to Host Over 190 World Leaders & Delegates -- Despite Threats from a Deadly New Covid-19 Variant
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 22 (IPS) - The United Nations is planning to host a high-level “in-person” General Assembly session, September 20-26, with over 190 world leaders and delegates listed to speak, including heads of state, heads of government, high-ranking ministers and senior officials.
The world body is apparently on a risky path, with hundreds of delegates due in New York for the opening of the 77th session—and, most worryingly, at a time when a new Covid-19 variant BA.5 is sweeping across the United States, including New York.
Climate change: New approach needed to gauge animal health impact on emissions
- UN News
Animal health is important to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but greater investment is needed to evaluate the impact, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and partners said in a report published on Thursday.
Lebanon: At ‘a crossroad between rebound or collapse’
- UN News
The dire impact of Lebanon’s unrelenting socio-economic crisis prompted the UN Special Coordinator to warn the Security Council behind closed doors on Thursday, that the country stands at “a crossroad between rebound or collapse”.
The Africa We Want is Still Within Reach – & a Priority for the United Nations
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 21 (IPS) - The “Africa We Want” - as outlined in Agenda 2063 - embodies the African Union’s bold vision of an integrated, prosperous, and peaceful continent.
East African Countries Seek Cross-border Cooperation to Combat Wildlife Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
Kigali, Jul 21 (IPS) - For many years, East African countries were considered wildlife trafficking hotspots. Now conservation organisations have started to mobilise all stakeholders to combat the illegal trade that targets animals – some to the edge of extinction.
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