Global Issues
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Poor Families Clash over Water with Real Estate Consortium in El Salvador
- Inter Press Service
APOPA, El Salvador, Jun 06 (IPS) - Alex Leiva woke up at 4:00 a.m. to perform a key task for his family’s survival in the Salvadoran village where he lives: filling several barrels with the water that falls from the tap only at that early hour every other day.
The Great Fish Robbery
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Jun 06 (IPS) - Now it comes to another ‘crime’ being stealthy committed as a consequence of the unrelenting business obsession for making more and more money.
The UN Security Council is in Desperate Need of Comprehensive Reforms
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 06 (IPS) - Any fair analysis of the United Nations strongly suggests that the UN of today is not the same UN that was established in 1945. The United Nations Security Council in particular, which was intended to maintain international peace and security, has sadly outlived its usefulness in its current makeup.
Bangladesh: ILO calls for workplace safety review following deadly fire
- UN News
A fire and explosion in southeastern Bangladesh over the weekend which left more than 40 dead, has prompted the UN’s labour agency, ILO, to urge workplaces throughout the country to address safety shortcomings.
Has the UN Transformed itself into a Vast Humanitarian Relief Organization?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 06 (IPS) - The United Nations, which has failed to help resolve some of the world’s ongoing and longstanding civil wars and military conflicts—including Palestine, Afghanistan, Yemen, Western Sahara, Myanmar, Syria, and most recently, Ukraine—was rightfully challenged by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his riveting address to the Security Council last April.
A catering programme with baked-in prospects for vulnerable Liberian girls
- UN News
Agnes-Josephine Kenderman, a Liberian teenage mother, is benefiting from a UN-backed initiative to empower young vulnerable girls, which includes training to help her make and sell pastries and other products.
Public Land Protection Cells in India: A New Hope for Our Commons
- Inter Press Service
ANAND, India, Jun 03 (IPS) - Common lands are natural resources that are used collectively by a community, such as forests, pastures, ponds, and ‘wastelands’. They act as a resource base for non-cash, non-market economies that provides fodder, fuelwood, water, oils, fish, medicinal herbs, and a wide variety of fruits and vegetables to the local communities.
Animal Farm, Ukrainian Resistance and Russian Propaganda
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Jun 03 (IPS) - Warfare and misinformation are intimately connected. The 29th of May was globally observed as The Day of Communication and due to the ongoing war in Ukraine it was difficult to avoid thinking of affiliated propaganda campaigns, carried out by warring factions and far from indifferent bystanders.
Stockholm+50 issues call for urgent environmental and economic transformation
- UN News
The Stockholm+50 environment conference came to a close on Friday with a call for real commitments to urgently address global environmental concerns, and for a just transition to sustainable economies, that work for all.
Elections: a Global Ranking Rates US Weakest Among Liberal Democracies
- Inter Press Service
Jun 03 (IPS) - Defending democracy has suddenly become one of the central challenges of our age. The land war in Ukraine is widely considered a front line between autocratic rule and democratic freedom. The United States continues to absorb the meaning of the riot that took place on January 6 2021 in an attempt to overthrow the result of the previous year’s election. Elsewhere, concerns have been raised that the pandemic could have provided cover for governments to postpone elections.
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