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Protecting Workers & Enabling a Green Recovery from COVID-19
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 01 (IPS) - 2022 is a decisive year for all of us as recovery prospects remain highly uncertain.
Global human development has witnessed a decline for the first time since the measurement began in 1990. As UNDP’s new Special Report on Human Security also reveals, 6 in 7 people worldwide are plagued by feelings of insecurity.
Will Russia Follow USSR Expelled from League of Nations for Invading Finland in a Bygone Era?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 01 (IPS) - The Russian Federation, condemned worldwide for invading a founding member of the United Nations-- and violating the UN charter-- came under heavy fire during a rare Emergency Special Session of the 193-member General Assembly, the highest policy-making body in the Organization.
The Very Hungry Dragon: Meat-ing Chinas Self-sufficiency Targets for Dairy and Protein
- Inter Press Service
MELBOURNE, Australia, Mar 01 (IPS) - Food security has long been a high priority for the Chinese central government and has been linked to China’s national security in recent years. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently released a national five-year plan under which China will seek to maintain a target to produce 95 percent of the protein domestically until 2025: China aims to become self-sufficient in poultry and eggs, 85 percent self-sufficient for beef and mutton, 70 percent for dairy, and 95 percent self-sufficient in pork. These targets intersect with many of the Chinese central government’s current aims to meet the growing demand for protein and dairy, safeguard food security, and other major policies.
Before It Kills, War Whispers
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 01 (IPS) - A small yellow puppet hangs from the butt of a gun. The eyes and shorts of the figure that children love are just traces of faded black.
"It's a detail, but it tells what the war is."
Inflation Targeting Voodoo
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 01 (IPS) - All over the world, people expect policies by central bankers trained in economics to have a sound scientific base. But in fact, inflation targeting is an article of faith with neither theoretical nor empirical basis.
The Anti-Corruption Compass in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Feb 28 2022 (IPS) - For a country like Mexico, which in recent years has made the fight against corruption one of its highest priorities, a story published earlier this year fell like a bucket of cold water.
Not Exactly Sun Tzu: Russian Military Blunderings & the Global Democratic Deficit
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 28 (IPS) - Russian President and former intelligence officer Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has been at the helm of power since 1999, promoting jingoistic nationalism to keep his hold on power and creating a democratic deficit on the home front.
Gender Lens Crucial to Leaving No-one Behind (Part 2)
- Inter Press Service
Johannesburg, Feb 28 (IPS) - A crucial two-day meeting of Parliamentarians from the Asian, Arab and African regions will put human-rights-based legislative frameworks under the spotlight as the regions work to implement the ICPD Programme of Action.
IPCC adaptation report ‘a damning indictment of failed global leadership on climate’
- UN News
UN scientists on Monday delivered a stark warning about the impact of climate change on people and the planet, saying that ecosystem collapse, species extinction, deadly heatwaves and floods are among the "unavoidable multiple climate hazards” the world will face over the next two decades due to global warming,
6 in 7 People Worldwide Experience ‘High Levels of Insecurity’ – Why?
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Feb 27 (IPS) - Safety and security are at the base of the ‘hierarchy of needs’ pyramid, second in importance only to life’s absolute necessities—air, water, food and shelter, warns a new report.
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