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Meeting commitments, requires UN to work in ‘lockstep’ with parliamentarians
- UN News
Global commitments on implementing multilateral agreements were front and centre on Thursday, as the General Assembly President co-hosted hundreds of Parliamentarians from around the world – the largest in-person gathering at the UN in New York since last September’s High Level Week.
Global trade expected to slow, after record high of $28.5 trillion in 2021
- UN News
Global trade reached a record high in 2021, but it is expected to slow this year for many reasons including continuing delays in global supply chains, UN economists said on Thursday.
Speed Dating with the Future, a Romance with Science and Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
Feb 17 (IPS) - In a busy world where love is a complicated affair, speed dating is one way to connect, but can it work to ignite more sustainable relationships with nature? Are we open to a romance with science and evidence?
A Step Toward Africa's First Covid-19 Vaccine of Its Own
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 16 (IPS) - Akshaya Kumar is the crisis advocacy director at Human Rights Watch.Efforts to combat the vast global inequity in access to Covid-19 vaccines just got a boost. A Cape Town company claims it successfully made a vaccine that mimics Moderna’s messenger RNA vaccine—without any help from Moderna. This copycat will still need to undergo clinical trials, but the effort could yield Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccine.
Haiti at ‘crossroads’ entering post-earthquake reconstruction
- UN News
Haiti is once more at a ‘crossroads’, six months after a devastating earthquake hit the south-west of the country, according to the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed.
LIVE: Pledging conference for Haiti reconstruction
- UN News
On 14 August 2021, the south-west region of Haiti was hit by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake which led to widespread death and destruction. Some 2,200 people died, over 12,500 were injured and up to 800,000 people directly impacted. Six months on, the Haitian government has organized an international pledging conference, in the hope of raising the $2 billion needed for reconstruction.
When the Fate of Half Our Planet is being Discussed, it's too Important to Shut out Civil Society
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Feb 16 (IPS) - Over the past two weeks, a petition signed by almost five million people globally was handed in to governments around the world. It called for a Global Ocean Treaty to help rescue our oceans.
‘Our Common Agenda’: Guterres’ Open Door to Corporate Capture of the UN
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 15 (IPS) - On 10 September 2021, UN Secretary-General (SG) Antonio Guterres released the “Our Common Agenda” (OCA) report. This report was in response to a request from UN member states to “report back before the end of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly with recommendations to advance our common agenda and to respond to current and future challenges”.
WASH Interventions Key to Reaching Africa's Child Health Milestones
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Kenya, Feb 15 (IPS) - For two days in a row back in 2018, four-year-old Calvin Otieno suffered from diarrhoea and vomiting, and his mother responded by giving him a salt solution.
Peasants Marginalized by Big Farmers
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 (IPS) - A recent Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) study shows the largest farms cultivate a high and increasing share of agricultural land in much of the world.
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