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We Have Swung into the Dark Ages, Says Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 26 (IPS) - Speaking in New York during the United Nations General Assembly's opening day, United States President Donald Trump continued to float the idea that he should be awarded a Nobel Prize, but that would never happen because the system was rigged.
How to ‘Fix the Business of Food’ and Save the Planet
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 (IPS) - With up to one billion undernourished people around the world, and agriculture and land use systems increasingly vulnerable to climate change and land degradation, more companies within the global food industry need to start aligning their operations with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs.
Fighting Climate Change: We Must Not Forget the Soils
- Inter Press Service
ILLINOIS, United States, Sep 25 (IPS) - Around the world, citizens took to the streets to demand their governments address climate change. In the U.S., this widespread activism illustrates the findings of a newly released report by the Chicago Council on Global affairs which found for the first time that the majority of Americans consider climate change a threat and the most critical foreign policy issue facing the country.
At the U.N., it Was the Day of Populist Strongmen
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 (IPS) - The United Nations is an institution which promotes multilateralism and preaches some of the basic tenets of multiparty democracy and liberalism, including the rule of law, universal human rights, free speech, civil liberties, the rights of refugees and freedom of the press.
How Slow Moving Asbestos Regulations Compromise Health
- Inter Press Service
WALLINGFORD, CT, US, Sep 24 (IPS) - Last year, the United States introduced a new asbestos rule that was received both positively and negatively and Canada banned the mineral altogether. Countries like the U.K. and Australia continue to struggle with the health implications of historic asbestos use, despite both having bans for several years. In contrast, nations like Russia and Vietnam continue to manufacture and use the mineral frequently.
UN Welcomes ‘Most Comprehensive Agreement Ever’ on Global Health
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 (IPS) - Describing it as an "important landmark" on our "journey to health for all", Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday welcomed the UN Political Declaration on universal health coverage, or UHC, which commits countries to advance towards full coverage for their citizens in four major areas around primary care.
Nature’s Solution to Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Sep 24 (IPS) - When it comes to saving the planet, one whale is worth thousands of trees.
World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates Calls for Decisive Action, With No Time to Waste
- Inter Press Service
MERIDA, Mexico, Sep 23 (IPS) - In a world of increasing fragility and declining resources, can the world foster peace? With a looming climate crisis, is war inevitable? Will nuclear war be the final result? Are women the ultimate peace builders? How do we train and engage youth to promote peace?
Jersey, a Gorilla and the Civil War in Cameroon
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Sep 23 (IPS) - A month ago I visited Jersey, one of the few European territories still welcoming refugees, though in the case of Jersey they have to be wealthy and are generally fleeing not from war and misery, but from taxes.
Once Jersey and the nearby island of Guernsey harbored one of Europe´s most famous political refugees – Victor Hugo (1802-1885), who after he had been too outspoken in his criticism of the autocrat Louis Napoleon found it more convenient to live on the Channel Islands than in France.
In spite of being very close to France and with a population that at the time was mainly French-speaking, these islands were nevertheless British territory.
50 Days of Kashmir Under Lockdown - in Pictures
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, Kashmir, Sep 23 (IPS) - It is 50 days into the lockdown in Kashmir since roads were blocked off, schools shut, and internet and communication services stopped.
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