Global Issues
News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 112
Should NATO Enter the Russian-Ukrainian Fray?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 28 (IPS) - It is hard to describe the excruciatingly painful destruction Putin is inflicting on Ukraine. However, whereas NATO should provide Ukraine with active defensive military equipment, it should not directly join the war which could ignite a major European if not world war.
Fighting child marriage in India, thanks to school and a mobile phone
- UN News
With the help of an innovative mobile phone service, UN agencies are working with the Government of Rajasthan, India, to combat child marriage.
Why Russia's War on Ukraine Poses a Risk to Global Food Security
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Mar 25 (IPS) - The writer is Research Fellow at the UK-based Institute of Development Studies and member of its Food Equity Centre.The situation in Ukraine is first and foremost a humanitarian crisis, and the food security and wellbeing of the people of Ukraine should be our immediate concern. However, because of the dominant roles of Russia and Ukraine in global food, fuel and fertiliser markets, there are also massive knock-on effects for people around the world. This is particularly true for the supply and cost of food. Here are three ways that the invasion of Ukraine leads to potential risks to food security in other countries.
Guterres strongly condemns DPR Korea long-range ballistic missile launch
- UN News
The UN chief on Thursday strongly condemned the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, more commonly known as North Korea, its first such long-range test, since 2017.
The Cost of War: 23 Million Afghans Suffer Acute Hunger, 95% Don't Eat Enough Food
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Mar 24 (IPS) - Following 20 long years (2011-2021) of brutal war on Afghanistan by the US-led military coalition, which ended up in delivering the country to the Taliban in August 2021, 23 million Afghans now face severe and acute hunger, economic bankruptcy, healthcare system collapse, unbearable family indebtedness, and devastating humanitarian crisis.
War on Syria: Eleven Years of Carnage
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Mar 22 (IPS) - “Hundreds of thousands have been killed, more than half of the pre-war population – somewhere in the order of 22 million - have been displaced. More than 100,000 are missing or forcibly disappeared….
Wennesland condemns killing of 4 Israeli civilians, as Security Council hears ‘little progress’ is being made on settlements
- UN News
Speakers in the Security Council on Tuesday denounced evictions and demolitions by Israeli authorities of Palestinian-owned properties, as the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, expressed regret that “little progress” has made by the sides in upholding obligations under the Council’s landmark resolution 2334.
UN's Guterres Must be Visibly Proactive as Peacemaker in Ukraine
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Mar 22 (IPS) - In an opinion piece published in PassBlue on 15 March 2022, historian Stephen Schlesinger asked, "Where is the UN's Guterres?" as Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked war on Ukraine has been dominating the world’s headline news.
Stagflation Threat: Be Pragmatic, Not Dogmatic
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 22 (IPS) - “If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail”. Still haunted by the clever preaching of monetarist guru Milton Friedman’s ghost, all too many monetary authorities address every inflationary threat or sign they see by raising interest rates.
South Sudan: ‘hellish existence’ for women and girls, new UN report reveals
- UN News
Widespread sexual violence against women and girls in conflict is being fueled by systemic impunity, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan said on Monday.
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