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We Cannot Let the Education Gap Widen at the Start of the Decade of Action
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 13 (IPS) - Yasmine Sherif is Director, Education Cannot WaitPrior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we estimated that 75 million children and youth - of whom 39 million are girls - were not able to access a quality education in countries impacted by armed conflicts, forced displacement, natural disasters and climate change-induced emergencies. The impact of COVID-19 has both globally and exponentially deepened the already existing critical education crisis.
US Pulls the Plug on a UN Global Cease-Fire Resolution
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (IPS) - After six weeks of negotiations, the United States shot down hopes for a resolution to be approved in the United Nations Security Council on May 8, refusing to back worldwide cease-fires as the US continues to castigate China and the World Health Organization for the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, momentum behind tenuous cease-fires is vanishing, experts say.
VE Day Marks the End of the Second World War-But the World is Still at War
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 11 (IPS) - The world commemorated the 75th Anniversary to mark the end of the 2nd World War also called VE Day on 08 May 2020.
With her nation, and much of the world still in lockdown due to COVID 19, England's Queen marked 75 years since the allied victory in Europe with a poignant televised address. From Windsor Castle, Queen Elizabeth said, "the wartime generation knew that the best way to honour those who did not come back from the war, was to ensure that it didn't happen again".
Enforced Disappearances, Arbitrary Detentions, Hate Speech & Attacks on Civilians - ICC Report on Libya
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 06 (IPS) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday highlighted crimes against humanity and grave mismanagement of the law in Libya during a release of their latest report on the North African nation.
COVID-19 Pandemic Vulnerable to Exploitation by Proliferators, Terrorists & Criminals
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, May 06 (IPS) - Even during this pandemic, perhaps especially during this pandemic, the global institutions to help prevent the spread of biological and chemical weapons to proliferators or terrorists must continue their work.
India & China Ranked World’s Biggest Military Spenders Trailing US
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 29 (IPS) - China and India, which went to war back in 1962 largely over a disputed Himalayan border-- and continue a longstanding battle for military supremacy in Asia-- have set a new record in arms spending.
Covid-19 & its Impact on the Work of Disarmament
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 09 (IPS) - Humanity has faced no challenge greater than COVID-19 since the Second World War. As this rapidly developing global health emergency places unprecedented strain on our medical, economic and social systems, we must work hard to prevent new risks for instability, unrest and conflict.
Slums, Camps, Terrorism: Experts Worry about Coronavirus Hitting South Asia
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 30 (IPS) - As coronavirus makes its way through different continents, countries, and communities around the world having claimed more than 23,000 lives, experts are ringing alarm bells about the implications of the disease as it hits South Asia, which hosts almost 2 billion of the world's population.
Coronavirus Worsens Yemen’s Long Tale of Woe
- Inter Press Service
SANA’A, Yemen, Mar 26 (IPS) - Abdul Mohammed is a humanitarian worker for Oxfam Yemen In every room in Yemen's Al-Saba'een hospital, patients in critical condition waited on chairs, and still others laid on the bare ground. I saw women and girls sharing beds in pairs, and children laying close together being treated.
What does U.N. Secretary General’s Call for Ceasefire Mean for Countries in Conflict?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 25 (IPS) - Conflict experts are concerned the the global ceasefire called for by the United Nations amid the coronavirus outbreak may not work and could lead to a rise in violence.
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