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If Current Trends Continue, Worlds Poor may not Achieve a Single Development Goal by 2030
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 21 (IPS) - When the 193-member General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development back in September 2015, it was aimed at transforming the world into an idealistic state of peace and economic prosperity.
But eight years later, most of the world’s low-income countries (LICs) have been struggling to achieve even a single goal, including the two key targets: the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger by 2030.
In a dangerous and divided world, yoga yields ‘precious’ benefits
- UN News
Celebrating the union of body, mind and soul, hundreds of yoga enthusiasts - including UN officials and staffers - filled the green expanse of the North Lawn at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday to mark the ninth celebration of the International Day of Yoga, observed each 21 June.
Innovative Approach to Sustainable Development Policy and Investment for Public, Private Sectors
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jun 20 (IPS) - Oil palm has brought significant benefits and prosperity to Liberia. The export of crude palm oil is a major source of foreign exchange earnings for the government. The palm oil crop covers more than 1 million hectares, hundreds of thousands are employed in the palm oil sector, and at least 21 percent of the farming households produce palm oil.
Human Rights Defenders in Exile Safety Imperiled by Host Countries' Declining Civil Rights
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jun 20 (IPS) - Home Away From Home is the theme of World Refugee Day 2023. However, for many, including human rights activists who have fled their homes, a decline in civil rights in their host countries means their lives are often endangered and their activism curtailed.While leaving one’s country and becoming a refugee is a last resort, it is a decision that many, like Steve Kitsa, have had to make. As conflict becomes increasingly protracted in many African countries, many others will take this step.
Ukraine war: Guterres calls for continuation of ‘vital’ food and fertilizer agreement
- UN News
The Secretary-General on Tuesday said he was disappointed by the “slowing pace of inspections” under the UN-brokered Black Sea Initiative – the grain and fertilizer deal which has allowed millions of tonnes of food exports to leave Ukraine.
Making the Impossible Possible, Chronicles of an Ambassadors Lifelong Frontline Battle to End Leprosy
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jun 19 (IPS) - In 1974, Yohei Sasakawa accompanied his father to a leprosy hospital he had funded. He saw leprosy patients inside the hospital still and expressionless. The smell of leprosy filled the air, the smell of pus from open sores.
Countering ‘dark age of intolerance’ starts by tackling hate speech
- UN News
From institutionalized racism to genocide, the roots are the same, according to people on the frontlines of change who shared their stories with UN News ahead of the International Day for Countering Hate Speech, observed on Sunday.
Combating drought, one garden at a time
- UN News
Just before noon in Satara, a remote village in Niger’s southwestern Tillaberi region, the thermometer is already hovering near 40°C.
Kenyas Hits and Misses on Journey to Eliminating Plastic Waste
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jun 16 (IPS) - Plastic bags were a part and parcel of life in Kenya. More than 100 million plastic bags were used annually in Kenyan supermarkets alone, with at least 24 million plastic bags discarded every month. Kenya was choking under the weight of plastic bags.
The Regulation Tortoise and the AI Hare
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 16 (IPS) - Regulation of a technology typically emerges sometime after it has been used in a product or service, or, worse, the risks become apparent. This responsive approach is regrettable when real harm is already being done, as now with AI. With existential risk, the approach would risk the end of human existence.
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