News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 162
IP, Vaccine Imperialism Cause Death and Suffering, Delay Recovery
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 (IPS) - Vaccine developers’ refusal to share publicly funded vaccine research findings is stalling broader, affordable vaccinations which would more rapidly contain COVID-19 contagion. The pandemic had infected at least 109 million people worldwide, causing over 2.4 million deaths as of mid-February.
Peace in Yemen, But not Without Womens Role in Peacebuilding
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 15 (IPS) - The armed conflict in Yemen which has lasted six years, has killed and injured over thousands of civilians, displaced more than one million people and given rise to cholera outbreaks, medicine shortages and threats of famine. By the end of 2019, it is estimated that over 233,000 Yemenies have been killed as a result of fighting and the humanitarian crisis. With nearly two-thirds of its population requiring food assistance, Yemen is also experiencing the world's worst food security crisis. The United Nations has called the humanitarian crisis in Yemen “the worst in the world”.
Give us Access to Tigray to Find Missing Refugees -- NRC Pleas
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 11 (IPS) - The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has called for unimpeded access to all parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray Region, to locate an estimated 20,000 unaccounted for refugees and assess damage to its Hitsaats Camp which was looted and set alight in early January.
To Prevent Another Civil War South Sudan Must Create a New, Unique Political System
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Germany, Feb 10 (IPS) - The threat of a full-blown civil war in South Sudan remains unless the country’s leaders can broaden power sharing, warns a new report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) released almost year into the country’s formation of a government of national unity.
Intellectual Property Cause of Death, Genocide
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Feb 09 (IPS) - Refusal to temporarily suspend several World Trade Organization (WTO) intellectual property (IP) provisions to enable much faster and broader progress in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic should be grounds for International Criminal Court prosecution for genocide.
Revoke Patents, Defeat the Pandemic & Deliver Global Justice
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 04 (IPS) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote on Twitter: “We must get to work to make sure the vaccine is available to everyone, everywhere. With this pandemic, none of us are safe until all of us are safe.”
As the pandemic spills into its second year, the WHO tracker lists eight Covid-19 vaccines already in public use. Several others are awaiting regulatory approval. This is unprecedented in vaccine history and with effective international coordination, it presents the global community with a real chance for both pandemic and economic recovery in 2021.
Water Graves: Nightmare for Mexican Fishermen
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Feb 04 (IPS) - All of Erizo's nightmares are the same. Since his return from the ocean - almost unrecognizable - every bad dream is identical. A wave punches his little boat and throws him into the deep sea where everything is so dark that he can't even see his own hands.
Road to Hell Paved with Good Intentions
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 03 (IPS) - Access to COVID-19 vaccines for many developing countries and most of their people will have to wait as the powerful and better off secure earlier access regardless of need or urgency. More profits, by manufacturing scarcity, will surely cause even more loss of both lives and livelihoods.
Caught in Tangled Web of Vaccine Nationalism
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 02 (IPS) - “Oh what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive”. Walter Scott’s lines, already over two centuries old, nicely sum up how pursuit of national advantage and private gain have undermined the public interest and the common good.
Sri Lankas Deteriorating Human Rights Situation Raises Multiple Alarms
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 01 (IPS) - A decade has passed since the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war between the government and the LTTE, where at least 100,000 people were killed in the over three-decade long conflict. Families of victims of enforced disappearances continue to seek justice, the government is yet to end impunity and put accountability for crimes under international law and human rights violation and abuses in its transitional justice process.
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