News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 226
Venezuela’s Surname Is Diaspora
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Sep 28 (IPS) - They sell their houses, cars, motorcycles, household goods, clothes and ornaments - if they have any - even at derisory prices, save up a few dollars, take a bus and, in many cases, for the first time ever travel outside their country: they are the migrants who are fleeing Venezuela by the hundreds of thousands.
Without Food Security, There Is No Peace
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 27 (IPS) - Reversing years of progress, global hunger is on the rise once again and one of the culprits is clear: conflict.
India Uses Tech to Power its New Battle Against Malnutrition
- Inter Press Service
MAYURBHANJ DISTRICT, India, Sep 26 (IPS) - Kanaklata Raula from Kaptipada village in India's Mayurbhanj District is on duty 24x7. The 52-year-old community health worker from Odisha State rides a bicycle for hours each day, visiting community members who need nutrition and reproductive healthcare.
Q&A: An Uncertain Future Ahead for Rohingya in Bangladesh
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 26 (IPS) - IPS Correspondent Tharanga Yakupitiyage talks to AMBASSADOR MASUD BIN MOMEN, permanent representative of Bangladesh to the U.N about the Rohingya' crisis.Over one year ago, Bangladesh opened its doors in response to what is now the world's fastest growing refugee crisis. But questions still remain on how to rehabilitate the steadily growing population.
Climate Change Undermining Global Efforts to Eradicate Hunger
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 (IPS) - The United Nations warned last month that the accelerating impacts of climate change—"already clearly visible today"-- have triggered an unpredictable wave of natural disasters-- including extreme heatwaves, wild fires, storms, and floods during the course of this year.
Countries On the Frontline of Climate Change Impact Call for Stronger Mitigation Commitments
- Inter Press Service
SAN FRANCISCO and ST. JOHN’S, Sep 24 (IPS) - Caribbean leaders want larger countries to pick up the pace at which they are working to meet the climate change challenge and keep global warming from devastating whole countries, including the most vulnerable ones like those in the Caribbean.
25 years Since the Oslo Accords: Israeli Security Depends on Palestinian Rights
- Inter Press Service
OSLO, Norway, Sep 14 (IPS) - Jan Egeland is Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council. He co-organized the secret talks between Israel and Palestine that led to the historic 1993 Oslo Accords. Twenty-five years ago, on 13 September 1993, I sat on the White House lawn to witness the landmark signing of the Oslo agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Diplomats around me gasped as Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shook hands with former foe, Chairman Yasser Arafat. But for some of us present, the handshake came as no surprise.
International Law Experts Warn Europe’s ‘Pull Back’ of Migrants is Illegal - Part 2
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Sep 10 (IPS) - This is the second part of our series about migration to Italy."The Italian and other European authorities are engaging – on the migration issue – in a policy which has the foreseeable results of numerous deaths." It is a grim warning from expert on international law, refugees and migration issues, and member of the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), Itamar Mann.
“We Should Not Wait” — Action Needed on Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 04 (IPS) - After the release of a scathing report on Myanmar's human rights violations, next steps to achieve accountability and justice remain elusive and uncertain.
The Plight of Women & Young People in the Rohingya Refugee Crisis
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Aug 31 (IPS) - Asa Torkelsson is the representative of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in BangladeshAugust 25, 2018 marked one year since violence erupted in Myanmar's Rakhine State, triggering the massive Rohingya exodus to neighbouring Bangladesh. As the crisis continues with no immediate end in sight, it is crucial to expand and sustain health and life skills services for Rohingya women, girls and youth to locate opportunities amid challenges.
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