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News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 533
Disarmament Conference Ends with Ambitious Goal – But How to Get There?
- Inter Press Service
HIROSHIMA, Aug 28 (IPS) - A three-day landmark U.N. Conference on Disarmament Issues has ended here – one day ahead of the International Day Against Nuclear Tests – stressing the need for ushering in a world free of nuclear weapons, but without a consensus on how to move towards that goal.
U.S.-Made Cluster Munitions Causing Civilian Deaths in Yemen
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 27 (IPS) - New research released today by a leading human rights watchdog has found evidence of seven attacks involving cluster munitions in Yemen's northwestern Hajja governorate.
Opinion: A Farewell to Arms that Fuel Atrocities is Within Our Grasp
- Inter Press Service
CANCUN, Mexico, Aug 27 (IPS) - The recent explosions that apparently destroyed a 2,000-year-old temple in the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria were yet another grim example of how the armed group calling itself the Islamic State (IS) uses conventional weapons to further its agenda.
Deliberate Targeting of Water Sources Worsens Misery for Millions of Syrians
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 26 (IPS) - Imagine having to venture out into a conflict zone in search of water because rebel groups and government forces have targeted the pipelines. Imagine walking miles in the blazing summer heat, then waiting hours at a public tap to fill up your containers. Now imagine realizing the jugs are too heavy to carry back home.
U.N. Chief Warns of Growing Humanitarian Crisis in Northeastern Nigeria
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 26 (IPS) - With over 1.5 million displaced, 800,000 of whom are children, and continuously escalating violence in northeastern Nigeria, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described the humanitarian situation as "particularly worrying" during a visit to the country.
Poverty and Slavery Often Go Hand-in-Hand for Africa’s Children
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Aug 26 (IPS) - "Poverty has become part of me," says 13-year-old Aminata Kabangele from the Democratic Republic of Congo. "I have learned to live with the reality that nobody cares for me."
Majority of Child Casualties in Yemen Caused by Saudi-Led Airstrikes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 25 (IPS) - Of the 402 children killed in Yemen since the escalation of hostilities in March 2015, 73 percent were victims of Saudi coalition-led airstrikes, a United Nations official said Monday.
U.N. Military Sanctions on Syria May Face Veto by Arms Supplier
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 25 (IPS) - The staggering statistics emerging from the ongoing five-year-old military conflict in Syria – including over 220,000 killed, more than one million injured and about 7.6 million displaced – are prompting calls for a United Nations arms embargo on the beleaguered regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
U.N. Aid Agencies Launch Emergency Hotline for Displaced Iraqis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 25 (IPS) - In the hopes of better responding to the needs of over three million displaced Iraqis, United Nations aid agencies today launched a national hotline to provide information on emergency humanitarian services like food distribution, healthcare and shelter.
Opinion: Children of the World – We are Standing Watch for You
- Inter Press Service
SAN JOSE, Aug 23 (IPS) - Twenty-eight years ago this month, an indigenous woman stood in the plaza in Guatemala City, watching as the presidents of Central America walked out into the street after signing the Peace Accords that would end the civil wars in our region. When I reached her, she took both my hands in hers and said, "Thank you, Mr. President, for my child who is in the mountains fighting, and for the child I carry in my womb."
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