Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 249
Will Canada Recognise Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Developing Countries Too?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 19 (IPS) - While Canada's long-awaited support for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples brought hope and celebration last week, it's not yet clear whether the rights of Indigenous people in developing countries harmed by Canadian mining companies will also be included.
Now 1 in 2 World’s Refugees Live in Urban Area
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 19 (IPS) - It is true that millions of refugees, especially in Africa and the Middle East, reside in camps. But in all they represent only one-quarter of the total number of refugees.
Many Cities Don't Know How Dangerous Their Air Pollution Is
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 19 (IPS) - China and India are not the only countries with an air pollution problem, 98 percent of cities in developing countries don't meet World Health Organization (WHO) air quality standards according to research published by the UN body last week.
Kenya's Young Inventors Shake Up Old Technology
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, May 18 (IPS) - Emma Masibo and Lucy Bwire have many things in common.
'Human Suffering Has Reached Staggering Levels’
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 17 (IPS) - "Human suffering from the impacts of armed conflicts and disasters has reached staggering levels."
Is Demise of Small Farmers Imminent?
- Inter Press Service
PHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON, May 17 (IPS) - Imminent demise of small farmers is predicted as they are not competitive in a context of transforming agrifood markets. Most important is the transformation of the "post–farm gate" segments of the supply chains.
Analysis: Why the UN Needs a “Peace Industrial Complex”
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 17 (IPS) - In a world where annual defence spending is over 1.6 trillion dollars and the UN Peacebuilding Fund receives less than 700 million dollars, it would seem that the military industrial complex is unwaveringly entrenched.
Middle East - The Mother of All Humanitarian Crises
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 16 (IPS) - When, in March 2015, delegates from the Middle East met in Amman for their regional consultations round in preparation for the May 23-24 World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, most likely what they had in mind is the fact that their region was --and still is-- the dramatic set of "the mother of all humanitarian crises."
Bees and Silkworms Spin Gold for Ethiopia’s Rural Youth
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, May 16 (IPS) - Beekeeping and silkworm farming have long been critical cogs of Ethiopian life, providing food, jobs and much needed income.
Justice for Berta Caceres Incomplete Without Land Rights: UN Rapporteur
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 13 (IPS) - The murder of Honduran Indigenous woman Berta Caceres is only too familiar to Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the UN's Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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