News headlines for “Democracy”, page 95
What Does The Ceasefire in Lebanon Entail For Gaza?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 02 (IPS) - On November 27, a ceasefire agreement was agreed upon by officials for Israel, Lebanon, and a host of other mediating parties, including the United States. Yet even with this step towards peace, conflict and suffering continue in Gaza, raising questions of when – or how – a similar outcome can be achieved.
Confronting the Global Crisis of Land Degradation
- Inter Press Service
RIYADH Saudi Arabia, Dec 02 (IPS) - A major new scientific report was launched December 1, a day ahead of the opening of the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP16).
Who are the Ultimate Winners in the World’s Ongoing Military Conflicts?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 02 (IPS) - If and when the devastating military conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza come to an end, the ultimate winners will not be the Russians, the Americans or the Israelis but the world’s arms manufacturers—contemptuously described as “merchants of death”.
And so will be the winners in a rash of conflicts and civil wars in Syria, Myanmar, Lebanon, Yemen, Sudan and Afghanistan.
Youth-Led Landmark Climate Change Case Starts in The Hague
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 02 (IPS) - Youth and climate activists believe that the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion will send a powerful legal signal that UN member states cannot ignore their legal duties to act and protect the environment against climate change.The intersection of law, diplomacy, and science will come under the spotlight at the International Court of Justice hearings starting today (Monday, December 2, 2024) in The Hague as the court starts its deliberations into the obligations under international law of UN member states to protect people and ecosystems from climate change.
Famine and Violence Raise Death Toll in Sudan
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29 (IPS) - The humanitarian crisis in Sudan continues to deepen as a result of the ongoing Sudanese Civil War. Intensified conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has led to widespread food insecurity, with many humanitarian organizations expressing concern that starvation is being used as a method of warfare. Additionally, heightened violence has caused considerable civilian casualties.
Maya Train is Yet to Deliver Promised Benefits
- Inter Press Service
VALLADOLID, Mexico, Nov 29 (IPS) - Indigenous craftsperson Alicia Pech doesn’t know about the Maya Train (TM), the Mexican government's most emblematic megaproject that runs through five states in the country’s south and southeast
Sudanese Women & Human Rights Defenders Call for Solidarity to Stop the Bloodshed
- Inter Press Service
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Nov 29 (IPS) - On 15 April 2023, the outbreak of war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) drastically altered the face of Sudanese society. The fighting left thousands of dead, wounded, displaced people and refugees.
US Envoy-in-Waiting Blasts UN as Corrupt & Threatens Funding Cuts
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29 (IPS) - John Bolton a former US ambassador to the United Nations (2005-2006) once infamously declared that if the 39-storeyed UN Secretariat building in New York “lost 10 stories, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference.”
That statement triggered a sarcastic response from a New York Times columnist who said Bolton would have done better as an urban planner than a US diplomat — while another newspaper described him as “a human wrecking ball”
Humanitarian Situation in Haiti Deteriorates as Gender-Based Violence Soars
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28 (IPS) - As gangs continuously seize more territory in the Haitian capital, Port-Au-Prince, the humanitarian crisis deepens. Gang violence in Haiti has considerably escalated following the deployment of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission and the appointment of the new Prime Minister, Alix Didier Fils-Aimé. Attacks on civilians continue to increase in brutality as the severely underfunded MSS mission and lackluster police efforts do little to combat gang activity. Girls and women have been disproportionately affected by rampant gender-based violence.
Lahore's Smog: With the Sun Out, the Government Lifts Restrictions
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Nov 28 (IPS) - Atif Manzoor, 45, the owner of the renowned blue pottery business in Multan, had every reason to feel cheerful last week when the sun finally came out. For a good three weeks, the city of Sufi shrines had been shrouded in an envelope of thick smog.
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