UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Twenty-five years after a landmark U.N. resolution demanded equal participation for women in all efforts to promote peace, the United Nations chief said Tuesday…
Read more 25 years after landmark UN resolution, UN chief says women are too often absent from peace talksThe UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is the largest aid agency in the Gaza Strip where it provides emergency and other assistance to vulnerable Palestinians. Credit: UNRWA…
Read more Hope Springs Eternal—Dashed it’s Deadlyby Oritro Karim (united nations) Wednesday, October 16, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 16 (IPS) – The next round of the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza, a…
Read more The Health of Gaza is Dependent on Humanitarian PauseSeptember 26th marks the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Credit: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)Darren Ornitz Opinion by Tariq Rauf (vienna, austria) Tuesday,…
Read more Playing Nuclear Games: Tickling the Tail of the Promethean Nuclear Fire DragonThe panel for the session on “Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Imagining a World without Nuclear Weapons.” Credit: AD McKenzie/IPS by AD McKenzie (paris) Friday, September 27, 2024 Inter Press…
Read more Activists Call on World to ‘Imagine’ Peace, End Nuclear ArmsA student participates in an art therapy session at an ECW-supported school in Kyiv, Ukraine. In partnership with UNICEF Ukraine and Caritas Ukraine, the school offers vital mental…
Read more Global Community Urged to Help Deliver Quality, Holistic Education for Ukrainian ChildrenCentral Downtown Astana with Bayterek tower. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Opinion by Katsuhiro Asagiri (tokyo/astana) Monday, August 19, 2024 Inter Press Service TOKYO/ASTANA, Aug 19 (IPS) – In a world…
Read more Kazakhstan Takes Lead in Global Push for Nuclear Disarmament Amid Heightened TensionsCredit: WFP/Ali Jadallah/2024 Opinion by World Food Programme (rome) Thursday, August 15, 2024 Inter Press Service ROME, Aug 15 (IPS) – Corinne Fleischer, WFP’s regional director for the Middle…
Read more WFP in Gaza: ‘We Need a Long Ceasefire That Leads to Peace so We Can Operate’Credit: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Opinion by Azza Karam (new york) Monday, June 24, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jun 24 (IPS) –…
Read more The Age of Holy War & Poetics of Solidarity – (Part 1)Opinion by Alon Ben-Meir (new york) Friday, May 24, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, May 24 (IPS) – It is ironic how Prime Minister Netanyahu, who vehemently opposed…
Read more How Netanyahu Made the Creation of a Palestinian State IrreversibleThe Al-Helal Al-Emirati maternity hospital in Rafah is one of the last remaining functioning health facilities in southern Gaza. Midwives are delivering more than 70 babies per day…
Read more The World Must Not Abandon the Mothers of GazaFood is distributed to Sudanese refugees in Koufron, Chad. Credit: WFP/Jacques David Opinion by James Elder (darfur, western sudan) Thursday, May 09, 2024 Inter Press Service DARFUR, Western Sudan,…
Read more The Bleak déjà vu in DarfurA view of the Earth and a satellite as seen from outer space. Credit: NASA via UN News by Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, May 07, 2024 Inter Press…
Read more A Russian Veto Threatens to Trigger a Nuclear Arms Race in Outer SpaceRobert A. Wood, deputy permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations, vetoes Palestine’s U.N. membership during the Security Council meeting on April 18, 2024. Credit:…
Read more Will a Two-State Solution include Palestine as a UN Member State?Opinion by Hamidreza Azizi (berlin, germany) Monday, April 08, 2024 Inter Press Service BERLIN, Germany, Apr 08 (IPS) – Russia and Iran currently appear to be pulling firmly in…
Read more In the Shadows of the Wars in Ukraine & Gaza, Iran and Russia are Growing Ever CloserA panel discussion with Kaoru Nemoto, director of the United Nations Information Center, and other youth representatives including Yuki Tokuda, co-founder of GeNuine(Extreme right) delved into nuclear weapons…
Read more Ahead of UN Summit of the Future, Mobilizing Youth for Changeby Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Mar 26 (IPS) – The UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution for a temporary cease-fire in…
Read more Will Israel Defy Another Security Council Resolution?Paleki Ayang, Gender Advisor for the Middle East and North Africa, Equality Now Opinion by Paleki Ayang (juba) Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Inter Press Service JUBA, Feb 27 (IPS)…
Read more Female Genital Mutilation Continues Amid Sudans Conflict and Forced DisplacementOpinion by Jasmina Byrne (united nations) Friday, February 23, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23 (IPS) – At the start of 2024, we stand at a critical…
Read more Childrens Futures at a CrossroadsA view of part of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s second most populated city and main port, which is now dominated by violence as a hub for shipping drugs out of…
Read more What Is It Like to Live in Ecuador, One of the Most Violent Countries?
