The 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…
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Read more Guterres Congratulates Nihon Hidankyo For Nobel Prize For Efforts To Rid Humanity of Nuclear WeaponsSeptember 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 ArmsStudents interact with ECW’s Executive Director, Yasmine Sherif, as they participate in an art therapy session at an ECW-supported school in Kyiv, Ukraine. In partnership with UNICEF Ukraine…
Read more ECW Delivers Holistic Education Against All Odds, But More Funding NeededOpinion by Kingsley Ighobor (united nations) Monday, September 09, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 09 (IPS) – At most international forums, including the annual UN General Assembly…
Read more Africa’s Strong Case for Reforms of UN Security Council Led by Sierra Leone PresidencyAll six African sub-regions have experienced an increase in the temperature trends over the past six decades, leading to severe water stresses, not enough food and deepening poverty.…
Read more Climate Action Greatest Economic Opportunity of this Century, Says UN Climate ChiefSecretary-General António Guterres (second from right) visits Tonga, where he attended the Pacific Islands Forum. Credit: UN Photo/Kiara Worth by Catherine Wilson (sydney & nuku’alofa) Friday, August 30, 2024…
Read more In Tonga the UN Secretary-General Declares a Global Climate EmergencyCredit: Freedom House Opinion by Liam Scott (washington) Tuesday, August 27, 2024 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (IPS) – At least 55 governments in the past decade have…
Read more Nicaragua, China, India among 55 Nations Restricting Freedom of MovementCredit: 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’Erico Platt looks at the disarmament exhibition that she staged, “Three Quarters of a Century After Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Hibakusha—Brave Survivors Working for a Nuclear-Free World.” Credit:…
Read more 79 Years After Hiroshima & Nagasaki: A Grim Reminder of Nuclear AnnihilationMichelle Mokone (Left) & Morongwe Mokone (right). Credit: UN magazine Opinion by Mkhululi Chimoio (united nations) Tuesday, July 16, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 16 (IPS) –…
Read more How Access to US Market Changed Fortunes of two South African SistersA police officer walks after using tear gas to disperse protesters during a demonstration over police killings of people protesting against Kenya’s proposed finance bill in Nairobi, June…
Read more The IMF is Failing Countries like Kenya: Why and What can be Done About it?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 Palitha Kohona (colombo, sri lanka) Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Inter Press Service COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jun 18 (IPS) – Today Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and the…
Read more Sustainable Development of 39 Small Island Developing States No Time to WaitOpinion by Carolina Galvani, Monique Mikhail (washington dc) Wednesday, May 29, 2024 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, May 29 (IPS) – Last week, the World Bank Group released a…
Read more To Tackle Climate Crisis, the World Bank Must Stop Financing Industrial LivestockOpinion by Achim Steiner, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez (united nations) Wednesday, May 22, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, May 22 (IPS) – Small island developing states (SIDS) are scattered…
Read more Small Island Developing States can be Nature-Positive Leaders for the WorldCredit: IMF Opinion by Danny Bradlow (pretoria, south africa) Monday, May 13, 2024 Inter Press Service During its G20 presidential year, South Africa will host a summit of heads…
Read more South Africa will be President of G20 in 2025: Two much-needed Reforms it Should DriveFood 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 Space
