NEW YORK, Jun 06 (IPS) – Any fair analysis of the United Nations strongly suggests that the UN of today is not the same...
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The Great Fish Robbery
MADRID, Jun 06 (IPS) – Now it comes to another ‘crime’ being stealthy committed as a consequence of the unrelenting business obsession for making...
Poor Families Clash over Water with Real Estate Consortium in El Salvador
APOPA, El Salvador, Jun 06 (IPS) – Alex Leiva woke up at 4:00 a.m. to perform a key task for his family’s survival in...
Protecting civilians from explosive weapons in conflict: 5 things you should know
On average, 90 per cent of those killed and injured by the use of explosive weapons used in populated areas are civilians. A political...
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 06 (IPS) – The United Nations, which has failed to help resolve some of the world’s ongoing and longstanding civil wars...
Agnes-Josephine Kenderman, a Liberian teenage mother, is benefiting from a UN-backed initiative to empower young vulnerable girls, which includes training to help her make...
From the Field: Ethiopia’s worst drought threatens ‘deadly consequences’ for women
Women and girls face “deadly consequences” in the Somali region of Ethiopia due to the worst drought conditions for forty years, according to the...
The Stockholm+50 environment conference came to a close on Friday with a call for real commitments to urgently address global environmental concerns, and for...
World Environment Day: Earth ‘cannot keep up with our demands’
“This planet is our only home”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for World Environment Day, to be marked this Sunday, warning that...
Israel must halt plans to demolish a Bedouin village in the Naqab desert that will forcibly displace hundreds of residents in a bid to...
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